Thread: When stars fake their accents...

I find it annoying when una so called celebrities fake their accents in movies. Why do they do it? Na whom dey want impress sef? I find "very funny" listening to them try so hard to force "phoneh" . My thing is this....just be real ok?, phoneh comes naturally no be by force! For the fact say you visited Dublin or London for a month or so doesn't mean should oromatically sound British!! hello?.

Originally Posted by Joi

I find it annoying when una so called celebrities fake their accents in movies. Why do they do it? Na whom dey want impress sef? I find "very funny" listening to them try so hard to force "phoneh" . My thing is this....just be real ok?, phoneh comes naturally no be by force! For the fact say you visited Dublin or London for a month or so doesn't mean should oromatically sound British!! hello?.

I guess there is a thread on this already, correct me if am wrong..anyways, why the celebrities fake? cos they wanna get attention, thats basically it..they want people to start giving them comment like he has a good accent, oh she has a good diction and dem no know say ogogoro and water fit get the same colour but an different taste.

Originally Posted by Joi

I find it annoying when una so called celebrities fake their accents in movies. Why do they do it? Na whom dey want impress sef? I find "very funny" listening to them try so hard to force "phoneh" . My thing is this....just be real ok?, phoneh comes naturally no be by force! For the fact say you visited Dublin or London for a month or so doesn't mean should oromatically sound British!! hello?.

Most of us fake accent all the time, why can't the actors do the same, they getting pay for faking theirs, so why should they?

Originally Posted by Okestra007

Most of us fake accent all the time, why can't the actors do the same, they getting pay for faking theirs, so why should they?

THEY GETTING PAID U SAID????

Originally Posted by dymesgirl

THEY GETTING PAID U SAID????

Actors don't get paid?

Originally Posted by Okestra007

Actors don't get paid?

NAH DONT GET ME WRONG,U SAID THEY GET PAID FOR FAKING THEIR ACCENT.HELLOOOOOOO

I have never faked my accent!! We should all be proud of the way we sound igbotic or not! Why should our naija actors fake their accent in the first place? Whatever happened to "originality"? Even Arnold didn't and yet till date, he goes down in history as one of the most succesful actors in Hollywood!!.

Whoever told you the stars were being paid for faking their accent lied to you sweetie, I don't believe they should fake accents to be noticed, to me they sometimes sound annoying! Quite a number of you on here have complained about this actor or actress being "fake" why una dey complain?

Originally Posted by Okestra007

Most of us fake accent all the time, why can't the actors do the same, they getting pay for faking theirs, so why should they?

This is my space !! If the Mods feel it's appropriate to merge this thread, I'm sure they'll do it. Let's face the subject marra please.

Originally Posted by moviewizard

I guess there is a thread on this already, correct me if am wrong..anyways, why the celebrities fake? cos they wanna get attention, thats basically it..they want people to start giving them comment like he has a good accent, oh she has a good diction and dem no know say ogogoro and water fit get the same colour but an different taste.

Yep,this matter has been trshed a few times before on this board.My response to the issue will still be the same.Actors are REQUIRED by the scripted xters that they interprete to fake these foreign accents!They do not do it out of their own intent!
If a scriptwriter puts a xter, who is a nigerian that speaks fone in his script,and an actor is asked to interprete,what choice does he have but to do exactly that?I mean this matter should be very clear to all of us by now.
ACTORS DON'T SPEAK IN FOREIGN ACCENTS,IN NOLLYWOOD HOMVIES, OF THEIR OWN INTENT!THEY ARE ONLY,SIMPLY INTERPRETING THE XTER AS DESCRIBED IN THE SCRIPT!!That is why they are actors.
If you want to blame anybody,blame the scriptwriter or the director for including such a xter in the storyline.

Hmmm....that was deep bros! I am almost going to agree with you but worra bout someone who just mentioned Ramsey and his annoying fake britico accent- character or no character? They are quite a good number of them as well that are guilty of the act of faking!

Originally Posted by vince

Yep,this matter has been trshed a few times before on this board.My response to the issue will still be the same.Actors are REQUIRED by the scripted xters that they interprete to fake these foreign accents!They do not do it out of their own intent!
If a scriptwriter puts a xter, who is a nigerian that speaks fone in his script,and an actor is asked to interprete,what choice does he have but to do exactly that?I mean this matter should be very clear to all of us by now.
ACTORS DON'T SPEAK IN FOREIGN ACCENTS,IN NOLLYWOOD HOMVIES, OF THEIR OWN INTENT!THEY ARE ONLY,SIMPLY INTERPRETING THE XTER AS DESCRIBED IN THE SCRIPT!!That is why they are actors.
If you want to blame anybody,blame the scriptwriter or the director for including such a xter in the storyline.

Not all stars fake thei accents and i think sometimes they do this because they are recquired to and besides whats wrong with it anyway..so far they do it well and dont sound stupid doing it...i mean i would prefer watching ramsey noah fake than listening to the likes of Chiege Alisigwe and Nkiru sylvanus speak english without even faking

I like d way Bob manuel udokwu fake his accent,so emotional.

I hope you guys know that there is a VI/IKOYI/Island accent. It is a jumbled mix of the naija, American and british accents. Those who speak it are supposedly the children of the so called bugi or aristos class who have schooled abroad for years and only go back to Naija during holidays. They used to be dominated by those who schooled in England but now quite a bit school in the US. For these kids, their accents have changed (intentionally or unintentinally like many people on this board).
So now when writers want to portray the rich in Naija, they tend to give them that accent. Even the ones that have never travelled watch more MTV than we do. The copy everything American or british - how are you going to portray these people when you play them on screen.

As you guys complain especially those living in the Diaspora, you must listen to your own voices too. I can bet it does not sound the same as it did when you first came.

Sometimes the fake accents suits the acting as it really goes with what the storyline is all about. Like the One dollar movie..that even made the movie more funnier. What I hate about the movies is not the fake accents part but when some of the actors use all those name calling '*****' this and that which is sometimes not called for and ends up ruining the movie.

Ouch!!!!

Originally Posted by moviewizard

Not all stars fake thei accents and i think sometimes they do this because they are recquired to and besides whats wrong with it anyway..so far they do it well and dont sound stupid doing it...i mean i would prefer watching ramsey noah fake than listening to the likes of Chiege Alisigwe and Nkiru sylvanus speak english without even faking