Dreadful English Accent
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Three Men and a Little Lady
drella15 — 14 years ago(December 18, 2011 08:50 PM)
I think Superfanny's 2006 post was spot on. In fact, I came to this site just to find out the name of the actress doing the dreadful English accent.
Nancy Travis's is one of the two worst Ive ever heard. The other is Sigourney Weaver's in The Year Of Living Dangerously.
I absolutely cannot believe most of the replies to Superfanny's post defended Travis. Those repliers must have something wrong with their hammer, anvil & stirrup bones.
Of course, Weaver is one of the worst actresses of all time. Ill guess Ill be adding Travis to that list & my list is the law. -
SenoritaTorres — 12 years ago(September 11, 2013 01:54 PM)
When I first saw this film I actually thought Nancy Travis WAS English. I was surprised when I found out she was American.
I watched this again today though and it's not as bad as some actresses' English accent (Thora Birch's in The Hole was horrendous) but I can now tell it's fake as the American accent creeps in.
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HarveyManfredSinJohn — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 03:11 AM)
I agree. I'm also English and I still can't believe Nancy Travis is American.
I actually think it's a great English accent because she adds a slight Northern lilt. It's not a generic posh London voice which is what most American actresses (i.e. Gwyneth Paltrow) tend to do. -
faithish — 11 years ago(June 02, 2014 01:39 PM)
When I first saw this film I actually thought Nancy Travis WAS English. I was surprised when I found out she was American.
Ditto. Of course, I was a child when I first saw these films, so of course I wasn't anywhere near as discerning as I would be now, but I think Nancy Travis did just fine with her English accent. I've heard far worse.