joel chan He did very well but he didn't nail it. There were definite mistakes.

I could argue it's easier for Brits to do that type of accent. If you listen closely, a lot of the vowel sounds are similar and the consonants are less harsh than a generic American accent.

He does a good job.

A few times you can hear some British but he's mostly excellent. Andrew Lincoln on the other hand...

It depends on the US accent. I have a New York accent and most people can't do a New York accent or a Boston accent.

T the twilight sagas’ plot is good. the directors of new moon and twilight weren’t great. they progressively got better

Well he's the next Batman now, so hopefully that goes well.

I know people have their doubts but honestly I think Robert Pattinson could be the best Batman

T he is an amazing actor for sure.

Personally, I love Twilight. Not for the cheesy vampire aspect, but bc as the movies went on, their acting got better as well. Robert was fantastic and people really sleep on him just bc of twilight ://

Numan Khan I always forget he’s not American

I know after I saw him in Harsh Times American Psycho and his Batman movies I had and still have difficulties believing he ain't from the USA

Lmao damn i had no idea he isn't American

I dunno if I’m being stupid bc nobody else has commented this but I never knew Ed westwick was British bahahah

Me too 😂 didn’t know he was British

STOPPP😭😂

i honestly thought my earphones were breaking again💀💀

Bahahhahaha

I almost died laughing at this

They try to silence the black guybagain

Learns Kate is British... *dies*

hotxhotguy he's amazing!

Opinari Nice grammar

RIGHT

Is this the first time you've been on the Internet?

MAJOR MENTAL have you ever heard a normal Brit speak, and not those posh knob actors

good one, also Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher.... forget English accent, she nailed Thatcher tone and demeanor as well.

Downey's accent in Sherlock Holmes was *bloody atrocious*.

anas ahmed I think it goes 50/50. When doing American accents, Brits say their "Rs" too hard. Renee Zellweger (sp?) did a horrible accent in Bridget Jones lol

Zellweger did a horrible accent in BJ? Most people think she is British because she did it so well.

omg yeah 😂it’s soo british

Well, she can't act. So it's not like we're expecting anything.

@@evangelostse2477 i thought i was the only one who thinks that 😂

*peeks

This was way better than her accent in Little Women, did she get worse??

I mean you try putting on a foreign accent in an emotional moment

Yep. Which is what I was waiting for in the R. Pat clip. He did pretty fantastic.

@@hotwheelsearl never said I could

@@nik1128 then shut up

Not the best actors

I took three years of white noise in high school but dont remember any of it

Thought it was just me

Demon

Lmaooo

LOL!!!

bucky13 I was gonna say damn he sounds really African American until you hear that British seep through

lamingtongirl123 you can't sound African American

Jai M I guess but there is African.

what do you mean you guess, if she truly meant African then that's what she should have said and not African American. We don't all speak the same so her comment is stupid and he didn't sound African either so I'm confused by what you're trying to say.

+Jai M Oh be quiet. You CAN sound African American. It's called 'Ebonics'. Does every African American speak ebonics? No. But about 80% do so get over yourself. stop seeing racism everywhere.

😂😂😂

Florence Pugh is definitely up there as well. I'm an American and her accent is flawless.

@@dp2120 yes, I’ll give her that, no doubts there. You almost forget that she’s not an American. Also, I love her work in the MCU, as the White Widow. Her Russian accent is also pretty good. Jodie Comer also pulls off a convincing American accent. As far as Australians go, Nicole Kidman always used to be the best but I think Margot Robbie has definitely closed the gap.

yup

british or english?

***** British

English.

Any native of Great Britain sounds British. Not impossible at all.

Vice versa. He sounds like a baby with an american accent

Nah he's still being called daddy when he talks normally

And also he did spoke American accent in Prom Night remake.

A bit? As a Brit, it sounded English then a twang around the edge. Her American accent is dreadful.

I knew I was watching fiction, of course. But damn - don't you think Stringer Bell was a real person? I mean, I wouldn't be at all shocked to run into Stringer at the Farmer's Market or something, looking preppy. But if I see Brother Mouzone, or hear a man whistling "The Farmer in the Dell," imma run.

He sounds like any guy who I'd hear walking down the street here in Brooklyn.

When he said fucking his accent slipped out a bit

I rewatched it after i read this and i can hear it. He otherwise did really well actually.

