British Stars on Which American Accent Is Hardest to Do | Vanity Fair

it's always hard I think Boston is probably the hardest proper New York Texas there's more than one I can't recall really New York American Sun lab a the one that I tried to do every time I play an American New York's pretty tough I think it's always a pleasure because always like I'm taking an American job all of them are difficult for me my husband's from Boston and I think that is such a hard accent I just do one American accent which is just sort of English one cor blimey Mary Poppins Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins Dick Van Dyke you take Van Dyke Shirley no mine in the film wild wild west Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins I mean it's gotta be Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins hasn't it does everyone say that take ones I like I mean a brilliant but yeah pretty offensive yeah yeah hey how many people said Dick Van Dyke I'll be damned if I'm gonna stand here and slag off another actor Cheers most of Saturday Night Live he company accompanying people this terrible and I've never heard about one oh I'm sorry dick sorry sorry dick swearing sarcasm Lupita irony I think they've caught up with our drinking habits so I'm happy archery pessimism roast dinners I'm gonna say Marmite Yorkshire puddings I don't know how that's not good I mean there's something there they would love oh well I mean we're the ones where does one begin Henry the fifth Harry he looks quite fun or Kate Middleton Her Majesty the Queen Harry hi Scott meet Prince re-enter baby George he's so cute probably say Charles a second the Queen I love her Scott vhari Pippa Middleton isn't she royal she will be Henry the 8th Kate I think you're gonna say it of one direction that I don't know probably Harry great hair why we just say Harry I really love Diana the Queen probably Harry the house over the Queen refuses the top naughty Prince Harry the Queen well I'm just I'm a Royalists I'm very fond of the more costly I'm so glad we don't have to elect someone is the Queen and no one comes close

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Length: 3min 5sec (185 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 10 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/aan8993uun]

McNulty is British?! What in the hell...

[u/mook_uk1]

Worst British Accent was Don Cheadle in Oceans 11

[u/Jakuskrzypk]

It's funny how older actors chose the queen and the younger ones Harry

[u/GavinShipman]

We're actually all cunts.

[u/Ichigo1uk]

Gotta look Dapper even when perched on a slope behind Hollywood

[u/temujin64]

It may be behind the scenes, but they still have a camera pointed at them, so they're still very much performing.

Also, they're not all British. Jamie Dornan is Irish.

Granted he's from Northern Ireland, but that doesn't automatically make him British. Few people would call Gerry Adams British, for example, unless they were trying to prove a point.

I think it's important to respect people from Northern Ireland's right to choose their identity. That's why I wouldn't call Kenneth Brannagh anything other than British even though he's also from Northern Ireland. And that's not just because Brannagh is from a Protestant background. Dornan is also from a Protestant family.

[u/[deleted]]

New York accent's got nothing on South Philly. I'd like to see someone try that one :p

[u/swisscriss]

I think the Ray Winstone Cranberry juice scene from the departed was very endearing. You can tell he is trying really hard but his own accent is so strong it gets in the way.

[u/6chan]

Apparently Dick knows: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/21/dick-van-dyke-sorry-for-cockney-accent-mary-poppins-disney