Locke's accent?
He seemed to drift from South Wales to Eastern European, at first I thought it was deliberate depending on who he was talking to but on reflection I'm not so sure?
It sounded pretty Welsh to me. His opening lines were very Scandinavian though, and I was pleased when it turned out he wasn't doing Danish.
shareI was confused about the accent as well. I couldn't place it at first at the start it sounded kind of Indian then a bit Irish, then Welsh. From an English person I thought it got better throughout the movie. No offense to any Welsh who thought it was s**t.
I was waiting for some integral part to be revealed about why he was Welsh. Oh well guess everyone needs a challenge.
Death...by exile!!!
I'm Welsh and I didn't think it wss straight-forwardly *beep* I've heard worse from Welsh actors hamming it up. He just sounded unusual really, and I think it contributed to the sense of him being an unusual character, as someone above says.
The sillest Welsh accent I've heard in a film is John Dall's in The Corn is Green. The one that ruins a film most is the actress who plays Annie Mary in the unwatchable but popular Very Annie Mary. Some very creditable efforts would include Paddy Considine in Pride, John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place, Dirk Bogarde in Boys in Brown and Kiera Knightley in Edge of Love (though people were very unfair about that at the time, and the film itself is boring as hell)