Specials: Gondry’s astonishing feet; the great Bob Newhart lives

Well, I’m glad that at least one Brit made it onto the list, but there should have been more. Somehow there is this idea floating around that only American actors have trouble with accents. But many Brits are laughable when they attempt American accents. You know the type of thing I’m talking about… where they chew up the dialogue like a demon-possessed cowboy or a mentally-challenged mutant nerd from Brooklyn. Take Kenneth Branagh in Dead Again (check it out here). However, he’d much improved his accent 7 years later when he appeared in The Gingerbread Man. Even my beloved Paul Scofield had a tough time with this in A Delicate Balance.