Subject: Actors speaking "foreign" languages
Posted by: Mixamatosis
Date: Jul 23 17
Here are some actors who seem to speak "foreign" languages very well. I've written "foreign" like that because in one case the language isn't foreign to the actor. It's one of his home country's languages (along with English) but he's known for acting in English. Please feel free to add any more examples.
Posted by: Mixamatosis
Date: Jul 23 17
Here are some actors who seem to speak "foreign" languages very well. I've written "foreign" like that because in one case the language isn't foreign to the actor. It's one of his home country's languages (along with English) but he's known for acting in English. Please feel free to add any more examples.
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A couple of minutes of George Blagden (Athelstan in "The Vikings" and Louis XIV in Versailles. talking about upcoming season 3 of Versailles in French.There is also some English at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmyqqGuvZBc Reply #1. Jul 23 17, 8:52 AM |
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Alex Vlahos (Mordred in the series "Merlin" and Philippe in "Versailles" speaking in Welsh (with English susbtitles ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncHgVHAxvc Reply #2. Jul 23 17, 8:54 AM |
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Tom Hiddleston speaking French and Spanish. Also having a little try at Ancient Greek, Italian, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Korean.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIiuY6DPTKo Reply #3. Jul 23 17, 9:01 AM |
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A young David Gilmour of "Pink Floyd" speaking French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwkOSBUrgl8 Reply #4. Jul 23 17, 9:04 AM |
Creedy
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Speaking of foreign languages, it makes me shudder when I hear overseas actors attempting our impossible Australian accent :) Reply #5. Aug 29 17, 5:43 AM |
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Creedy. Who is best at doing it? Anyone? Reply #6. Sep 03 17, 3:59 AM |
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A young Princess Diana attempting some Welsh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2sjrbK3J3k Reply #7. Oct 25 17, 10:28 AM |
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A young Princess Diana attempting some Italian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_Xo42BWSw Reply #8. Oct 25 17, 10:29 AM |
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Lol, none of them, Mix. They all sound like actors unsuccessfully trying to imitate the Australian accent. I hate our accent just for the record. It's so, I dunno, broad somehow. A little like a cow mooing for its calf. Reply #9. Nov 22 17, 3:20 AM |
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Always thought the Aussie accent akin to Cockney. Reply #10. Nov 22 17, 4:02 AM |
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For my part, these guys sound like native Australians! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVX3uJpqxc Reply #11. Nov 22 17, 8:37 AM |
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I've grown up and lived in different places in the UK and moved to London to work. Not long after moving to London I was talking to someone who said he could not pinpoint my accent for sure, but said it sounded Australian. That made me laugh. I could only think that he'd never heard an Australian accent, as my accent wasn't anything like it. Some people don't have a good ear for accents. Those that have a good ear often make very good mimics. Reply #12. Nov 22 17, 1:07 PM |
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I do like the Australian accent by the way. It sounds very laid back. I like most accents really. Reply #13. Nov 22 17, 1:09 PM |
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Lol Sister Seagull, that was impressive. My one criticism was not the almost perfect accents, but that they should have ALL had their feet up on the table to be considered true Aussies - while wearing football beanies of course Reply #14. Nov 23 17, 7:27 PM |
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Or Australians taking a shot at an "American" accent? I think it must be equally difficult. The only one I've heard who is flawless is Nicole Kidman, and I listen very carefully. To pull it off, though, she speaks very slowly and almost always sort of whispers. Maybe it's easier in a lower register? She was flawless in "Big Little Lies" and equally amazing in "Cold Mountain," but that was a "Southern accent" and apparently, almost anyone can do that because it's "recessed." I'm not certain I agree with that -- there are many sub- dialects of "Southern U.S." For the record, I love an Australian accent. I set up Siri on my phone to have a male Australian accent, so when he admonishes at me, at least it's sort of appealing. And when he sings "Bohemian Rhapsody" to me, it's outstanding! (You do know how to get Siri to sing Bohemian Rhapsody to you, yes?) And why do I suddenly have the terrible feeling I'm going to be leveled for all this? I hope I'm wrong, but if you hear me crying, know that I have zero accent, just like everyone else in the U.S.! But I truly don't, because I'm from Montana -- no accent here, at all! Ask anyone... Reply #15. Dec 01 17, 6:30 PM |
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Let's not forget the achievement of John Hillerman who was born in Texas and yet did a perfect English accent for his role in Magnum PI Reply #16. Dec 01 17, 7:48 PM |
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I was just looking at some comments on a youtube video when I came across a comment in French "C'est le pied!". Literally it means "It's the foot" but something clicked in my brain and dredged out the knowledge that this was a compliment. It means "it's terrific" and comes from some old saying about getting a share of the loot, but here I get a bit lost...... The French have the strangest sayings and fashionable slang can change from year to year but you'd pick it up because when it's a thing, everyone in France seems to start using it. I remember that "vachement chouette" was once used a lot. It's also a compliment but literally translated means "cowly owl". Reply #17. Dec 05 17, 3:20 AM |
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"O la vache" would probably translate as "holy cow". Reply #18. Dec 05 17, 3:22 AM |
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"Pommes de Terre" -- literally "Apples of the Earth" = Potatoes! After six years of French, I should speak and write it fluently, but I don't and I can't. I can read it, though, and work out what is being said. "They" placed a small few of us in French class in the fourth grade, and I continued through my Freshman year of High School, although I think two years of a foreign language was a requisite. Maybe since I already had five years under my belt, they let me slide. But since it was forced on me, like piano lessons, I only learned as much as I had to in order to pass tests or speak or write in class, or play whatever I had to learn that week in piano, and then I mostly "dumped" it from my brain. French probably made sense at the time, being so close to Canada. While I was in CO, I thought about taking Spanish classes, since they are so close, but now I'm back where French makes more sense. Or Blackfeet, which isn't a written language. I'd love to actually learn both, now that it's my idea and not someone else's. Reply #19. Dec 05 17, 1:02 PM |
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Yes. It's always nicer to learn a language or brush up on one when someone isn't pressuring you to do so and there are no exams to prepare for. You can relax and enjoy it a bit more and also pick up bits of knowledge just like a magpie. Reply #20. Dec 05 17, 5:45 PM |
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