Daniel Kaluuya's accent in this Fred Hampton movie bothers me...

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

You gotta understand this too.. Delroy been in the states for 40 plus years....so of course, he is heavily influenced by American black swag\culture..... he is the actor version of Slick Rick to me

I cant even hear it

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

JD Washington could do in the role.

dude literally plays the same role in every movie. just the movie title and his characters name changes

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

Yup... Brilliant actor too.... has nothing to do with the theme of the thread tho

It's a damn shame how he is getting snubbed for Da 5 Bloods this awards season.. he had the best lead performance by far IMO.

 

[iBrowse]

"My noime is Fred 'Ampton,Powah tew me blokes."

 

[Professor Emeritus]

all the brits use the same voice to talk like BA

they either try to sound like some generic deep voiced Black male, or accent it up by immitating their Nonados "americanized" cousin who they heard speak at the family reunion and talk like a Black NYer.

they can never replicate Midwest Black slang, Westcoast slang, let alone Southern slang

As some have pointed out the one who did imitate a non-NY slang(snowfall guy) needed a coach to teach him.

That's too much a stereotype. Oyelowo did the MLK accent just fine in Selma. Chiwetel Ejiofor was good in 12 Years a Slave. Idris in The Wire. Delroy Lindo in Malcolm X.

Exactly. Brehs should know i aint on that diaspora war foolishness

I been the main one going at the heads of these ADOS fools over this foolishness. But that don't mean I can't make valid criticisms about someone not having a believable accent in a movie

Yeah, I have no problem with people criticizing the accent if they don't like it. At least those who actually know what Fred Hampton sounded like. I'm only calling out the dumb fake militant takes.

 

[null]

You really talking about a few scenes...?


nikka do this.... List the 150 movies of all time... GLOBAL... and see how many black brits are the prize winner.... Brits do drama better.... America hasn't stressed drama for 30 years at least.... but Brits still on that wave....... I'll wait for you not to list that all time great film list..... and do these British actors that get roles in America come from humble backgrounds.......?

I don't have time to write essays. Take any film with an ensemble cast and the best performances will more often than not be British

From Chaplin to Cary Grant to Olivier to Daniel Day Lewis all the way through. Actors like Gielgud, Richard Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Ustinov, Sean Connery, Cumberbatch, Caine, Fiennes, John Hurt, Alec Guinness, Michael Gambon, Christopher Lee, Patrick Stewart, Tom Hardy, Ian Mckellen, Peter Cushing, Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Charles Dance, Bob Hoskins, Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, Ben KIngsley, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Oliver Reed, Peter Sellers, Tom Wilkinson, Ian McGregor, Andy Serkis, Richard Burton, Peter O Toole,

Then you have the younger guys and the endless list of character actors and stars like Legolas, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Nicolas Hoult (Beast), Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver), Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Baker, Terrance Stamp, Derek Jacobi, Jason Isaacs, Brian Cox, Daniel Craig, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Bell, Colin Farrell, Brosnan, Martin Freeman, Brendon Gleeson, Mark Strong, Simon Pegg, Hugo Weaving, Gerard Bullter, Sam Neill, Kiefer Sutherland, Clive Owen, Michael Fassbender, Ray Winstone, Hugh Lawrie, Mr. Bean, Henry Cavill, Ian Holm,

No Hannibal Lector, Highlander, James Bond, Schinldlers List, Picard, Magneto, Dracula, O-bi Wan, Alien(s), Loki, Die Hard, Gandhi, Gandalf ..

Imagine US actors trying to do this





America has nothing to compete with these guys.

 

[JackRoss]

Idris.

I didn't know he was a British dude either but I knew something was off.


Pardon me though breh. I got that crown apple in me and might come off more hostile that Intended

 

[null]

Delroy Lindo is British?

some more names

Spoiler: ...

Brits

Spoiler: sam neill

Spoiler: jason issacs

Spoiler: beast

Spoiler: cary grant

 

[JackRoss]

The nikkas turning this into some Diaspora war/ADOS shyt must not know who OP is

Yup

 

[semicko82]

Anybody with HBO Max watch the movie

 

[Supreme365]

Denzel played Steve Biko

 

[EndGame]

Belreh who watched the movie said story was told from the POV of William O'Neal. That would explain the casting choice.

 

[HarlemHottie]

I love that brotha in every role I've seen him in and I had no idea. Wow

You gotta understand this too.. Delroy been in the states for 40 plus years....so of course, he is heavily influenced by American black swag\culture..... he is the actor version of Slick Rick to me

Ive always enjoyed his work, but we all knew he wasn't ados. Look at his name. "Delroy"? "Lindo"?

Spoiler

Somewhat related:

As an historical aside, the (white) lindo family were once the biggest slave traders in Jamaica, owning several transatlantic ships and all that, with branches in London, Amsterdam, and venice iirc. (I was researching Jewish involvement in the slave trade.)

 

[Montez]

I saw the movie last night.

Accent isn’t too bad. Since he's English, the accent was always going to be scrutinized extra.

The movie has bigger issues than Kaluuya's accent. I'll watch it again but I wanted more.

 

[JackRoss]

I saw the movie last night.

Accent isn’t too bad. Since he's English, the accent was always going to be scrutinized extra.

The movie has bigger issues than Kaluuya's accent. I'll watch it again but I wanted more.

What accent did he have?