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Rika's accent

posted 8 years ago by JetSetThomas
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Does anyone else find it funny that Rika van den Haas speaks with an English accent and not a Boer accent like the other South Africans in the movie? I know the actress is English but she's playing a character with an obvious Dutch name. Perhaps the producers decided to use this as a subtle way of showing that she's the "good one".

[–] mikepage-17183 8 years ago

Even more striking was how often Gibson's Australian accent comes out. It's more than any other movie I can remember (excluding his Australian movies).

[–] Karl Aksel (1451) 6 years ago

Patsy Kensit clearly tries to speak with a South African accent. She is marginally successful. But she certainly isn't speaking in her native English accent.