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Only Ray Winstone could get away with giving Beowulf a Cockney accent

posted 14 years ago by quicksilverstew
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It just worked for him somehow.

[–] Simon-140 13 years ago

A Cockney accent? I don't think so.

[–] jewelparsons1234 13 years ago

Obviously not "pure" Cockney, but you gotta admit it's hard for Winstone to get shot of it, like a lot of Cockney's.

The funniest was him doing a Southie in The Departed:

"It's alright... he don't need his f---ing teef anyway"

[–] one_through_nine 13 years ago

Yep, some lines came through completely cockney, to the point that they took you out of the moment.

[–] KutWrite (1334) 4 years ago

I thought that too. Reminiscent of his character in "Sexy Beast."

[–] Roguemail (1634) 4 years ago

But in Sexy Beast he was supposed to be cockney and used his natural accent

[–] KutWrite (1334) 3 years ago

Right. I wasn't arguing. I know that's hard to believe on here!