What do I have to fear from a man who lives in a VW camper-van? :-P
Hey you just reminded me of something. I picked up a copy of the free newspaper "South African" at the local Nandos today on my way back from work.
There is a mini-review of the new film "Blood Diamond" in it.
Of course, Di Caprio's attempt at a South African accent didn't go down well with the reviewer, who described it as somewhere between a Jamaican and broad Australian accent. They commended him on at least being consistent though.
Here's the top five list (according to the paper) of worst attempts to emulate a South African accent on film:
1) Pete Postlethwaite in The Constant Gardener. It was described as Afrikaans-Cockney.
2) Joss Ackland in Lethal Weapon 2. All they said was he should have been ejected off set. I wouldn't put him at number 2, but it was obviously an over-rehearsed attempt to emulate an Afrikaans accent.
3) Daniel Craig in Munich. He rolled the R wrong, and veered between Australian and Irish.
4) Val Kilmer in The Saint. (Actually I didn't think it was that bad an attempt).
5) Richard Roxburgh in Mission Impossible. He changed accents mid-sentence from fake US to fake SA.
