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Joaquin can't do a French accent?

posted a year ago by Guitar King (4893)
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WTF? Napolean was French, so where is the French accent?

[–] CountJohn (602) a year ago

Napoleon spoke unaccented French so it would make sense in an English language version for someone to be speaking English in a native accent. Older movies did this all the time and it was fine.

[–] ATG6 (3000) a year ago

But the Romans always had a British accent, for some reason.

[–] ATG6 (3000) a year ago

Mon dieu!

[–] stev (35) a year ago

One thing I learned from watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and various productions of Les Misérables is that French people have English accents.

[–] SteveG (1370) a year ago

I think Joaquin has reached that rarified air, much like Sean Connery before him, where he is such an amazingly talented actor that it just doesnt matter. And good for him.