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How is Matt Damon's accent?


It sounds perfectly South African to me, but I'm not South African so I'd love to hear from a South African how accurate you thought it was.

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It's hard to say really. He did a good enough job but since he's famous you know his voice, so it still sounds like him, doing an accent.

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It was pretty good.

Its that man again!!

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I am not South African myself but I have worked with many and I can say that Damon's accent is about as close as I have ever heard an American actor come. Very good.

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I saw an interview with him about this film. He said he spent six months working with a dialog coach to get his accent to a believable level. It didn't appear noticeably different from any of the other team members and was certainly believable.

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Very good. He gained a few craft respect points with me for that. It's a difficult accent.

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