The comedy-drama, about a group of unemployed Sheffield steel workers who turn to stripping, picked up four Oscar nominations – and made around 70 times its budget at the global box office. It was 20 years ago this month that The Full Monty made its indelible mark on popular culture. Meanwhile, Kit Harington’s brooding Game Of Thrones pin-up inhabits a world where hardy, honourable Northerners are pitted against treacherous, scheming Southerners. Jodie Whittaker, who hails from the village of Skelmanthorpe, has just become the first female Doctor Who. Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker: The first female Time Lord, and the first Doctor from Yorkshire (Photo: Getty) This trend, however, has only strengthened in recent times. Dame Judi Dench made for an iconic, female M in Bond. It does not store any personal data.Before he was Ned Stark, Sean Bean was rampaging through the Napoleonic Wars as rugged hero Major Richard Sharpe. Brian Blessed and Patrick Stewart took a touch of the region to the furthest reaches of space in Flash Gordon and Star Trek. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This entry was posted in Accents, Movies and tagged accents, british, english, free, frodo, gandalf, gimli, learn, legolas, lord of the rings, merry, pippin, sam, sean bean on Novemby Luke Thompson. Gimli & Legolas (Legolas: Heightened RP, Gimli: Welsh, which sounds Scottish at times) Gandalf and Saruman (Heightened RP / trained thespian actors at their best!) Sean Bean interview with Larry King (Sean Bean: Sheffield in Yorkshire, England / Larry King: Brooklyn NYC) Merry, Pippin & Treebeard (Merry: mild Manchester – Stockport, Pippin: Glasgow Scottish, Treebeard: old fashioned Scottish? RP with traces of Tolkien’s made-up elvish accent?)īoromir at the Council of Elrond (Elrond: Heightened RP, Boromir: RP with traces of Yorkshire) Let’s consider the accents of some of the main characters, such as Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Treebeard, Elrond, Boromir, Gandalf, Saruman, Legolas, Gimli and the orcs.įrodo and Sam at the river (Frodo: English RP, Sam: English West Country) In this episode we continue to analyse the various British accents that you can hear in the film version of The Lord of the Rings.
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