Keira Knightley's American accent in The Jacket

[DisneyDarcy]

Her accent is good, but English actors do tend to hit their consonance a bit harder than most Americans. Overall a very good job though; I wouldn't have known she was British if I didn't know who she was.

[bennettcullen]

remind me of meg from hercules

[DisneyDarcy]

@bennettcullen LMAO I was thinking the exact same thing...but then I thought I was just being a Disney addict.

[jennxatlxblgxpmore]

whoa...she sounds so different! Its good tho!

[BrutalBrutalDude]

why did they bother getting kiera knightly the american model is called natalie portman



[SV2609]

She has a neutral accent, nothing 'American' abt it?? Infact its more like she has a 'Desi' accent to it!!

[saraxisxillogical]

haha she's struggling so much.

[TheRandomstuff12345]

@saraxisxillogical no shes not you fucking cunt

[saraxisxillogical]

@TheRandomstuff12345 lol u mad tho

[elvaelvirababe]

it sounds like she's dying to go back to that Brit accent.

[SuperTonyony]

Excellent job! She sounds like she's from one of the Mid-Atlantic states. First rate performance, Keira!

[2Happyhour]

very good...you would never know she's a Brit.

[Rawk4Life]

@2Happyhour Actually, I knew it from seeing her in the first 3 Pirates of the Carribean movies since she used her British voice in all of them.

[mch12311969]

Never heard her do an American accent, I actually didn't think she could

[TRMacar]

pretty good, but a big mistake on the word "1993" she says "nineteen nin'e three". Americans never glottalize the t that way. Still, I've heard worse

[jagteq1987]

@TRMacar I wouldn't say its unheard of. I agree it's less common in the word "ninety," but glottalizing a "t" is very common overall in certain areas. The northeast, particularly, has a lot of towns and cities whose names you would never know have Ts in them hearing natives talk about them. I didn't even notice her doing it until you pointed it out, which I think speaks to the quality of her work here.

[frylok2006]

She did really good

[jemjean]

Do you think she's finally found her niche? No screechy overacting?  She should stick to this lower voice and smaller films.

[SusanBaudelaire]

It sounds so real.

[MonteuseTV]

She nailed it! I think most English actors are very good at the American accent, but they usually sound too much like a newscaster. Keira's was perfect, because it sounded so natural.

[ekangtots]

she sounded jamaican when she said "behavior modification on his patients"

[trackracer800]

she sounds like johnny depp

[littlesmew]

@Kay199100

Film-makers seem tolove using British actors for American roles and vice versa. We had Gwyneth playing Emma and Rennie playing Bridget. Kate Winslet is often cast as an American. I think the actors like to show off their versatility.

[mnw1989]

great job

[ntherewas1]

She slipped up twice but they were tiny and HOLY CRAP that was amazing!!! Her voice sounded nothing like her! It was all husky and then of course beautifully accented.

[EdeLovesGerrard]

shit!

she's the best!

[egogo816]

Her American voice is chilling....She should do more American movies like that...I Love Keira...My Favorite English Actress!!!

[almostelphaba]

Oh snap! She sounds like a different person! Her voice sounds so much lower!

[mklh4]

OH MY GOSH!!!!

[ladyveracity]

Very good American accent. There's a little bit of that telltale slur, she's not quite as good as Hugh Laurie (who is just.. flawless..), but it's quite good.

[nessie4215]

Holy crap!!! she doesnt even sound like the same person. that is some serious skill right there

[MCullenFlannigan09]

This is the first time i heard her in a american accent she does good

[pacochingobling23]

she sounds better with a british accent well to me i feel like she's drugged up when she's speaking in the american accent :/ iddddk :O

[moonsugar1]

Its better than Simon Peggs in Big Nothing! WHAT YOU DOING SIMON!! We love your britishness!

Keria could talk greek, but those eyes speak to every language.

[cabinthewoods90]

Really good!! not like that joke called Natalie Portman, whose British accent is hilarious

[sroberge]

wow she sounds so different! I would not believe it was her if I did not see her lips moving

[Hangie]

f*ck my life, she sounds totally different. that's awesome.

[Aussiegirl265]

I loved this moive.

[theoneyouwanttobe2]

I feel offended at the idiot talking about the White Sox my home team. Which went to the world series in 2005!!! Not 1959. Oh yeah and they won.

[EuphoriaLacrymosa]

it sounds a bit irish.....or scottish..or maybe thats just coz i watched too much keira being brit.

