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Brad Pitt

posted 12 years ago by MissWatusi
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The worst thing about this movie was Brad Pitt, including his awful dye job on his hair. Why do all the characters have WWII era style haircuts and his hair looks like he just walked out of a salon in 1997?

[–] DingelBerry 8 years ago

What about his horrible Austrian accent, he sounds like an Indian from 7-Eleven!!!

[–] palisade-1 8 years ago

What about his horrible Austrian accent

Well, we have the director and the dialect coach to blame for that. The coach gets the actor speaking the way the director wants him to speak, whether or not this is actually accurate. Sometimes the director chooses to have the actor speak in an obviously (to a trained ear) fake accent. Whether this is because the audience doesn't know what the real accent should sound like, or the director wants the actor to sound like a stereotype, who knows. Plenty of other examples can be given, such as Danny Nucci's horrible (and very stereotyped) "Italian" accent in Titanic (yes, Nucci has Italian ancestors, but his native language is French and he doesn't speak Italian).

Both the coach and the actor take their orders from the director, so it's his responsibility in the end.

[–] cjpmak 7 years ago

I also thought it was way too much a Brad Pitt vehicle - his career was ascendant then, and the studio probably thought it would help ticket sales - they even inserted the completely unnecessary scene where he strips off his shirt to be fitted for the suit.

Pitt didn't seem prepared for this role, IMO - his aforementioned stupid accent, and also how he relied on winks and smarm for nearly half of his scenes, particularly the last half.

[–] fleischwolf (294) 6 years ago

His accent is indeed horrible. It was so charring in the train station, when all the extras in the background speak German in genuine Austrian accents and he does ...whatever that accent is supposed to be.

Also it's funny how all the non German actors pronounce his name"Hinerick". Also, when he say's "I'm Austrian" to the SS officer, are you kidding me? The term "Austria" was forbidden when Austria was part of the Third Reich.