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Jason Statham's Accent?

posted 16 years ago by Graham1983
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What the hell was going on with his accent in these films? It sounded like he was trying to do an american accent but kept slipping back in to British in various places!

[–] Star_blazer_9000 16 years ago

That's exactly what I said to my brother when we were watching the movie. Statham is pathetic at accents for sure.

[–] superman1 16 years ago

Ha, maybe he is not trying to put on an accent, but his natural one is a mix - Britmerican, or Americanish.

[–] ctsamados 16 years ago

I think he was trying to do a New Yorker accent, but it was pretty bad. That's coming from an English man too!

[–] welshy023 16 years ago

No, that's just what his voice sounds like.

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[–] jasonpittman 16 years ago

I noticed a couple of people say he sounds like that naturally but he is English and his natural accent was the one he has in Lock Stock. I have seen him in other English films and he sounds English the first time I noticed the awful american accent he has in the transporter films was in Ghosts of Mars.

[–] whraglyn-2 16 years ago

It's referred to in bios of actors Cary Grant and Richard Harrison, as well as some about Princess Grace of Monaco, as the 'Mid-Atlantic' accent and usage.

Dunno if Statham is attempting same, but it is a recognized norm for spoken English on both sides of the pond...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_English

(sorry for using wacky-pedia as a reference, folks.
My bad for sure, but it's only a pop-culture factoid!)

Cheers, All!

[–] whraglyn-2 16 years ago

Personally, I was very disappointed that Jason had so few lines in which to display his accent.

After all, isn't that why we attend any Jason Statham film?...

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[–] no_frills_rulz 16 years ago

He does it in lots of films, he has the most shocking attempt @ the American Accent. He was really bad in The One, he was also REALLY bad in Crank. Lets hope he doesnt carry this poor accent attempt into Crank 2.

[–] dblbass 16 years ago

I love the way he talks, especially in Crank.. I don't see the problem here, but also I'm neither English nor American.

[–] Zipper69 15 years ago

Like Mr Statham I'm a South London boy. Also like him I've spent a lot of time surpressing the God awful cockney accent that we grew up with.

The result is what you hear on the screen, He had to revert for Lock, Stock and the other London based films, but otherwise he (like me) is struggling to not drop his aitches and pronounce words correctly - that's also why he takes his time when he speaks - although it has the added bonus of sounding cool and controlled.

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[–] greenlady1 16 years ago

that's just what his voice sounds like. besides, i'm more interested in when he has to take his shirt off to use as a weapon... mmm :p

[–] JoeyBagOfDonuts 15 years ago

Why do you guys care about the freakin' accent? I don't think the intent of any of his films is to provide a realistic impersonations of english, british, new york, Taiwanese, or any other dialect. His purpose is simply to kick ass. Period.

Personally I like the dead pan humor. The guys never cracks a smile.

"Please sign on the dotted line."

[–] hasen-07476 9 years ago

To be honest I've never noticed his accent change. Maybe its not as obviously English as in movies like Lock Stock and Snatch but he always sounds English....and I am English so I would know.

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