[razmataz13drums]

@EuphoriaLacrymosa yeah i think thats it because i dont see it at all and im british. not that that makes me an expert or anything!

[EuphoriaLacrymosa]

@razmataz13drums haha. yeah the more i listen to it the more Irish it sounds. I think its the way she rolls her Rs while still retaining what seems to be her Brit accent

[BiblicalTaz]

@EuphoriaLacrymosa ahh yeah i see it yeah you're totally right :P congrats lol. no it took some dissecting for me so i still give her kudos :)

[aliciathefatpenguin]

i take it she was trying to do northeastern/bostonian accent

but it kinda sounded irish XD

[Kay199100]

Her accent is amazing but is there any point in using Keira for the role of an american girl?

[librermonami]

She did an amazing job, she is like a different person with an American accent.

[linegenrou]

it's easy to do an american accent...just pull the r and that's it lol

[QFuzzle]

@linegenrou Check the American Accent lessons videos on Youtube. You'll find out there is more to it than just the "R"s.

[lampuiho]

@linegenrou

and O

[luf4rall]

sounds like a hint of irish

[maggru91]

She plays the queens double in Star wars 1 so you'll get more of Kiera Knightley's American accent in that movie.

[BTTFMovie]

@maggru91 it was kinda like she was trying to copy Natalie Portman's accent while trying to keep a little of her own, and it sounded like Natalie Portman was doing the same thing.

[southparkfan2717]

This is the kind of roles she should be playing. She can act, but her speech in Pirates 3 sucked. Her preaching in her "proper English lady" accent. If she devoted her career to American action rather then tea drinking English lady roles I'd like her a lot better.

[ProNorden]

An 'American accent' isn't an accent. Anything other than the American way of speaking is ludicrous affectation.

This is an important corollary to the Primary Rule of Linguistics: All so-called 'foreign languages' are merely poorly spoken English.

More people just need to face facts.

[southparkfan2717]

@ProNorden I speak in a Midwestern accent. That's the accent you will hear from just about any American reporters, just because its considered easy to understand by anybody. If I go down south I can't tell what the fuck they are saying, so if that isn't a different accent what is it?

[ProNorden]

@southparkfan2717 ...As you no doubt gathered from my earlier post, the essential standard for my "new rules of linguistics" is complete ego-centrism. If Bacon was right that "Man is the Measure of All Things" as some contend, then let's acknowledge the logical extrapolation. As I am an American from Boston, then that is correct English and we wish Midwesterners like yourself and Southerners the best in your efforts to improve.

The humour of exaggerated ethno-centrism can be fun.

[southparkfan2717]

@ProNorden I didn't understand a word you just said. So I leave you with this. You're from Boston, Red Sox suck and are media whore's for being the Yankees rival, maybe not their fault but media whore's none the less. Also they stole the name Sox. The only true Sox are my White Sox who got the name in 1903, red sox not until 1907.

[ProNorden]

@southparkfan2717 ... Thanks for your reply. Just a few helpful corrections: 1.) The Boston Red Sox are God's Own Baseball Team as proven by the fact that they are the team of Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Carl Yazstremski, David Ortiz, Tim Wakefield, and Curt Schilling (Who Is Forever Praised) ... and the word 'Boston' is even in the name. 2.) While others, even Mid-Westerners, are free to use words like Sox if they like, a term doesn't become sanctified until the word 'Boston' is applied to it.

[southparkfan2717]

@ProNorden The Red Sox were never cursed. They just never won a World Series in 86 years, the White Sox hadn't even been to the World Series since 1959. Your players being payed to throw the World Series the Curse of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal is a way better reason to believe you were cursed. You think we didn't have legends? Shoeless Joe Jackson, who Babe Ruth learned to hit by watching , Nellie Fox, Luke Appling, Billy Pierce, Luis Aparicio, we'll leave Fisk out of this.

[southparkfan2717]

@ProNorden Stealing the name Sox was plagiarism. Don't tell me about Boston and God.

watch?v=FlxM9jDx8x0&feature=ch­annel_video_title

[MOFH]

@ProNorden Americans as well as every other language have different dialects. I'm from New Jersey but I pronounce words differently than people from New York or Alabama. There is no right and wrong it depends where you're from. It's all the same for the most part but now it's mostly spoken with slang words, you know?

