Lucas Black
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ravmeltt — 9 years ago(May 24, 2016 10:31 AM)
actuallyneither Lucas Black nor his character are from New Orleans, they are from Alabama. I have also heard him say in an interview (sorry..can't remember where it was) that he has turned down roles where they wanted him to hide his accent.
To me he talks like he has candy stuffed in both sides of his cheek. At first it was a real turn off but I've sort of gotten used to it. But he really doesn't love his craft of acting if it's too much to hide his accent for a role. The British/Australians do it all the time and speak "American" for various roles. I think even Jonny Miller had done so when he was on that other show "Eli Stone". And I think Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, (who's Irish), change their accents for roles, so Lucas Black must not really care enough about acting if that's how he thinks.
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maryrosenkranz — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 01:06 PM)
I'm a baker, cake artist, pastry creator. I am willing to do a lot for my customers, but there are a few things I will never do(like use shortening). He knows he is somewhat limited. Yet on the other hand, he really hasn't had a hard time finding work. Other actors will go for other accents because they choose to, to get the role they want. But I'm sure there are other things they won't do. I know some people don't like the accent. But if we all sounded alike, it would be boring as he**. And people are so bent on reality in shows, yet apparently not too much
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tuna1 — 9 years ago(June 04, 2016 05:07 PM)
He's using his own voice because his character is written that way. His character is from Alabama so it only makes sense he uses his own authentic Alabama accent and not some phony B.S. accent like most actors would do.
People complaining about this have deeper problems with his accent than just merely understanding him.
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maryrosenkranz — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 10:05 AM)
It's because so many accents are "middle of the road" or basic Midwestern on tv. There's no inflection in it(unless you detect one of the British exports, not quite hiding their natural accent). Actors use their natural accents, & people have a fit. They'll go off because they cannot understand someone from England. I blame it on us not "talking" to one another anymore. It's all text or in print(ala IMDb
). Yet, you'll get others who ask why won't the directors let actors use their real accents. Look at this show, people complained about Bakula's terrible fake accent(which they did get rid of). But Black uses his, which is very common in Alabama, & people are turned off. -
jk-692-236394 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 02:59 PM)
He looks terrible. He has the total skull head look. This last episode I looked it up on google and could not find anything. The guy on NCIS LA Sean Murray looks terrible too. The both have skull heads and look anorexic. I know men get it too, especially in Hollywood. It is strange to have one actor on each show looking so bad. Could it be the producers or the culture of the show from up top?