Why cant black american actors do accents?

[Mikael Blowpiff]

Laurence Fishburn in Higher Learning

 

[Grams]

idris' accent in the wire was shaky at best. in general, most people faking accents are not particularly good at them unless they are doing a strong accent that can allow for over acting.

Gbenga Akinnagbe

He's Nigerian but he can put on a great American accent








when he's acting






Not sure that counts. but dude is a underrated actor. When I heard him in a interview... I was like down he puts on a good American accent

It's very rare that you will see two back to back posts like this that will make other posters but yall two accomplished that

 

[Kaypain]

It's very rare that you will see two back to back posts like this that will make other posters but yall two accomplished that

Shut up

I was just pointing out the difference between his accents in interviews and his acting


If you can't hear the difference the interviews and the scenes then fukk it.

Y'all say he grew up as a American well no shyt. Why the fukk does he have a Nigerian accent in his interviews then?

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

lmao eddie's African accent in coming to America was ass

 

[nineteeneightysix]

tom cruise in
valkyrie

nikka didnt even bother

Don Cheadle "Hotel Rwanda"...

 

[Roman Brady]

tom cruise in
valkyrie

nikka didnt even bother

 

[Roman Brady]

White American actors can't do accents either...

How many white american actors are playing foreign characters with believable accents...?

so what did rdj do in tropic thunder/sherlock colmes or depp in pirates or maybe u are goin to tell me they arent white americans

 

[TRIPLE M]

So James earl Jones,Morgan Freeman,Eddie Murphy,Don Cheadle,Halle berry,Angela Bassett, don't exist?

 

[Crakface]

No love for Clarke Peters.

Hollywood likes black people to play Black person number 4

 

[RisAri0]

Mos Def?

 

[NZA]

Most people didn't even know Elba was British until they heard him speak in interviews and such.

Anyway, the thing is that many American actors (not just black actors) didn't study acting and really can't step outside their lane. Foreign actors (especially British actors) often tend to have a theater background, so they're more experienced with playing different characters and accents. Even so, you have guys like Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright who do have strong backgrounds in acting and it shows in their work, which is a lot more diverse than most black actors.

i had no problem hearing the flaws in his accent. if you didnt then that's ok

 

[Peak]

All I know is don cheadle's cockney accent in oceans eleven was one if the worst imitations I ever heard.

 

[NZA]

It's very rare that you will see two back to back posts like this that will make other posters but yall two accomplished that

http://www.contactmusic.com/story/idris-elba-s-barbershop-accent_3896711

if you look at my second post in here, i said he sounded like a mix of irish and new york, come to find out he learned how to play a baltimore resident by practicing his accent in new york barbershops. maybe my ears are more sensitive than yours, but he stood out like a sore thumb.

bodie also sounded out of place...

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

so what did rdj do in tropic thunder/suherlock colmes or depp in pirates or maybe u are goin to tell me they arent white americans

An Aussie doing a stereotypical "Black American" accent