'Bushwhacked'
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Bale's done convincing American accents in several movies, most notably American Psycho where he had that bland DJ voice down to an art form. But then he's sort of the male British Meryl Streep regarding accents.
Sadly I don't think Ian McKellen managed a convincing one in The Shadow, but the consolation prize of getting to hear him use a British accent in everything since made up for it.
For some reason Christian Bale reminded me of Jamie Bamber, who can also pass. Ewan can't, can he?
I know that Jamie Bamber has one American parent, does CB?
Idris Elba and the other British actors in The Wire all have amazing American accents. Sexy, sexy Clive Owen in Sin City, not so much.
Going the other way, I think Mike Myers' various British accents are good--but he has parents who emigrated to Canada, I believe.
Bale's stepmom is Gloria Steinem. (Not from when he was a kid, though.) I always thought that would be kind of cool -- my stepmom, the rabblerousing cause icon!
It would be like if your cousin married Trotsky. (And wasn't murdered.) cool points by proxy.
the other British actors in The Wire all have amazing American accents.
Dominic West, NSM. Elba's is pretty good, though.
I recall thinking that Robert Downey Jr.'s accent in Chaplin was pretty good -- he got the consonants right, which helped when he slipped up on the occasional vowel.
Emma Thompson can do midwestern American -- including that grating Chicago A! It was a whole Very Special episode of that sitcom with the talk show host whose name I am blanking. Emma outed herself as being actually from Cleveland, and said that Laurence Olivier had been from Arkansas.
(N.b. the only Clevelander I know doesn't actually have the Chicago A in his repertoire. Although he does suffer a vowel shotage.)
I think Mike Myers' various British accents are good--but he has parents who emigrated to Canada, I believe.
Where in Canada? I can't think of anywhere that would help various British accents that much.
Where in Canada? I can't think of anywhere that would help various British accents that much.
I'm not sure where in Canada he grew up, but his father has a thick Scottish accent (from what he says), that he grew up hearing.
I remember that episode - - was it Garry Shandling?
The guy from Hustle who plays Mickey did a very nice American accent on the episode that aired last night. (About a restaurant owner -- they were trying to pass Danny off as his son. )
Oh, emigrated to Canada from England, I meant.
And, yeah, Dominic West, although a brilliant actor, can get a little shaky, accentwise..