[ProNorden]

@MOFH ... At the risk of belaboring the obvious, let's be clear on some basic facts: 1.) English is the only proper or real language. 2.) It is spoken correctly, traditionally on Beacon Hill in Boston which, as sages and scholars have long noted, is the' Athens Of America' and 'The Hub Of The Universe'. 3.) I am from Boston.

Q.E.D.

If there are any changes in any of this, Harvard will issue a press release. Until then we encourage everyone else to do their best and improve.

[MOFH]

@ProNorden I go to school in MA (small world) but I understand what you are saying. Does it amuse you that people (actors) from other parts of the world pull off a better American accent or other accents. Then our American actors? When they try an English accent let's say and it's either a hit or miss? Unless your Meryl Streep and you make your career off of accents...

[ProNorden]

@MOFH ... I think Gwyneth Paltrow used to do a very convincing English accent early in her career (the Jane Austen stories, and Shakespear In Love, etc.), to the point that many/most in the general public thought she was British for a long time.

And didn't our Boston man Matt Damon do a pretty good South African/Afrikaaner accent in Invictus ? And Morgan Freeman's , same movie?

But I think you're right that generally American actors aren't known for attempting it much.

[MOFH]

@ProNorden I agree with you on Gwyneth, she did do a nice smooth accent. I didn't see Invictus but friends of mine had and they said Matt had a good accent. We should add Johnny Depp to the list he has that whole cockney English accent thing working for him.

[MoisheKapoyr]

WHORE!

[egogo816]

Damn....OMG....It is crazy how the Brits are able to change accents just like Americans can

[AlwaysRandomGirl247]

wow. i remember seeing this movie a few years ago, but i can only now see how great the detail of her accent is.

amazing work yet again, Keira.

[garyowenrocks]

@sotrlmml nervous acting role i think

[northernlights12345]

her voice is so different

[dsirff]

it's convincing

[fansipantz]

The deeper voice was probably a character choice. The character is a smoker and looks a little world-weary. She only sounded a little off when she said "behavior modification." Other than that, impressive!

[menez92]

@fansipantz she is an heavy smoker even is her real life!

[EmmeRose9]

am i really the only one who thinks this is a horrrrrible american accent? There is such a thick british undertone

[mcpannesi]

@EmmeRose9 for her first time doing it, thats impressive, thats why everyone is saying it is lol

[EmmeRose9]

@mcpannesi ok i see everyone's point then.

[mcpannesi]

@EmmeRose9 yeah :)

[bobbiat30]

Never seen this movie but OMG! That's so weird hearing Keira with an American Accent.  Good job!

[TheGorJessi]

Now i hear that Keira speaking american accent, and i like her english accent!

[JesssicaLane]

She's not as good as Hugh Laurie... but she did really well, it completely changed the tone and attitude in her voice, impressive!

[DJLiz2009]

it's pretty good :) but you still kind of hear that british one ;)

[KaylanaLove]

she doesn't really sound american it's more of an american using like a russian accent kinda but it sounds sexy on her ha :)

[sjcns]

must be hard for her ...speaking as american...haha.....

anyway,i kinda love her london accent...

[dba]

Funny how people's voices go lower when they try another accent. amiright?

[luckyclover92]

@dba It seems as though every time I hear a British actor use an American accent their voices become much more deep and gravelly.

[Solarissis]

She sounds good, but being an American and a theatre major as well, i could still hear the brit in some of her words. She's awesome though, i love her <3

[Cloneufc]

WOW! She sounds hott either way!

[FreakMagnet66]

Her voice got deeper, pretty impressive, I wonder how many takes it takes for someone to master a different accent when filming.

[deppissexy]

VERY IMPRESSIVE ..WOW!!

[fallingfirenze]

she sounded a little like Winona Ryder to me

[TutsuoAikido]

In this particular scene, Keira Knightley looks a little like Zoey from Left 4 Dead.

[eiram31]

it's not really that great. She sounded a little scottish.

[egogo816]

She sounds like Scarlett Johansson with an american accent

[Hencytjo]

You can still she's faking it, but she managed really good with "daactor" instead of "dawctor" and "maadification" instead of "Mawdification" which is the real kicker for the american accent.

[stargirlme65]

OMG she sounds so different! weirdd

[cookiesncream994]

whoa she sounds completely differently. thats crazy. although its cool i definitely prefer her british accent. its really cute and charming.

[vampiresoldier05]

Wow that is a really good Americam accent!!!

