Her Accent!!!! - Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) Discussion

[–] eviljanet 9 years ago

That's a bit unfair of you, considering how many British actors play Americans with horrid accents. Just saying.

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[–] shadaif 9 years ago

I admit that I don't want to criticize her accent because I've never been bothered by English actors speaking with American accents, but Renee's accent seems like she's trying way too hard. Why is it easier for an English actor to speak with an American accent, but difficult for an American to pull off an English accent? Gwyneth Paltrow is slightly better at an English accent, but not much better.

"The end of the shoelace is called the...IT DOESN'T MATTER!"

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[–] willjohn 9 years ago

English accent? People in England speak differently to people who live ten miles from them.

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[–] Stenian 9 years ago

I like her accent. It's supposed to be a bit posh.

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[–] Sammy35-873-772735 9 years ago

Jeeeezz, she is phenomenal in this role and accent???? people have different accents in UK.😐

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[–] shadaif 9 years ago

People have different accents in the US too. In my home state, each town has it's own distinct accent. Yet a fake southern accent in movies can get annoying to people who live in the Southern US. So my question is: does a fake English accent annoy the English? Or is it something they are willing to overlook if the movie is good?

"The end of the shoelace is called the...IT DOESN'T MATTER!"

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[–] davidparr-12867 9 years ago

I think her accent is fine. I didn't even reasile she was from USA when I saw the prev two films, after which I saw her in something else and her US accent seemed fake. :-/

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[–] shellydrake 9 years ago

Her accent bothered me when u first watched years ago, and when I'm able to catch it occasionally, it still bothers me....it seems like she had to whisper, to 'master' it....she didn't speak with any natural inflection in her voice...

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[–] harveythepooka 9 years ago

I'm American and honestly more than half of the people who "do" American accents on screen are just terrible, it's so so in movies but on TV some of the shows are unwatchable because the actors keep falling in and out of the accent or else over pronounce everything! The Aussies are the worst. I think the sounds between the standard US and the Australian accent is harder to over come than from the UK to an American accent.

Anyway, I think Renee is perfectly cast in the role. She's so sweet and effervescent, and charming but also totally clumsy and awkward. I can't talk about her accent because to my ears it sounds fine, she does fall out once in the movie that I remember, but other than that it's perfectly good imo. But I don't feel like I'm capable of criticizing Americans and Aussies doing British accents, like like I don't think Aussies and Brits can criticize people trying to do American accents simply because natives know when they are listening to something that just isn't right.

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[–] MarmaladeT 9 years ago

The Aussies are the worst.

But nowhere near as bad as any American attempting an Australian accent!

Now, back to Renee's accent in BJD and BJEoR - I don't think I'd seen her in anything before I saw BJD and was stunned when I found out she's American. I think she carried it off really well and look forward to seeing BJB (but don't expect to love it like I loved BJD :-) BJEoR was OK, but not a patch on BJD IMHO)

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[–] Mr_Ectoplasma 9 years ago

A lot of English actors do bad American accents, and vice versa—it just seems that the English complain about it more.

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[–] Valleygirl3033 8 years ago

As an American who watches quite a bit of British, Irish, Australian, and Scottish comedy (with musicians thrown in as well), I have a hard time watching ANY actor play a different accent if they don't do it well. A classic example is Julia Roberts in MICHAEL COLLINS. Hugh Laurie reportedly cringed on HOUSE nearly every day when his Australian co-star tried to manage an English accent while Laurie had to stay in character as an American. I think everybody has a different tolerance based upon how much they're willing to suspend disbelief in order to enjoy watching (and how long it takes to watch).

I personally have a Midwestern American accent (they recruit us for voiceover work because we sound more neutral), and have been told I can decipher more accents then most people. Perhaps it helps that I've worked in healthcare, where you Need to UNDERSTAND what someone is telling you.

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[–] Valleygirl3033 8 years ago

As an American who watches quite a bit of British, Irish, Australian, and Scottish comedy (with musicians thrown in as well), I have a hard time watching ANY actor play a different accent if they don't do it well. A classic example is Julia Roberts in MICHAEL COLLINS. Hugh Laurie reportedly cringed on HOUSE nearly every day when his Australian co-star tried to manage an English accent while Laurie had to stay in character as an American. I think everybody has a different tolerance based upon how much they're willing to suspend disbelief in order to enjoy watching (and how long it takes to watch).

I personally have a Midwestern American accent (they recruit us for voiceover work because we sound more neutral), and have been told I can decipher more accents then most people. Perhaps it helps that I've worked in healthcare, where you Need to UNDERSTAND what someone is telling you.

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[–] galluslass 8 years ago

It's fine and I'm British. 100 times more English than mine!

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[–] LeWildPlatypus 8 years ago

I agree. Renée's English accent is superb, the character is supposed to be more upper class from what I gather so it was spot on. I don't think there was a moment when her real accent slipped through.

I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder.

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[–] erickhart68 8 years ago

Prior to the first film she actually got a job incognito at a British publishing house and worked for a while (using the accent)to see if anyone would call her out as an American. Nobody did, though one girl commented that she looked a but like "that girl from JERRY MAGUIRE, only plumper".

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