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Mel's Aussie Accent


I loved reading this. And tbh, I prefer hearing him with an Aussie accent especially since Australians and Aussies have given him so much support.


LRM: I’ve spoken to Mel before, and Mel’s accent is pretty amazing, because he can talk like an American all the time. Did he get a little more Australian when he was around you guys?



Palmer: He did. He sounds more American to me than Australian, but he definitely did blend into the Australian culture again. He sounded like an Aussie. He looks like an Aussie. He dresses like an Aussie. He behaves like an Aussie. I could tell he was in his element, shooting this film back in Australia, because he has such a connection to Australia, and that’s where he grew up. So he felt very comfortable being there and being around Aussies. It feels like what he knows and it’s like, the stuff that he knows is Australia. So it was really interesting to see him in that place, and it was lovely. It was really lovely. I, in particular, loved going back to Australia and shooting, because I’m just so impressed by Australian crews. It’s like, always a jovial set, but everyone works incredibly hard and there’s a family-like quality to the filmmaking process in Australia and this film was no different.

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Me too. His older films with the accent...loved them.

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I've been watching his interviews and some of them in the late 90s, he still had an Aussie accent slipping in.

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I found this online & shows the difference between Mad Max & The US Dubb of it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p1EwWOlNgfE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6bSAzjMnqaw

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