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Daniel Radcliffe's accent

posted 10 years ago by Brandon_Marlo
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There is no way a young solicitor in that period would have spoken in such a modern English accent. Maybe this is lost on American audiences but I felt very strongly that his everyday accent was simply not in existence in what I presume is the Edwardian period the story is set in. I found this very distracting, in addition to the fact I don't see what all the rage about him is anyway as an actor, he just seems average to me. The other chap in the film, the one with a car, he had far more presence and was more convincing in his role than Mr Radcliffe.

[–] astralxromance 10 years ago

You're right. Also, the ages of people around him (most would not have lived past 45 in that era).

[–] morganseer 9 years ago

People in that era lived just as long as they do now. The AVERAGE age was lower due to high mortality rates. My great-grandparents, who were born in the late eighteen hundreds, lived into the nineties.

[–] jodymthompson 8 years ago

Thats ok,I love the way he says darlin.