T'sall in the game, my dude! Wasn't he whistling "A hunting we shall go"..... ?

same

What do you mean she’s not American?

Phasika Inthachot she’s British

Risa Green haha thanks but I meant that as a joke😄

same

Ah, someone finally said it really well. YES, you can hear some British coming through, but he's still amazing and does seem like a completely different person. Plus, I had no idea when I watched The Wire that he was not American. I remember criticism that some of the actors from NY or other places weren't getting the Baltimore Black accent, but I don't know the difference, so to me he sounded fine. It's only now that I can hear the British here and there know he's not from the US.

+Tyler G. (MineStein) Yes

+Tyler G. (MineStein) Harry Potter I guess

It's because he played a sparkly vampire. All of the hatred and disbelief is hitting him at all times, even in the past.... before he became a sparkly vampire.

mad that my sisters fiancé used to go round his house and have lunch there with him and his parents

+Alexa Charbonneau yes he is

+Jerald Guevarra Idris Elba is a genius.

+Jerald Guevara It was bad though.

+Jerald Guevarra 1:36 nothin at all, sounded british

+Jyotiraj Saharia his accent kinda sounded foreign like he had a black man accent, and yeah slip ups happen. But overall the accent sounded American, it was good.

its not on point.

LOL I didn’t catch this 😹

can someone explain?

@@matthewdaub the actor he is talking to now plays a stalker on the netflix tv show “you”

lmao i was waiting for this

He was flawless as Peter Parker.

Until Idris said "Focking"

Some parts were good, you could hear his accent come out in other parts

Nah Idris was a bit off.

Didn't know he was British until ghost rider

@@sonofaballer96Wdym? Robert pattinson is in ghost rider?

Ellie it’s called eieoeoaowkeoossosk’kokkoool.

It's when turks trying to speak English

Indeed

The best southern accent I've ever heard

Jeez that scared the shit outa me 💀💀

I Love Taehyung But he Loves Jungkook why isn’t this higher up....

It’s 1am and it hurt my ears hella bad and then I went through the comments and clicked the time stamp and make my ears bleed again

@@tashid4723 haha double kill

@@tashid4723 SAME lmao, nobdoy been givin us warnins

Omg I’m glad I’m not the only one! Freaked me tf out and hurt

Bull shit

I didnt know he was english wtf

Shut up Joel and clean my bathroom and cook my breakfast

His accent is horrible. I didn't know he was portraying an American. I thought he was suppose to be British.

He didnt sound Southern at all. I dont know what he was doing.

Emaan Ahmed That’s because brits never pronounce the r unless there is a vowel after.

Yea, I noticed right away that she just needed to make the R a little bit more harsh sounding to make it sound more American.

and the feel like sounded so britosh

If you speak welsh as your first language you may say a hard r like a spanish person

She was too harsh with the T in ‘Robert’ most Americans wouldn’t really pronounce the T

No kidding! I almost went deaf wish this comment was higher up ! x_x

blew my freaking ears out! dam.

Thanks for the heads up

i survived!!!!!!

Unacceptable audio - video should be removed for this alone...

What American has ever said that?

@Keto Rolac 👍🏻❤️😂

I have literally never heard an American say that, lol. We're the ones who can't do British accents. XD

l0beda0st you saved me

Thanks

l0beda0st i was wearing earphones, goddd why didn't i see this comment before😭. Ouch.

Thank you

Fuck me that was loud should have listened

Yanly because that's how it is. no accent is good or bad.

Yanly well Emma's is horrible

Yanly you have to be around different ones. I was born in the Midwest but was raised in different parts of California (southern and northern) and had family that was Irish lol.

isabel vazquez I literally laughed out loud haha

Same. I honestly couldn't care less

I could hear her slipping the entire time..

For idras? Lol na

@@diy_cat9817 you must not be American. No slipping

@@professionalbeats.6382 you must not be American. He slipped.

@@KO-vv1oz im from LA born n raised idk wym. I think ur just tryna hear it.

thewholeworldiswatching He's British?!I thought he's a American😂

thewholeworldiswatching I agree

Shadea White Everyone says that but to me he always sounds like Hugh Laurie doing an American accent. I've tried to pinpoint what sounds contrived. He just seems to overdo it. I know noone agrees.

americans who didn't know Laurie would think he was american - a producer of HOUSE was fooled

I had know idea he was English until way after I had gotten into House. his accent is pretty damn spot on. he rarely slips up

Omg..

