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Bad guy's accent

posted 17 years ago by homunculus
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What kind of accent was the bad guy (Eric) supposed to have? I can't place it. It sounded somewhat "snotty" and "European".

[–] nomad472002 16 years ago

It was faked, that's why you can't place it.

[–] maisiemyles-1 15 years ago

yeah..the accent was obviously faked and I guess they didn't want to single out a specific 'ethnic' group..but to me, James Anderson's accent sounds a bit like
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[–] Registered_User 16 years ago

He had a really odd voice on top of the faked out accent. It sounded Spanish or French to me. It was bad.

To thine own self be true.

[–] brunoceo 15 years ago

The charachter Eric and his accent represent fascism. The exact nationality is not clear and does not matter.

[–] daviddax 11 years ago

Bruno, nice to hear that you are Charles Lampkin's grandson. He gave a beautiful performance, and I recall having seen him in much later films. As for Eric, please check out Lloyd Bridges's performance as the Nazi-type climber in "The White Tower" -- 1950 film based on James Ramsey Ullman's 1945 novel of the same name. Very similar characters.

[–] Enrique-8 11 years ago

Your grandfather was a great man!

Enrique Sanchez

[–] timlin-4 15 years ago

"Neiii Neiuhhh" sounded pretty close to a German "No! Nooo!!!"

[–] Chien_Noir 12 years ago

"On de beech, I am Espanish. On ze mountaintop, I yam Svedish, ja. In der city, ich bin German."

Clearly, he's just your average generic racist fascist jerk.

[–] glasshull 7 years ago

He's a time-traveler and he was potraying Trump. He was on Everest because he caused the Apocolypse.