Where is Butler from?
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He is from Scotland. He has received a lot of stick for his accent but I don't think it's THAT bad.
shareI know...I rather like his accent (but my grandfather was from Scotland). I was asking a leading question of the OP- he/she asked if the accent sounded scotish...I was gonna get him/her to answer their own question :)
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Who cares.
shareI care...I can't concentrate on the film because of his awful accent, his Scottish accent isnt all that convincing and hes Scottish...i don't know why he keeps thinking he can do accents when he really can't, I'm literally 5 minutes in watching this movie on DVD and I had to come on here to vent my anger at this man's annoying attempt to pull off another accent and failing terribly at it, I really hate Gerard in most films to be honest, there's an arrogance about him i don't like, just hope Hilary can carry this movie, which I know she will.
shareI suppose you're an expert on accents in the United Kingdom?? Coming from someone who has actually LIVED in the U.K. for 2 years, there are many, many regional accents throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It's similar to how we have the New England accent, the New York/New Jersey accent, the multitude of southern accents, and so on. A person living in Norfolk County in England will sound totally different than someone living in London. My point is that Gerard Butler's actual Scottish accent might not sound like the stereotypical one, but it's Scottish nonetheless.
shareYou're talking about accents from.the U.K. but Gerry is not meant to be from the U.K. He's from Wicklow. Even though I'm very into my Irish heritage I wouldn't know a 'Wicklow' accent if I heard it in a crowd. I would just think 'Hmm...that person sounds Irish'.
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Just don't get why they didn't get an Irish actor like Colin Farrell and if he didn't want it there are plenty more famous Irish actors to choose from. The insane decisions of Hollywood can be mind boggling sometimes.
speaking as a Scotsman who grew up about 10 miles from Paisley where Gerard is from, I can say that his accent is not Scottish. He is attempting to do an Irish accent to fit the character keeps slipping into his transatlantic accent that he uses when he is working in the US.
P.S. Worst. Film. Ever.
speaking as a Scotsman who grew up about 10 miles from Paisley where Gerard is from, I can say that his accent is not his original Scottish one. He is attempting to do an Irish accent to fit the character keeps slipping into his transatlantic accent that he uses when he is working in the US.
P.S. Worst. Film. Ever.
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Just don't get why they didn't get an Irish actor like Colin Farrell and if he didn't want it there are plenty more famous Irish actors to choose from. The insane decisions of Hollywood can be mind boggling sometimes.
Care to elaborate on your reason for saying that?
shareThank you for your inquiry first and foremost.
My reasoning is quite obvious. It is so standard that it's such a cliche if I offer it to you. Hence my initial snarky remark towards you. But... since you are nicely and sincerely asking, I might as well oblige.
Reasoning:
This is called acting. Make-believe. Pretending. You have this type of criticism all they way (probably even earlier) from when Charlton Heston played Moses in The Ten Commandments ("why didn't they get a Jew to play the role?!"). At least back then it was somewhat understandable: with it being religion (a sensitive topic), minorities were not as accepted and especially religion's importance in society.
But today it's 2015, these things has less significance, understandably too. As the internet has grown, celebrities are more accessible than ever, people are more mixed ("globalized" society), people from different "races" play roles originally meant for Caucasian people, Batman and Superman is played by British, Tom Cruise played Lestat even though the author hated the idea first and then loved it etc.
Acting is about a good performance, and that can be delivered regardless if a white person plays someone black and vice verse or an Irish is played by a Scottish etc.
The insane decisions of Hollywood
Also, Hollywood is not insane (not in this matter at least). Hollywood is money-driven! So getting a popular actor (preferably good) is a smart business-choice, just any good Irish actor wouldn't due. If you were in their shoes you would be making the same choices, anything else would bankrupt your company. Anyone saying or believing anything else is a typical fan who only consumes and doesn't understand, know or respects the business-side of the business.
With all that mind in mind - or not, it's regardless; it's irrelevant and ignorant (of what acting and the film-industry means) to say that they should've picked an Irish actor instead of a Scottish one. Or suggest that only Irish could've played the role better.
The critique would've been legitimate if you had said: "Butler sucked, his accent sucked, I wish that they had gotten a more capable actor", THEN I would've said: you are as intelligent as you seem to think you are. And then I would've hugged you (if you're not a hugger, I would've high-fived you).
And yeah, Butler sucked! He is generally a bad actor. The script was cheesy as hell too, so I wouldn't wish this on an actor I like.
PHEW! I had a lot on my mind. Thank you for reading!
So it doesn't matter people loved Butler (I did) in that role. He was terrific. I can tell the accent wasn't spot on, but this is only a minor annoyance for me.
For you, its all down to the accent. You want to cast Collin Farrel who probably wouldn't have been too bad, but what's more ridiculous is that you would re-cast an important role in the film only for getting the Irish accent right. And you'd abuse Hollywood for that decision. No, can't agree. :)
He's Scottish.
shareCould it be because he was born in Scotland? Do you have any idea how close they are to each other. It's called "a map". Look at one.
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