Vicki Fowler on Eastenders. A British actress trying and not really succeeding at an American accent. After about six months, she suddenly began speaking in the actress' natural accent, with the hilarious explanation that Vicky decided to start talking like everyone else so she could fit in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpO3k40JEOM&feature=plcp

Yikes! I think all attempts I've heard of British actors to do "the American accent" sound similar to that. I don't know anyone who sounds like that.

Yikes! I think all attempts I've heard of British actors to do "the American accent" sound similar to that. I don't know anyone who sounds like that.

A lot of British actors end up sounding kind of Southern too. Some work better than others.

This always cracks me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj3I2GMPhMQ

Maxwell Caulfield played Pierce Riley for a week before he found out he wasn't supposed to have an accent.

Maxwell Caulfield played Pierce Riley for a week before he found out he wasn't supposed to have an accent.

And somehow he was still the best love interest Julia Barr had for much of that decade...

Yeah Thandie Newton comes off sounding kind of Southern when she puts on her American accent in movies

The worst for me will always be Jonathan Lavery/Jeff Branson's voice on AMC. UGH!

Almost twenty years later and I still can't believe this [!@#$%^&*] got approved. When Alan Spaulding returned to GL in 1994, someone decided a fantastic return story would be to have him pretending to be a Japanese businessman, with an accent apparently inspired by Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OVPQWBmFjk&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jox_oQeMzpQ&feature=plcp

Shane, Bo and Hope attempt to be southern. It's supposed to be intentionally bad, but Shane gives it an extra effort.

Edited October 20, 201213 yr by Titus Andronicus

Bo's russian accent in this clip. He sounds like a robot from Star Wars.

This thread is like one endless goodbye present to Peter Reckell.

Almost forgot about James Scott's awful italian accent.

Edited October 20, 201213 yr by Sindacco

Lynn Milgrim's weak sauce attempt at a Maltese accent, which just seems like she recited "the calla lilies are in bloom again" a few times before each taping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN6AqH2gQ_Q

I love her to death, but Vicky Wyndham's English accent as Justine was ridiculous.

Can we just include the whole pseudo-Shakespearean accent she used for AW's last five years?