XD

Same bro lol

Lmao I thought it was a FNAF vid.

😂😂😂😂😂

Righhttt

Oddly enough, I think doing a subtle southern accent came easy to him. There are sayings down south that were originally used in high society in England. (Go figure).

Underrated comment!

Isn't he part American too

I thought he was an American the whole time

i just added a post that concurred with both your points

It also helps that the General American Accent is rather easy to learn as it is pretty 'neutral' and comparatively nondiscript. I mean, most people even slip into something similar to General American when they sing, even without knowing it! Mick Jagger, George Michael, and Adele just to name a few notable examples. It makes sense when you think about it; the basis of GA was literally made by the media in the early 1900's so that personalities wouldn't sound like they're _from_ anywhere and therefore appeal to the largest demographics. The history and use of the modern standard american dialect is actually really interesting topic.

LOL!!! - hardly - GA is not the "natural" accent you seem to think it is - haven't you noticed that british children sing with strong british accents - and so do british non-singers too nor do british singers "slip" into GA unknowingly - those who want to make a singing career - and are concerned about being understood in America - will alter their pronunciation to be understood by americans

Jackson Almodobar I have always noted this regarding singers from all over the world. Even in local markets, if songs borrow in any way from western genres, automatic GA accent. Fascinating.

theRealAV8r Yes! the Songs don't even have to have any English in it to adopt a GA-esque intonation and rhythm quality. Many Latin American, East Asian, and continental European songs for example have 'neutral' vocals that were influenced by the anglophone trend set 100 years ago to encompass a wider and more varied demographic.

Sierra Benson whoa*

Me neither! I've been watching the show for 7 years and I LOVE him but never picked up on it ahaha. He is really good with the American accent. I had to say this, I couldn't NOT say it.... MALEC!!!!

Mrs. Herondale-Carstairs Y E S

How tf did you not know???????

He's Australian

Ineffable Splendor same!!!

How tf did you not know????

He's actually Australian

Darren Harpur .....nope

Darren Harpur im indian 70 years old...

The untuned Tv is a hard accent to do.

😂😂😂

you just made me piss myself laughing

I was scrolling past this EXACTLY as it happened.

6:33

You little shit

you should see his other non-British accent movies and shows... nails it every time.

smudgerbug lmao you have to watch love actually

*The walking dead* his “death scene” made me cry😭

I know him as the sad guy from Love Actually so I knew, but his American accent is excellent

Same

I know right!! 😱😂

It sounded like she was trying too hard to hide her accent. Just needs more practice.

Yup

Yes, she couldn't do it

he should have been ngl he’s my favourite person

Omg yes I thought that would be on here

When Hugh Laurie first started, his accent was horrible. He would "mispronounce" words all the time. At the end of the series, he had finally nailed the American accent.

Agreed! I knew nothing about Hugh Laurie before I started watching house, so I wasn't even aware that he WASNT American until I started watching interviews haha

I have to very politely disagree with you about Hugh Laurie. Let me explain: It took me about two episodes to realize that he was a Brit or an Aussie - and then by episode #3, I was certain he was a Brit. I don't know, maybe I have some weird special language talent or something, but he sounds like he is not FROM anywhere in the USA. For a few seconds I thought....hmmmm.....maybe Canadian Maritime, but no. His accent - like a lot of faked American accents - is far too neutral - so "nowhere" - that it's a dead giveaway. I also think that his concentration on the not-nuanced accent might limit his acting range -- which is great for that part... and he always does most of his acting with his face anyway. Yes, it's a perfect American accent - but something isn't right. It's like a store-brand dishwashing liquid. Does that make sense? He sounds like he is from Nowhere, USA. Anyway, I'm the idiot for not knowing who Hugh Laurie was before House - lol.

It might have something to do with the fact that American accents are kind of everywhere, american cinema and television is way more wide spread, and produced at higher levels that English or British media, so maybe because people are constantly hearing it, it's easier to pick up on. I'm Australian and I find that American accents are so much easier to imitate than British, even though Aus and British accents are so close.

+Erin McNeill maybe. but its still not fair you guys can do our accent. lol.

