Aibu to enjoy seeing scots actors using their scots accents?

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So many end up having to use English or American accents in their work - I suspect the same is true for welsh and northern Irish actors too.

Also English actors with strong regional accents.

I love the rich diversity of accents and have even study the history and reasons to a peripheral degree and would love to learn more.

My own - due to being a military brat is 'fluid' heavily influenced by who I'm talking with at the time or strong accents on tv or radio.

I'm currently watching old episodes of Taggart on ukplay.

The episode I'm currently watching (well series of episodes the ones all following one storyline are all played as one episode - it's like a feature film love it)

This particular one features:

Sara stewart - most recently I saw her in unforgotten with an English accent

Billy Hartman - who played terry in emmerdale

The next one features Hannah Gordon so well known for her English roles I've met people who don't know she's a Scot.

Others who've appeared in Taggart and then gone on to be well known for roles in which they played English characters or even American ones

Robert Carlyle
Alan cumming
Neil Duncan
John Hannah
Jason Isaacs
Phyllis Logan

To mention just a few.

I understand why they need to play characters with other accents but I do enjoy hearing regional accents especially from actors for whom that's their natural accent.

Which actors do you get pleasure from seeing them being able to play with their natural accents? Are you from the same area? Which accents do you like generally?

In addition to scots accents (yes there's more than one) I love Irish accents but particularly Dublin, also scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire and welsh accents.

@IClavdivs Robert Carlyle had a Scottish accent in 28 weeks, it wasn't his normal accent though.
In the Full Monty he had a Sheffield accent, he did a really good job of it and sounded a lot like Sean Bean.

My Nan used to love Take The High Road.

Robert Carlyle did a very passable Embra accent. Even got the eh right.

You know who isn' t Scottish Johnny Lee Millar i didn't realise untill he was on Graham Norton talking about T2 I wasv

It's so weird about Johnny Lee Miller @MrsJayy - I think it's cos of Trainspotting that everyone thinks he's Scottish. I know he's English but I always get a fright when he speaks.

Often it's the actor's wish to 'find' an accent for a character that leads to them choosing another accent instead of sticking to their own. And sometimes that leads to mixed results - see also John Hannah who really isn't great. Robert Carlyle on the other hand is really good at accents.

It was just weird I had seen JLM on other things i just assumed he wasn't using his Scottish accent

David Tennant was asked by Russell T Davies (Dr who showrunner) to do an English accent because they didn't want another Northern doctor after Christopher Eccelston.

Definitely some actors are better than other at accents.

But that's not just the actors fault if it messes a part/production up. The responsibility also lies with casting directors, producers etc.

Not every actor is right for every part.

I'm always fascinated by those FB "articles" regarding actors that were considered for what became iconic roles!

It's so hard to imagine other actors filling them.

Al Pacino as Han Solo anyone?

Gwyneth Paltrow - rose titanic
John travolta - Forrest Gump
Molly ringwald - vivienne pretty woman
Tom selleck - Indiana Jones

Gwen stefani in mr and Mrs smith - there's a sliding doors moment if ever there was one! - speaking of which, Minnie driver as Helen?

Even in tv - Courteney cox was originally auditioning as Rachel in friends and can you imagine Jon cryer as chandler?

Just all kinds of wrong!

@MrsJayy: This is completely off topic, but Jonny Lee Miller's grandfather was Bernard Lee, the original M in James Bond. I have read he uses the "Lee" in his name in remembrance of his grandfather because he remembers little of his grandfather.

I really love Shaun Evans in Endeavour, but I'm always delighted to hear him speak in his

This is completely off topic, but Jonny Lee Miller's grandfather was Bernard Lee, the original M in James Bond. I have read he uses the "Lee" in his name in remembrance of his grandfather because he remembers little of his grandfather.

Well every day is a school day

@MrsJayy: I see you like your sarcasm to mimic Katharine Hepburn's style - "Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer."

The fella off the BBC show with the long dark hair. Great British Isles or something

Robert Carlyle on the other hand is really good at accents.

^^Yes, I was just thinking about him actually in Trainspotting when they beat that American up in that pub his accent is broad

Robert Carlyle used his Scot's accent for emphasis in Once Upon a Time.

Jamie Dornan (I think) was slated for his Irish accent- it's his real accent

@halfwitpicker: Neil Oliver? He's good, isn't he.

One of the newish breed of archeologists who can make it all so interesting.

Yes, Neil Oliver that's the fella! Really good program.

The accent Robert Carlyle uses in once upon a time isn't his natural accent it's much softer but somehow more menacing (which is an achievement given he's a weegie! An accent which makes someone about to laugh sound like they're about to lamp you one! )

I'm from Lanarkshire and the town I grew up in had the same slang as Ayrshire. Ken, seeven etc.

I moved schools in secondary and it was only 7 miles down the road and the change in accent/slang was very noticeable.

I love David tennents accent and can tell it's him on voiceovers etc.

My DP has been told many times he looks like James McAvoy. And there are lots of similarities between their private lives which I find amazing as I love James McAvoy lol.

Also I was shocked to find out Jonny Lee Miller wasn't Scottish! He has it spot on in trainspotting however I think in T2 it's noticeable that it's not his natural accent.

My oh is from Edinburgh and when I was reading trainspotting I was asking him what all the words meant!

I like to hear any sort of accent, sometimes surprised when I see an actor who I thought was English speaking in their native Irish or the like. A lot of English actors are successful in America and can do a perfect accent. It shows great versatility if they can do several accents.

One actor who was commended while at drama school for doing different accents is Colin Morgan who played Merlin in the TV series of a few years ago. It wasn't until much later that I realised he was from NI.

James McAvoy!

Hard to believe he’s from the Drum!

Shame if Jamie Dornan's been slated for his natural accent, seeing how it's the only one he can do!

Jamie Dornan’s accent is gorgeous. I love all Northern Ireland accents.

YANBU. I'm N.irish and love to hear non English accents on radio, telly or in film. It's still so rare unfortunately but that's what happens when media and film is so London/Manchester entrenched...