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HCIsland · 02-05-2003, 09:57 AM

I'm pretty sure in the directors commentary, one of the writters mentioned that they tried have Billy Boyd speak with and English accent but in the end it interfered with his comic timing. She then made a comment that they felt the accent justified based on where the Took's come from. Personally, I don't particularly care. The accent is charming the character would be weaker in the film without it, whether it works perfectly logistically or not.<P>H.C.

02-05-2003, 09:57 AM	#24
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	I'm pretty sure in the directors commentary, one of the writters mentioned that they tried have Billy Boyd speak with and English accent but in the end it interfered with his comic timing. She then made a comment that they felt the accent justified based on where the Took's come from. Personally, I don't particularly care. The accent is charming the character would be weaker in the film without it, whether it works perfectly logistically or not.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor