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Since when do Persians have English accents?

posted 15 years ago by scratchokon999
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So Gyllenhaal is playing a persian; did he spend a few summers in modern-day England in his youth or something?

I hear a very lazy, very distinct english accent from him, at least in the commercials...

[–] Karpenter 15 years ago

They all have plumy english accents because it is a nod to the game. The game uses english accents for irony because they are meant to appear posh.

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[–] reyls 15 years ago

Bottom line is...

Who gives a *beep*

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[–] lani-d 15 years ago

It appears that the film industry has decided that a standard English English accent is the international neutral accent.

[–] haunted_shore 15 years ago

Pretty much open and shut.

Give your main character an Iranian accent and you lose a lot of your audience demographic. It's a massive trend in mainstream cinema and games. Rather than give him an American accent, which is (i apologise) but an accent with little history, they give The Prince an english accent. It's pretty much interchangeable in most historical films.

American accented historical films have a distinct feel of 'straight to dvd.'

[–] marcdnb 15 years ago

The weird thing is, Jake G was recently quoted as saying he's never accepted an English speaking role as he never thought he could do the accent justice.

An actor who prides himself on being a proper actor...what film does he choose to do this? A film based on a video game, set in Persia...to do an English accent.

WTF?

[–] John_Dee_007 15 years ago

An actor who prides himself on being a proper actor...what film does he choose to do this? A film based on a video game, set in Persia...to do an English accent.

WTF?

Yeah I'm not sure wtf he was thinking either. Perhaps he thought he could pull a 'Jack Sparrow' by creating an iconic character and thus shoot to superstardum:

Depp takes a chance on an adaptation of a campy amusement park ride, Gyllenhaal takes a chance on an adaptation of a campy video game. Depp's character is a scruffy, swashbuckling hero, Gyllenhaal's character is a scruffy, swashbuckling hero. Depp is an American using an English accent, Gyllenhaal is an American using an English accent. Depp created an iconic movie character that's now a household name, Gyllenhaal... well, that's where they differ.

*Strangely, though, the chemistry between Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton could be likened to that of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz from The Mummy (the character's chemistry, that is, not necessarily the actors' themselves). In which case Gyllenhaal's regular accent might've proved more successful anyway, regardless of the game's fanbase.

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[–] bima_p 15 years ago

If the movie is in Persian, would you watch it?

[–] snap-20 15 years ago

Hahhhh, how about, since when are Persians white?

[–] hossein-motlagh 15 years ago

snap-20, right i forgot they have masks on like the 300 movie and have monsters.

READ some books or even wiki before posting bs.

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[–] rodin_indi 15 years ago

im not concerned with the historical accuracy of the film after all its based on a video game and targeted towards western audience but i feel that movies in which main characters are foreign specially from a part/time of the world where english is never heard should have either neutral accent or accent influenced by that region. example - Dracula

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[–] Kredom 15 years ago

How would changing the accent make it more authentic? Do you think they spoke English with a Persian accent in Persia? That's a weird logic...