Why didn't Costner even bother to speak the same English as everyone?

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RearEchelon — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 05:25 PM)

Funny thing about Connery's casting, since we're talking accents: he was ~25 years older than Richard would have been when this took place (1149 if I remember correctly), and Richard Coeur de Lion was French and didn't speak very much, if any, English.

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al666940 — 10 years ago(January 15, 2016 08:55 AM)

Dude, NOBODY took him seriously.
Hence the success of Men in Tights, for it's a dead on parody and mockery.

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servo-spiked-the-punch — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 04:35 AM)

Seriously, I couldn't even finish the movie, 38 minutes in I had to stop due to irritation. Maybe I'll give it another shot in like five years.

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mikeyg24 — 9 years ago(April 19, 2016 08:05 PM)

You should! Then you'll have earned the right to comment on it!!
24/04/1916

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servo-spiked-the-punch — 9 years ago(May 07, 2016 03:31 AM)

Well, I mean I DID watch it was a kid, but that was a long time ago. Not that it's any of your business. As an adult I found it was even more cringy then it was when I was ten.

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randyhall-06635 — 10 years ago(January 18, 2016 09:20 AM)

Do you know how dumb British slang sounds without the accent?

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AndoMando — 10 years ago(March 28, 2016 01:12 AM)

The irony is that the English accent is highly likely to have sounded American back in 1194. Costner's Hood might actually sound more authentic than Rickman's Nottingham.

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degree7 — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 01:47 PM)

I have reason to doubt this. Robin Hood in his time (or whoever he's based on) would have spoken either Middle English or some other dialect native to the modern day East Midlands/Yorkshire region, which would have sounded more like a cross between Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) and Scandinavian.
Kevin Costner's generic Midwest accent was developed over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.
So really, instead of complaining about the lack of appropriate accents, we should instead be pointing out that none of the actors are speaking Middle English tongue.
~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

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njverbos-974-152214 — 9 years ago(April 13, 2016 10:45 PM)

Robin should've spoken in Cockney rhyming slang. I feel like that would have been a brave choice.

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Blubonnet_Spearman — 9 years ago(May 06, 2016 07:41 AM)

Yes because people living in England all have the same accents and sound exactly the same

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one189teen50five — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 09:29 AM)

Watch Richard Gere in First Knight-NO ACCENT whatsoever. Quit dissing Kevin on this. ENOUGH!!!