Retro Red Posted July 30, 2019 Posted July 30, 2019 Simon Pegg is 49, the character was based on Pegg aged 29 (The artist Darick Robertson said he based Hughie's look on Tim from Spaced). Quote
Paid Members chokeout Posted July 30, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Chest Rockwell said: Oh wow, that is damning, a comparison to Hunnam. It's nowhere near peak Hunnam. They should have just let him use his actual accent, him being British doesn't really add to the character and his kiwi accent would have worked fine. I'm 4 episodes in and I'm liking it so far. Can see why Americans wouldn't like it, it's very anti corporation but never manages to go fully Robocop in its cynicism, which it would really benefit from. Quote
King Pitcos Posted July 30, 2019 Posted July 30, 2019 8 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: Oh wow, that is damning, a comparison to Hunnam. It’s distracting me the whole time. There have been loads of bad cockney accents in films and TV, but I’ve never heard someone do a bad cockney accent the same way that Hunnam did it, until now. It’s baffling here, as well. Green Street was made for fuck all money really and they couldn’t afford a dialect coach, whereas The Boys has got some good wedge behind it. Quote
RedRooster Posted July 30, 2019 Posted July 30, 2019 12 hours ago, Accident Prone said: I've read some more reviews on IMDB of The Boys, and a fair few folk are rating it very low due to all the (apparent) left-wing politics and anti-America sentiments, so I'll definitely be watching now. The trailer does Karl Urban's accent no favours though. I’ve just watched the first episode and while Karl Urban’s accent is definitely distracting I did enjoy the show. It’s worth trying. Quote
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 30, 2019 Author Paid Members Posted July 30, 2019 The worst cockney accent ever is Don Cheadle's. Quote
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 31, 2019 Green Street sets the budget tone from the get-go with the knock-off version of 'Down With The Sickness' in the first scene. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 31, 2019 10 hours ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: The worst cockney accent ever is Don Cheadle's. 9 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: No, it's Hunnam. Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, surely? The epitome of "What the fuck was that?" Quote
Paid Members chokeout Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 31, 2019 It's Hunnan. The least convincing British accent from a British actor of all time. Finished The Boys last night. It was enjoyable, not as edgy as it thinks it is, although the episode at the religious festival was intentionally trying to bait middle America. I really hope they try and push it a little more in the next series. Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted July 31, 2019 Moderators Posted July 31, 2019 It's definitely Hunnam. As a bonus check him out in Undeclared if you want to see him doing another different but equally terrible English accent. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 31, 2019 American actors struggling to do an accent is one thing. But to be English and fuck up an English accent is just baffling. And he’s done it numerous times now. So yeah, he’s got to be the worst Quote
Keith Houchen Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Carbomb said: Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, surely? The epitome of "What the fuck was that?" Ah, but he also played the old man in charge of the bank and the accent was spot on, so it was a characterisation. Plus Hunnam actually being English wins him the prize. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Ah, but he also played the old man in charge of the bank and the accent was spot on, so it was a characterisation. Plus Hunnam actually being English wins him the prize. Yeah, that's a fair point. Hunnam has no excuse, whereas DVD around that time would likely have only been coached in standard RP, very little chance he'd have had all that much coaching in Cockney. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Posted July 31, 2019 37 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: It's definitely Hunnam. As a bonus check him out in Undeclared if you want to see him doing another different but equally terrible English accent. He ruined Undeclared. I watched the whole thing thinking "who the hell is this charmless yank doing this horrendous accent?" only to find out he was bloody English! DVD in Mary Poppins might be a bit out there, but it's a great, magnetic performance. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted July 31, 2019 Members Posted July 31, 2019 Hunnam is the worst. Worse than this Quote
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