Melbourne
(ANI):
American
Australian
actor
Mel
Gibson's
Scottish
accent
in
blockbuster
movie
'Braveheart'
has
been
voted
as
one
of
the
Worst
Accents
in
cinema
history.
Gibson
secured
the
second
position
in
the
list,
while
the
top
honour
went
to
French
actor
Christopher
Lambert's
Scottish
accent
in
the
film
'Highlander'.
In
the
survey
carried
out
by
film
memorabilia
website
http://www.AsWornIn.com,
Lambert's
attempts
to
mimic
the
Caledonian
brogue
as
an
immortal
swordsman
in
the
1986
hit
movie
won
the
disapproval
of
42
per
cent
of
the
1700
Scots
quizzed.
His
defiant
cries
of
"You
can
take
our
land
-
but
you'll
never
take
our
freedom" led
27
per
cent
to
brand
his
Scots
accent
the
worst
ever
to
grace
the
silver
screen.
Gibson's
performance
as
the
hammer
of
the
English
in
the
1995
movie
Braveheart
brought
him
worldwide
acclaim.
Robin
Williams's
appearance
as
a
cross-dressing
nanny
in
Mrs
Doubtfire
came
in
third
place,
with
16
per
cent
of
respondents
unconvinced
by
his
attempts
to
change
the
way
he
speaks.
Others
who
got
a
mention
include
Jessica
Lange
as
Mary
MacGregor
in
Rob
Roy,
Michael
Caine
as
Alan
Beck
in
Kidnapped,
Alec
Guinness
in
Tunes
of
Glory;
and
Mike
Myers
in
Shrek.
"An
American
audience
is
typically
unaware
of
just
how
wide
of
the
mark
many
of
these
attempts
at
Scottish
accents
are," The
Daily
Telegraph
quoted
Jeremy
Angel,
director
of
AsWornIn.com,
as
saying.
"It
seemed
entirely
logical
to
ask
the
Scots
how
they
rate
these
half-baked
attempts
to
imitate
their
accent,"
Angel
said.