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Originally Posted by Realism
Ever heard of Hollywood?
Tom Cruise and his whole German crew spoke perfect, non-accented English in Valkyrie
In Memoirs of a Geisha they spoke English
All those movies like Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator all spoke English
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Ah, Hollywood . . . I have a feeling the awful accents shall outweigh the good ones. Such as the German accent in the new "Indianna Jones", or the awful so-called English in the recent "Robin Hood" . . . the ammount of Indian and British accents butchered in Hollywood, and the American accents butchered in English films, are a dime a dozen.
It's the same everywhere though. In Japanese anime they fail a lot to do foriegn accents . . . "Gravitation" is cringe-worthy in the flashbacks in America.
I wonder why casting directors pick people who aren't used to certain accents, or sound awful in imitating them, but it's pretty common. It's very rare I come across someone and go 'really, they aren't actually x-nationality?' or 'wow, that sounds realistic' :P