Julia Roberts as Tinker Belle in that Peter Pan movie called Hook was pretty bad. Otherwise, I really enjoy her roles.
Then my poor dear Alan Rickman was forced (for whatever reason) to adopt a terrible (New York-esque) accent for the movie Dark Harbor. It was ghastly, but luckily after the first few scenes, he reverted back to his English accent and it was so much nicer. It was a pretty good, suspenseful movie, but that accent at the beginning threw me for a loop. And there was no particular reason why he needed to be “an American” for this movie, being an Englishman was fine.
Kevin Costner in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was just bad all around. Bad acting, no British accent what so-ever and just bad delivery of lines and appearing to be a modern American rather than an historical Brit. But what made Kevin Costner appear even worse was the fact that Alan Rickman gave one of the most marvelous performances ever as the Sheriff of Nottingham, AR stole that whole movie. Now that Kevin Costner is a little bit older and a little bit pudgier, he’s really come into his own as an actor. The Upside of Anger is a good example of KC’s acting ability, great movie.
And maybe it’s just me, but I almost walked out on Sexy Beast with Ben Kingsley. Bad movie, bad almost un-intelligible dialogue, and a kind of ridiculous, over the top performance that was not believable. Ben Kingsley is one of the most talented actors of all time, but he should have passed on this one. It was a stinker.
Meryl Streep as the voice of Mrs. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox. MS is known for her fabulous voice and accents and nuances of character. I had no idea that she had done the voice over for the mother fox until I saw it in the end credits. Her voice was so flat and boring and dull that I was shocked to find out that it was her. That movie disturbed me with almost all of the voice overs. I thought they should have used British actors (known or un-known). Otherwise, it was a very interesting (amazing animation and musical choices) movie, but the voices all sounded off and wrong to me.