The accent?
Where the frig is that accent from? Its like oirish barnsley via jupiter or something!
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Yeah, i remember Meadows & Considine discussing Morrell's voice on the commentary & sayin' it was based on the speaking voice & inflections of Bartley Gorman ( a bare knuckle boxing gypsy i believe ), i also believe that Shane Meadows is trying to get a movie of Gorman's life up & running.
Hope so.
Sounds like an excellent subject matter.
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i think is accent is confusing but like you have said i think it is deliberate. the guy is obviously deeply confused himself and is pretty effective! i heard some irish in there coming though i'm sure aswell. lol.
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It’s like part James Stewart, part Alan Partidge, with a bit of Elvis and Cliff Richard thrown into the mix.
"What are you, some kind of doomsday machine, boy?"
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There's also a line in the film from Morell where he talks of a flower you can only pick in Ireland - perhaps furthering the concept of him living in Ireland at some point... maybe...
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Well, Paddy's late father was Irish...
As for the accent having been inspired by Bartley Gorman -- Bartley came from Irish stock but was born in England, and his accent may have been colored by having lived a lot of his life in Wales and the Midlands of the UK. (Speaking of which, I, too, hope that Shane and Paddy can get their Gorman bio-pic off the ground -- not just because I know it means a lot to them, but also because I'm reading the guy's memoir now, and it's pretty remarkable stuff; I'd love to see his life dramatized for the big screen.) :)
"I know I'm not normal -- but I'm trying to change!" ~ Muriel's Wedding
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