OT Worst Accents in film

When actors try and fail miserably to portray a character with an accent.

Notably Keanu Reeves horrendous English accent in Bram Stokers Dracula and Tom Cruise's Irish Accent in Far and away.

Every now and then someone pulls it off brilliantly like Brad Pitts Pikey One punch Mickey in Snatch, but the failures are always better..

Your picks......

The grand-daddy of them all:

Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Russell Crowe in Robin Hood. Various bad accents.

Jason Statham in anything he's ever been in - but mainly in War alongside Jet Li, where he's trying to interrogate Li with a dodgy US accent, before lapsing into Cockney and screaming "SAY YOU FACKIN' REMEMBAAAHHH!" in Li's face...

Colin Farrel in "Alexander" - a good irish/greek accent - with many others in the cast having the same problem

every actor in 'how green was my valley'

Don't abuse me for it but Anne Hathaway in One Day. Had to watch it with the mrs and her accent literally changes 3-4 times during the film. I think she's meant to be Scottish but she drifts into Irish, England, American, and I'm pretty sure she even did a hint of Welsh at one point!

Brad Pitt in Snatch

Sean Connery as the Egyptian Prince in Highlander.

The grand-daddy of them all:

Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Agreed,worst of all time

Brad Pitt in Snatch

I thought his accent was absolutely brilliant.

The main character in Green Street springs to mind. When he says 'we don't like yanks' in his badly disguised American accent.

Richard gere with that stupid irish accent he puts on in the film the jackal. He ruined that film for me, with his shit accent and acting

Also brad pitt in the film the devils own and the terrible irish accent he puts on. Why do they use yanks to portray paddys in films ffs, why not just use a paddy

Ha I have to agree with the man who said highlander, Sean Connelly plays an Egyptian born man who has been a Working for the king of Spain if I'm correct, but talks and sounds more Scottish than French man Christopher lambert who plays a Scottish guy

A great film came out this year called Locke starring Tom Hardy. He is supposed to be doing a Welsh accent. OMMFG.

The film is worth the pain though. Check it!