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Idris Elba and Dominic West both caught me by surprise, given that I'm English and I was convinced they were both American. Then I heard Idris in another produc
by m0nty 9y ago
Idris Elba and Dominic West both caught me by surprise, given that I'm English and I was convinced they were both American. Then I heard Idris in another production talking proper London ...
Discussion of his accent here from a dialect coach, "This is amazing":
https://youtu.be/NvDvESEXcgE?t=473 https://youtu.be/NvDvESEXcgE?t=473
- monochromatic 9y agoI always thought West's accent was a little... odd. I agree that Elba nailed it though.
- m0nty 9y agoI'm not a native so can't tell about West. I admire Elba more as an actor though, maybe it's that authenticity thing.
- Anthony-G 9y agoHaving never seen either actor in anything else before The Wire, I too was convinced that they were American. While watching the scene where McNulty went undercover to play an English visitor to Baltimore, I thought his accent was laughably bad – and that it was intentionally bad to add even more humour to that scene. I was doubly impressed when I later found out Dominic West actually is English and had even studied in Trinity College, Dublin (my adopted home).
- therealdrag0 9y agoI had to look that scene up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBL2Wq5YjSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBL2Wq5YjSw Compared to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbWsX6h4eo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbWsX6h4eo