[Hobgoblin1975]

This movie was sweet, a basically decent guy, that gets a chance to help right a wrong in a girls life, To fix her. Obviously he loves her, you can see that in the end. And he is content that she is happy, even though she doesn't know what they shared.

[justinean]

wow she sounds so different I might not have ever recognized her if I hadn't known it was her! It kind of freaked me out haha

[Bambiszem]

so weird, gush! but it absolutely fits to her, just like everything else! she's great!!

[SarahLee1]

It's a little bit scottish at times, but she's hottttt so I forgive her. :)

[eshkabab]

omg its so wierd to see that coming out of herrrr!

[ShadedRogue]

It's a beautiful accent she has, however, I don't think it really sounds particularly American (although, I suppose it also depends on location). Also when she says "behaviour modification", you can hear her accent go a little bit weird.

I do agree, however, that the accent is very sexy.

[HEREoverHERE]

I didn't even know she was british

[sonski17]

wow.. she sounds really sexy in both her accents.

seriously, my brain flipped coz it didnt cross my mind tht she could do it. and she did. perfectly. sexy.

[Mcrno]

@sonski17 very interessting film

[cindyaniston]

she sounds completely different

a lot less annoying O_O

and not saying british accent is annoying, i find it very sexy!

[Roxydowie]

she sounds so different......in her stage debut she plays an american too and she sounds so white (not offending anyone)......when the clips from the play started I didnt even know it was her speaking.....

[mitrieD]

HOLY SMOKES!

I never heard her with an American accent! Talent

[drockjr]

@mitrieD Lol its so ironic.. I. (being american) experience the complete opposite effect. Now that I see her in british roles..it absolutely boggles my mind.

Talented indeed.

[TaxiCabTurnOver]

her entire like voice changed...veryyyyy impresive

[belbird]

@TaxiCabTurnOver

I think it is easier for ones entire voice to change when putting on another accent. I find it hard to keep my voice sounding the same. Same with speaking another language.

[Broodkill]

that look she does at :33

what...a..knockout...so fucking gorgeous.

[bythesoundingsea]

god she really is so pretty...it's in an unusual way. Especially in this film she looks great with the dark makeup and hair. I love the American accent, she sounds incredibly sexy. I remember when I first saw this I didn't know she would use an accent and me and my friends were like 'woah, what?!? this is so weird!" but after i got used to it I really liked it.

[KnockEmOut123]

wow.

she does a good american accent, although it's definitely weird to hear her without a british accent. she gives off a completely different attitude with the american accent.

every time i hear a british person speak with an american accent though, they usually make their voice kind of breathy or gravelly...

like when hugh laurie plays dr. house, or ed westwick plays chuck bass.

[catandkangaroo123]

wow, i really can't tell she has an accent. - if you know that she's pretending, then you might be able to tell, but lots of north americans have slight accents, or pronounce things a little differently...

[cannedplastic]

she does a good non regional diction. well played miss

[Broodkill]

one of the baddest fucking girls i have ever seen. id bang her HARD!

[orionbrooksclardy]

I actually think she sounds hotter this way. I dunno. Maybe it's just my American sense of superiority! Lol.

[Toxic106]

I don't know about you guys but... I think she's trying way too hard to do the American accent. Like when she said the word "modifications"... She's trying to sound american with the 'O' sound. You get what I mean? And, I can still hear a hint of her own accent. I don't know, something to do with her jaw. She just pronounce words with... that sound. Nice accent though.

[SwiftFoxProductions]

I don't know, I'm an American and it sounds pretty darn convincing to me. And the way she said "modifications" is exactly the way I pronounce it so . . . if she was trying too hard, it worked for me! Haha! I'm sure there may be other scenes where her real accent pops out a little more but, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary in this one. And as for her jaw: she always kinda talks through her teeth, I don't think there's any stopping that! American accent or not! Haha!

[Toxic106]

Oh, so that's how it is. Well I can't really comment on her accent 'cause I ain't american. Come to think of it, I think you're right, it's just me. I think the idea of her "pretending" to have an american accent got to me and made me think her accent was bad. Thanks for the tip man.

[AnimeHodgepodge]

I agree, the way she says "modifications". I've been going over that part so much that it's starting to sound southern.

[shakirafanfreak]

I agree.. it doesn't sound bad at all considering she's English i think she did a great job at the American accent but she's just not the Keira Knightley we all know and love without her british accent ;)

[aug31st1987]

OMG it is so weird to hear her without the English accent!