Daniel Kaluuya's accent in this Fred Hampton movie bothers me...

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Spoiler: iconic

eko


idris


delroy lindo


peter mensah


colin salmon


oleyowo

You really talking about a few scenes...?


nikka do this.... List the 150 movies of all time... GLOBAL... and see how many black brits are the prize winner.... Brits do drama better.... America hasn't stressed drama for 30 years at least.... but Brits still on that wave....... I'll wait for you not to list that all time great film list..... and do these British actors that get roles in America come from humble backgrounds.......?

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Told y'all this wasn't the role for him. He's kinda overrated. Don't even have the look. Nate Parker would've bodied this role.

nah Lakeith Stanfield

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Told y'all this wasn't the role for him. He's kinda overrated. Don't even have the look. Nate Parker would've bodied this role.

Agreed. To bad folks can't work together

 

[How Sway?]

I thought nate parker would've been a better choice for this role but yall are literally bytching about nothing.

Take your asses to LSA

 

[Cadillac]

all the brits use the same voice to talk like BA

they either try to sound like some generic deep voiced Black male, or accent it up by immitating their Nonados "americanized" cousin who they heard speak at the family reunion and talk like a Black NYer.

they can never replicate Midwest Black slang, Westcoast slang, let alone Southern slang

As some have pointed out the one who did imitate a non-NY slang(snowfall guy) needed a coach to teach him.

 

[Brer Dog]

The nikkas turning this into some Diaspora war/ADOS shyt must not know who OP is

 

[Urahara_Kisuke]

"My noime is Fred 'Ampton,Powah tew me blokes."

 

[GMoney]

The accent sounds off. Daniel's work so far doesn't impress me at all.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I wasn’t convinced at all from the commercials. He don’t look like Fred and doesn’t convey the passion and charisma of Fred. Not to mention you gotta have the Chicago accent down pat if you’re playing Fred. Too important of a figure to drop the ball on this shyt.

Edit: I’m strictly talking acting btw. fukk all that dumbass diaspora war shyt. Idgaf where the nikka from I just wanted a more convincing performance.

Exactly. Brehs should know i aint on that diaspora war foolishness

I been the main one going at the heads of these ADOS fools over this foolishness. But that don't mean I can't make valid criticisms about someone not having a believable accent in a movie

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

upon further review y’all just a bunch of haters is the accent perfect? No. But it’s pretty spot on. Y’all just don’t like him cause he British, big deal, it’s a fukking movie.

I peep all the hating in here. But y’all gonna be in the film room acting different come tomorrow I bet.

You just gave me a great idea for a spin thread.

Brb. Gonna get 2 plats in one night

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Spoiler: iconic

eko


idris


delroy lindo


peter mensah


colin salmon


oleyowo

Delroy Lindo is British?

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Delroy Lindo is British?

Yup... Brilliant actor too.... has nothing to do with the theme of the thread tho

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Yup... Brilliant actor too.... has nothing to do with the theme of the thread tho

I love that brotha in every role I've seen him in and I had no idea. Wow

 

[Premeditated]

I don't think it's wrong for non ados to play ados roles, but reasons like the op is why I prefer it to go to ados actors. I forgot which poster I was going back and fourth with on this but you could be as classically train and have all the facial and timing nuance in the world but if the accent isn't accurate, it's a huge distraction for the person you're trying to play.
and also, alot of these Brits who are classically trained, their acting don't always translate to the big screen. I'm not saying that's the case with Daniel Kaluuya, but when you're given a person like Fred Hampton to play, whose way of talking was really charismatic and had a slight countryish chicago accent, it's gonna be even harder for a classically trained Brit, who were only familiar with the white southern american accent, but not black. He can train for it but why not give that role to a classically train black american then(and don't tell me there's no classically trained black americans)

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I love that brotha in every role I've seen him in and I had no idea. Wow

You gotta understand this too.. Delroy been in the states for 40 plus years....so of course, he is heavily influenced by American black swag\culture..... he is the actor version of Slick Rick to me