The job of an actor is to play someone that they're not, and at times, that requires them to put on an accent!
Now there are good accents...and not so good accents. So, although I am no expert , here's my opinion of some of the best and worst fake accents that celebrities have adopted for roles:
1.
Best — Renée Zellweger's British accent in Bridget Jones's Diary .
You can hear her British accent here:
Universal Pictures
2.
Worst — Blake Lively's Boston accent in The Town
You can hear her Bostonian accent here:
Warner Bros.
3.
Best — Daniel Kaluuya's Chicago accent in Judas and the Black Messiah :
You can hear his Chicago accent here:
Warner Bros.
4.
Worst — Jacob Elordi's American accent in Euphoria :
You can hear his American accent here:
HBO
5.
Best — Andrew Garfield's American accent in The Social Network :
You can hear his American accent here:
Sony Pictures
6.
Worst — Emma Watson's Valley girl accent in The Bling Ring :
You can hear her Valley girl accent here:
A24
7.
Best — Don Cheadle's Rwandan accent in Hotel Rwanda :
You can hear his Rwandan accent here:
MGM / United Artists
8.
Worst — Don Cheadle's Cockney accent in Ocean's Eleven :
You can hear his Cockney accent here:
Warner Bros.
9.
Best — Meryl Streep's Polish accent in Sophie's Choice :
You can hear her Polish accent here:
Universal Pictures
10.
Worst — Anne Hathaway's Yorkshire accent in One Day :
11.
Best — Heath Ledger's (American) Joker voice in The Dark Knight :
You can hear his Joker voice here:
Warner Bros.
12.
Worst — Dick Van Dyke's British accent in Mary Poppins :
You can hear his British accent here:
Walt Disney
13.
Best — Margot Robbie's New York accent in Birds of Prey :
You can hear her New York accent here:
Warner Bros.
14.
Worst — Mel Gibson's Scottish accent in Braveheart :
You can hear his Scottish accent here:
Paramount Pictures
15.
Best — Idris Elba's South African accent in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom :
You can hear his South African accent here:
20th Century Fox
16.
Worst — James Van Der Beek's Texan accent in Varsity Blues :
You can hear his Southern accent here:
Paramount Pictures
17.
Best — Christian Bale's townie accent in The Fighter :
You can hear his townie accent here:
Paramount Pictures
18.
Worst — Vanessa Hudgens' whatever you wanna call it accent in The Princess Switch :
You can hear her Montenaro accent here:
Netflix
19.
Best — Alfred Enoch's American accent in How to Get Away With Murder :
You can hear his American accent here:
ABC
20.
Worst — Scarlett Johansson's Jersey accent in Don Jon :
You can hear her Jersey accent here:
Relativity Media
21.
Best — Leo DiCaprio's Rhodesian accent in Blood Diamond :
You can hear his Rhodesian accent here:
Warner Bros.
22.
Worst — Tom Cruise's Irish accent in Far and Away :
You can hear his Irish accent here:
Universal Pictures
23.
Best — Daisy Edgar-Jones' Irish accent in Normal People :
You can hear her Irish accent here:
BBC 3 / Hulu
24.
Worst — Cameron Diaz's Irish accent in Gangs of New York :
You can hear her Irish accent here:
Miramax
25.
Best — Robert Pattinson's Queens accent in Good Time :
You can hear his Queens accent here:
a24
26.
Worst — Gerard Butler's Irish accent in P.S. I Love You :
You can hear his Irish accent here:
Warner Bros.
27.
Best — Kristen Stewart's British accent in Spencer :
You can hear her British accent here:
NEON
28.
Worst — Halle Berry's Kenyan accent in X-Men :
You can hear her (low-key nonexistent) accent here:
20th Century Fox
29.
Best — Will Poulter's American accent in We're the Millers :
You can hear his American accent here:
Warner Bros.
30.
Worst — Jared Leto's Italian accent in House of Gucci :
You can hear his Italian accent here:
MGM
Did I miss any? Sound off in the comments below!
