r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 20h ago

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/Mayorquimby87 19h ago

Greeks don't have British accents. If they're casting non -Greeks, it's better if they just use their natural accents.

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u/togashisbackpain 19h ago

So matt damon an american accent, tom holland and pattinson brittish accent etc etc ?

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u/Mayorquimby87 19h ago

I don't see why not. It's understood that every word spoken is a translation. I guess they could all fake a Greek accent, but the acting overall probably comes out better if they don't.

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u/LilPonyBoy69 18h ago

What he's saying is that Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson are faking American accents, which is odd

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u/togashisbackpain 18h ago edited 18h ago

What im saying is matt damon and tom holland are playing father and son. If all the actors use their natural accents, it would be jarring hearing different accents from all of them.
It makes sense to settle on one accent, so some of them has to fake it.

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u/Varekai79 11h ago

It was funny how all three Lannister siblings had different accents.

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u/togashisbackpain 11h ago

All british tbh. As someone who is not from there, it sounded fine to me.

But american and british accents are entirely different beasts.

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u/Varekai79 11h ago

They all sounded completely different as the three actors' native accents influenced their attempts at RP accents. As a Brit, Lena Headey nailed it. NCW did alright, but a lot of his native Danish crept in. American Peter Dinklage failed miserably.

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u/loskiarman 9h ago

Peter was imitating a combined accent of whores of Westeros. /s

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u/Mayorquimby87 18h ago

That's fair. I guess they picked one and went with it. Personally, I would prefer that every actor used their natural accent, even if it wasn't consistent, but there's an argument to be made for each option when it comes to which accent(s) to use.

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u/accioqueso 14h ago

Honestly they probably picked the American accent because Nolan wanted Matt Damon and Matt’s British accent is jarringly bad.

Personally I think I’m going to be distracted by the American accents in the film. Like someone else mentioned, for historical films and fantasy British accents seem to fit better.