Why didn't Costner even bother to speak the same English as everyone?
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al666940 — 10 years ago(December 29, 2015 09:35 AM)
They explain a RUMMOR, and only for the accent, not the lack of British slang.
And they can only mention Connery there as well, who spoke about 30 words tops, and at least had Scottish accent (still British if not outright English). He still sounded right. -
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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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.