Billy's accent


It's awful, what was Karl Urban thinking with that mish mash of cartoonish nonsense? Very irritating. It's like someone on a talk show is doing a humorously bad imitation of a cockney (or similar) accent.

Also he says to Hughie "Sorry I hit you, I lost me bottle". Losing your bottle means to chicken out, not lose your temper.

And is Billy's father supposed to be British? He has an Australian accent.

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He is a New Zealander, so I think that is New Zealand accent, though I wouldn't say there is that much different between Australian and New Zealand accents.

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If you meant the father, the actor is Australian.

If you meant Karl Urban, the accent he's butchering is nothing like Australian or Kiwi, he's doing some awful imitation of a working class British accent, I think it's supposed to be Cockney.

As for Australian and NZ accents there is a distinct difference - but yes, not very apparent to people outside of those countries.

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