Im assuming Compston who played Mike O'Shea was speaking normal because americans couldnt understand his natural Scottish accent. But It made him look less authentic. Maybe I only noticed because Im Scottish but just felt he should have spoke a bit stronger.
Shame he never made an impression on an American audience.
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If you could spell maybe we could understand your point.
share^^^^^^ Bwahahahahahah!! good one!
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There wasn't one misspelled word in the original poster's comments, aside from a couple missing apostrophes...
So what the hell is YOUR problem? I mean, besides being another douchey American child who thinks he's a fücking robot... Grow up and pick a real fight next time...
It seems as though the original may have had misspelled words. I'm just assuming because someone commented on it saying there were spelling errors, and then the OP says it was edited roughly two hours after that person pointed out the spelling errors.
"Don't sleep. Dream."
I'm Scottish too and it sounded pretty damn authentic to me.
As you know, there's many regional accents in Scotland and I think he spoke in his true accent (he's from Greenock originally)
Oh and I love him in "Sweet Sixteen", it's a really good movie.
you do know that its Irish not scottish right?
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no, his accent is scottish. although the real person the character is based on was irish (hence mike o'shea), in the movie he identifies as scottish. when the teacher introduces him to the class as being from ireland, mike corrects him and says he is really from scotland...but people keep calling him "irish mike" anyway; kind of another reflection of how people in the movie aren't really listening to each other.
I can see your point with the regions. But he spoke more realistic in Sweet Sixteen. Maybe just my opinion.
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Not fakeing but watering it down if you understand. Like he was trying to be posh.
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i agree thunderblade - i love Scottish accents and Scottish men!!! I am so used to hearing the sorts of James MacAvoy and Ewan McGregor (and watching Trainspotting a bunch of times). At first i wasn't even sure if this actor was Scottish, but the more i heard him, the more authentic he sounded. plus i looked him up!!
sharehis accent was fine - There is no one 'Scottish' accent! It can change every mile or so or every few yards depending on your upbringing.
shareI am Scottish and have spent some time in the States with relatives. Even being around people who all have American accents for just a day makes my own accent change. I try to make myself more understood by everyone else so I americanize what I say. Even still Americans still know I have an accent.
For the character Mike living in the states, this would be exactly how he would talk too (and for the actor working in the US with Americans).
Incidentally, my Aunt (from Scotland) has lived in the States for 35 years and to me sounds very American - yet every day I was with her going into shops and places, she was asked by people she didn't know where she is from.
No idea what you're talking about. He sounds like where he's from.
You're like someone from Liverpool complaining that a character that is supposed to be the east end of London doesn't sound Liverpudlian. Um, duh...
I'd think you more than anyone should know the different accents of your own land.