gosh i thought he was American! did he live in america for a time to get the accent?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Cary Elwes

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Strict_Vagetarian — 14 years ago(June 29, 2011 05:23 PM)

gosh i thought he was American! did he live in america for a time to get the accent?
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bergen_1977 — 14 years ago(August 11, 2011 02:25 PM)

He was born in England but he moved to the USA when he was 18.

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gcarras — 13 years ago(October 25, 2012 08:59 PM)

Traes of Elwes's accenty CAN be found in 1997'sd hilairous "
Liar Liar", which was a pre-"Christymas Caorl" teaming with Jim Carrey. He seemed to have a "Mid Atlantic accent", like Thurston Howell or Jane Hathaway on Beverly hillibes,a bit only without the "lockjaw" phrasing..

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Catdubh — 13 years ago(November 01, 2012 05:59 PM)

I know, right? I came here to comment on how much he's developed into a fantastic actor. I did not think much of him in the Princess Bride but in his more recent parts, he's fantastic. Did not ever have a clue he was a Brit. Always took him for a Yankee.
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MaverickDaTopGun — 13 years ago(December 06, 2012 04:58 PM)

yep just like hugh laurie, damian lewis and gary oldman. All english actors must live in the US for a considerable time to achieve the accent.

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Boozy-Lynne — 13 years ago(December 25, 2012 05:50 PM)

An American accent isn't hard to mimic.

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TrentinaNE — 10 years ago(May 26, 2015 05:41 AM)

Tell that to Emma Thompson. She really struggled with it in
Primary Colors
. As did all the British actors I saw in a London production of
Six Degrees of Separation
back in the early 90s.

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freebird1987 — 10 years ago(October 26, 2015 03:07 PM)

Tom Felton's American accent in Rise of the Planet of the Apes was awful.

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melsen — 9 years ago(June 12, 2016 07:53 AM)

Tim Roth and Hugh Laurie you can hear aren't yanks whereas Gary Oldman, Andrew Lincoln and of course Cary do fine accents.

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barbielk — 13 years ago(December 31, 2012 05:26 PM)

Yep and I love the Brit! Happy New Year, your my FAV. Cary!!
Barbielk

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vicky_lc2001 — 9 years ago(July 10, 2016 06:22 AM)

Even his Amer5b4ican accent has an English twang to it, it's quite noticeable actually.
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