The provided text appears to be a dialect coach's analysis of various movie accents, both good and bad. The coach, Eric Singer, critiques the accents of well-known actors in different films, pointing out what they got right and wrong. He analyzes accents from different regions and countries, including Southern American, Nigerian, Polish, French, Russian, and others. Singer also discusses the challenges of mastering accents, the importance of proper preparation and coaching, and how accents can make or break a character's portrayal. He concludes that accent work is a crucial aspect of storytelling and that actors, coaches, and productions must work together to get it right.
1. Eric Singer is a dialect coach who helps actors with their accents in film and television.
2. Brad Pitt played a character with a Tennessee accent in the movie "Inglourious Basterds".
3. Will Smith played a character with a Nigerian accent in the movie "Concussion".
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman played a character with a Truman Capote accent in the movie "Capote".
5. Idris Elba played a character with a South African accent in the movie "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom".
6. Tom Cruise played a character with a Belfast accent in the movie "Far and Away".
7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt played a character with a French accent in the movie "The Walk".
8. Leonardo DiCaprio played a character with a Sierra Leonean Creole accent in the movie "Blood Diamond".
9. David Oyelowo played a character with a Martin Luther King Jr. accent in the movie "Selma".
10. Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger played characters with Wyoming accents in the movie "Brokeback Mountain".
11. Kevin Costner played a character with an English accent in the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves".
12. Nicolas Cage played a character with a Southern accent in the movie "Con Air".
13. Kate Winslet played a character with a Polish accent in the movie "Jobs".
14. Daniel Day-Lewis played a character with a vintage New York City accent in the movie "Gangs of New York".
15. Mel Gibson played a character with a Scottish accent in the movie "Braveheart".
16. Viggo Mortensen played a character with a Russian accent in the movie "Eastern Promises".
17. Matt Damon played a character with a South African accent in the movie "Invictus".
18. John Voight played a character with a Paraguayan accent in the movie "Anaconda".
19. Cate Blanchett played a character with a Katharine Hepburn accent in the movie "The Aviator".
20. Angelina Jolie played a character with an English accent in the movie "Maleficent".
21. Brad Pitt played a character with a German accent in the movie "7 Years in Tibet".
22. Brad Pitt played a character with a Belfast accent in the movie "Snatch".
23. Heath Ledger played a character with a New York City accent in the movie "The Dark Knight".
24. Keanu Reeves played a character with a Southern English accent in the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula".
25. Daniel Day-Lewis played a character with a vintage California accent in the movie "There Will Be Blood".
26. Don Cheadle played a character with an English Cockney accent in the movie "Ocean's Eleven".