It's probably cause American sounds more flat while British have more tones to it. It's easier imitating a flat language than it is a language that has more "singing" in it. Probably the same with dialects :P

the most likely reason IMO is Motivation - foreign actors have strong reason to become skilled in American accents (ie getting american roles) - and work hard to learn them - often using american films and tv shows to practice their accents speculating further - until the last few decades - americans have been parochial in outlook - and haven't seen much of british & other english speaking fare - so they (errr - we) aren't as familiar with the accents and must struggle more to master them

+Hannah Sokolowski, Jun 29, 2016, >>I can do British

His life is goings great rn

Yeah, it really is, isn't it.

A big thank you ! I just removed my earphone in time ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!

Ahhh you ruin all the fun out of it!

SerbianFanatics what happend

NintendodogsDream thanks for the heads up

Ikr my ears are bleeding

shaquan M He does especially in American psycho 👍

Amen

Hugh Laurie

Christian Bale is british? Wow

I even thought he was american at first

JoeyN fuck you

I can't believe I fell for it

JoeyN thanks.

Yea hes a big inspiration for my American accent now I sound like Steven hawking's

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The American accent has changed little since the British brought it to America. The British accent, on the other hand, has changed. Anyway, the British accent is very elegant. To have a vulgar American accent is miserable.

American accents are super easy, there’s just a slightly tricky sound in words with “r”’s in them. If you avoid that mistake it’s easy to do an generic American accent.

I was terrified

No, me too.

Omg I totally freaked out I thought a demon was gonna come out of my computer

+Emma same I was terrified

Yup yup

And I mean !!!

He’s Australian

@dani cali I’m aware. It called a joke bud

@@Pinoy_Central_Official_Backup no he isn't?

@@Pinoy_Central_Official_Backup He’s British, you idiot

MichaelLeroi thank you that's what I thought too

Rumpel Felt That's not the point at all

Rumpel Felt your disgusting...

She’s not fantastic at it but at least she sounds less British.

MichaelLeroi Rosamund Pike isn't so great either.

I think she was trying to do a valley girl accent or something

It still sounds English.

She's a really bad actress.

+shashauno WHAT

+shashauno hahahhs ok

Are you Faroese?

Can’t wait 👏🏽

it’s out 🎉🎉

It’s out and it’s great

He totally nailed it, one of the best Batman movies ever

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It was "get wasted all the time" and "now I feel like" "I can even get into a real college"

i would judge her american accent to be "a part of her" - while the others do excellent accents - they don't seem to have the freedom of expression she does - Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are at that level too

true. good point. with kate winslet, you FEEL like she is an American. when emma Watson talks, you can tell she is a british person trying to impersonate an American.

^ *coughs* IDRIS ELBA

Black Americans say wit it too

Erin Levere Not in the same way.

Idk about benedict

@@marmottrash yh, his dr strange is good. i know he did try boston accent in a movie but his accent looked forced and out of place, but dr strange one was great.

I may be alone here, but Tom Holland is also surprisingly good as of Far from Home.

H U. Massachusetts accent does not equal North American accent

@@huh4206 according to Erik Singer, he sounds just like the real person he played in black mass

binboda eh, I hated his accent in Venom. Great actor, nonetheless, but I wasn’t impressed

@@StevenRainmaker Sounds like he's trying a New York american accent. It's hard to define if the problem is the accent or his pronunciation

Beto U.U agreed. When I saw Venom, I could tell he was struggling to hide his cockney accent. Go back and watch the part where he says he has a parasite. The word “parasite” clearly has the accent.

@@StevenRainmaker In his most intense moments, sounds almost australian (like wtf, dude?). But his american accent in the movie/tv show played in this video is pretty much ok, actually

Beto U.U I rewatched this video, and saw he was speaking with his real accent and was like, “He’s not even trying!” and then, I realized that he was playing someone English. Then, in Lawless, he had an old school, southern accent. I could hear moments of breaking, but he’s still a good actor nonetheless

Hugh Laurie is definitely one

dominic sherwood is another for his character on shadow hunters playing Jace Wayland

Linus Roache (Ken Barlow's son) is another.

christian bale???

Robert Pattinson is in this

AleqsH it's so fucking bad

It sucks lol

Fr

AleqsH yes

AleqsH in thought that too and I'm my even American! She still sounded English with a twang

I like Emma but she's a terrible actress. Not just the accent, but her acting, in general, is very weak. Maybe she'll improve in time.

@@Sam-oo1uo she's gotten worse since when she was a child though, so I've lost hope lol

Times 100

Idk

She might just need work in general

Z

Was falling asleep in my car when this sound played. That fucked me up