Luke Wilson's accent

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Psychedelics8 — 13 years ago(January 12, 2013 02:00 AM)

I love the way he speaks, what American accent is that? seems very neutral. I'm not American

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nateman79 — 12 years ago(May 03, 2013 08:00 PM)

he's from Texas

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epibee — 12 years ago(July 17, 2013 10:16 PM)

It's not exactly a Texan accent, it's the way he speaks. actually both brothers Luke and Owen speak in that style, must have got it from their parents.

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Prelude-in-C-maj — 11 years ago(January 02, 2015 11:09 AM)

He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and spent a lot of time in Austin Texas, but his Wiki entry says his family were originally from Massachusetts.
The thing about many metropolitan, educated Texas people, though, is that they don't really have the stereotypical Texas accent and often do sound like just "neutral" American maybe with a tiny twang. Oddly his brother Owen sounds more Texan than Luke does.

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slyle — 10 years ago(May 06, 2015 11:58 AM)

I am American and I'd have a hard time picking out their accents. FWIW, I'm from the upper Midwest where we all sound more like Vince Vaughn. I agree that Owen sound a bit more Texan, but I'd probably have guessed California if someone asked me to say where they're from just based on their accents.
If they sounded exactly like they do, but were from Europe everyone would say that their accents are terrible and that no one here sounds like that.