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Frangiblepani t1_iwzk0zz wrote

Reply to comment by LiterallyOuttoLunch in TVLine Performers of the Week: Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West in 'The Crown' by MarvelsGrantMan136

He's a damn good actor. I loved in The Wire when he's playing Baltimore native Jimmy McNulty pretending to be British for a sting. His accent is hilarious.

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wongo t1_iwzkmi9 wrote

It's like Mel Blanc playing Bugs pretending to be Daffy, so good

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LiterallyOuttoLunch t1_iwzkbfr wrote

He was great, though as a supposed Baltimore native he didn't have the accent. Contrast that to Jon Bernthal's Baltimore accent in We Own This City.

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antelux t1_ix008xe wrote

I think Bernthal is from DC so that would surely help him a bit, no? I’m from Chicago but I think I can mimic a good middle Wisconsinite haha

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HortonHearsTheWho t1_ix0xkm1 wrote

Wouldn’t surprise me if he was local, his Baltimore accent was spot on

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xenolingual t1_ix2ee1w wrote

There were a lot of times that he broke, especially with stress and diphthongs.

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Evil_Mini_Cake t1_ix1ihfi wrote

Agree but wow his character in punisher war zone was comical

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