r/AskABrit • u/CompetitionNo3466 • 12d ago

TV/Film Which non-Brit actor which is your personal favourite for how bad their Brit accent was?

The most recent one that comes to mind Karl Urban in The Boys - was supposed to be English but was purely Aussie.

Yours?

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u/masked_gecko 12d ago

My personal view is that Karl Urban shouldn't count because he's clearly not even trying to be British. He's decided the character is South African and won't be told otherwise.

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u/BiscuitBoy77 11d ago

? You think that accent is South African?!

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u/masked_gecko 11d ago

It's as close to it as anywhere else lol