“Top 10 Worst Irish Accents On Film”

Okay, so there’s a website called Irish Central. And yesterday they put up this list of the Top 10 Worst Irish Accents On Film. You can check out each ‘honoree’ (with the exception of Julia Roberts in Michael Collins) and their accent in YouTube movie clips:



1. Sean Connery In Darby O’Gill And The Little People

2. Sean Connery In The Untouchables

3. Kevin Spacey In Ordinary Decent Criminal

4. Tommy Lee Jones In Blown Away

5. Julia Roberts In Michael Collins

6. Julia Roberts In Mary Reilly

7. Tom Cruise In Far And Away

8. Brad Pitt In The Devil’s Own

9. Gerard Butler In P.S. I Love You

10. The Leprechaun In Leprechaun



Which got me to thinking… what are the worst accents of any kind ever in film? First to come to mind for me is Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991):

What are your nominations for worst accent?



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