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How do you rate his British accent?

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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I’m watching ‘The Boys’ and I thought it was pretty decent but here and there, sounded a little put on.

6/10 He's great though, I enjoy him as Billy Butcher.

Think 6/10 is fair the accent is above average and yeh he's great as Billy Butcher.

I think its very good. NZ and Australian actors don't struggle too much with an English accent, they are pretty much half way there.

[–] Slim (108) 4 years ago

Think it's more the regional dialect he's trying to do and regional accents are quite hard to pull of . It's not distinct like scouse or gordie it sounds like some kind of southern/London I think he's trying to do. But could be just me being picky as I said I don't think it's bad and I do think he's great as Billy Butcher.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I tried my British impersonations with actual British people and I'm told my cockney accent is too put on but my Prince Charles accent is perfect. They were actually impressed.

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 4 years ago

Distracting.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

It's dreadful. I was unsure if he was supposed to be British or Australian for a long time. It hasn't improved in the second season either. The woman playing his aunt was just as bad.