Kruger's accent

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Nostromo71 — 12 years ago(February 06, 2014 02:51 PM)

It was totally overdone. His accent in D9 was much more true
Totally agree. He exagerated his accent way too much, to the point that it actually sounded like he was trying to parody himself.

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jctennant55-892-30458 — 10 years ago(September 10, 2015 05:33 AM)

One can always make their accents to fit the role. His accent was exaggeration and over the top. Could be he was wanting to portray his character as totally scummy.

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just-mitch — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 02:47 AM)

It was an Australian accent for the film.
quite obviously not his real accent as you can hear his real accent in district 9 other films and real life.

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Guardia — 12 years ago(December 28, 2013 06:23 AM)

The accent has nothing to do with the film or even the character. It is a real world accent that millions of people already have.
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mw3051-1 — 12 years ago(January 05, 2014 12:56 PM)

no it is not.
have you never heard the actor speak in anything else ?
even South Africans will tell you this is crap.

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LeeVing88 — 12 years ago(January 08, 2014 11:14 AM)

He's still using a South African accent. Do you think an ACTOR can't disguise their voice without changing dialects?

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frozengreenz — 12 years ago(January 09, 2014 04:19 PM)

that bit at the end before he dies when he says "diplomatic immunity" sounded like pretty standard south african to me

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FrontPocket — 12 years ago(January 18, 2014 11:38 AM)

when he says "diplomatic immunity" sounded like pretty standard south african to me
He said "we die together, boykie", though.

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mycelo-338-14473 — 12 years ago(February 10, 2014 02:46 AM)

Are you sure you're talking about this movie? Because, you see, I think the movie where a south african villain who utters "diplomatic immunity" just after dying is called Lethal Weapon 2!!!
Seriously, what the hell?

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bocomoj — 11 years ago(May 11, 2014 06:09 AM)

frozen was telling a joke. It's sad that needs to be explained. The Int0rwebs is populated with dim bulbs.

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bennyshambles78 — 11 years ago(June 20, 2014 09:13 AM)

Um, District 9? Sharlto Copely is South African/Afrikaaner so he's going to speak in an Afrikaans accent and use Afrikaans slang. Hell, he even sings an Afrikaans lullaby to the little girl with leukemia. He might be exaggerating some qualities of it considering he's playing a villain, but it's pretty much just how he speaks. I didn't think that Elysium was very good, but he was definitely the best part of the entire film accent included.

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Stirchley — 10 years ago(January 04, 2016 02:18 PM)

I wonder why you assume Copley is Afrikaans? Copley sounds like a British surname to me and there's no reason to assume that all white South Africans are Afrikaaners.

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francojules — 12 years ago(January 19, 2014 03:28 PM)

Of course it has to do with the film - it is IN the film.

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Guardia — 12 years ago(January 20, 2014 12:08 AM)

What would change if his accent were different?
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francojules — 12 years ago(January 20, 2014 11:33 AM)

Well for a start, because it's not American, it strongly suggests that the character has for what ever reason, left his indigenous home place. Couple that with the actions of the character we see on screen, to me at least, indicates that he is always on the run from his violent actions, but he has found a home in LA where his past actions/crimes lend him an air of employability, which the higher members of Elysium have found desirable. And useful to their casue.

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whereisamber — 12 years ago(January 20, 2014 12:49 PM)

The entire film is very international in tone. Jodie Foster's character has a French accent, Matt Damon's character speak fluent Spanish but has an American accent, the President of Elysium is Indian, and Kruger and the other soldiers were all South African as evidenced by both their accents and the South African flag on their ship/plane/craft.
What I got out of all that was that international borders don't really exist anymore in this future.

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zwoopmugen — 12 years ago(February 13, 2014 09:17 AM)

You can also hear Spider say "Porra do caralho" when he's pissed, so you can add brazilian accent to the list.
I personally am not too fond of the afrikaans accent, but I felt it really added to the film. It saddens me to see the complex of superiority some americans display. They fail to realize that their accent is just as annoying for some people.

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bennyshambles78 — 11 years ago(June 20, 2014 09:19 AM)

Finally, an intelligent reply. You hit the nail on the head. I imagine these people would have the same reactions to Scottish (Edinburgh and Glaswegian specifically) and Welsh accents. Christ, we have a plethora of "annoying" accents in our own country.

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xfiler100 — 12 years ago(December 28, 2013 10:40 PM)

So true, I had no idea what he was saying.