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| DP Newbie Ireland travbla.com/ Joined 5715 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes | Message 81 of 98 01 April 2009 at 8:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Natalie Portman can’t speak French or Japanese. She did a couple of classes in her high school but whenever she’s in Japan she relies on a translator and only knows a couple of words. I think the same is true of her French. Gweneth Paltrow is fluent in Spanish, at least according to Alfonso Cuarón who directed her in Great Expectations. Also many actors parrot lines when they are in films and have no proficiency in the language. For example, Gong Li spoke Japanese in Hannibal Rising but herself freely admitted she cannot speak a word of the language.
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| Maximus Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6748 days ago 417 posts - 427 votes  Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Thai | Message 82 of 98 12 April 2009 at 1:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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If I am not mistaken, doesn't Harisu from Korea speak many Asian languages? In addition to Korean, I heared that she knows Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese and even Thai.
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| Jeito Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5816 days ago 55 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Mandarin, German, Italian, Portuguese | Message 83 of 98 12 April 2009 at 1:40am | IP Logged | |||||
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Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama) from Battlestar Galactica speaks English and has advanced degrees in French and Italian literature.
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| johnnyassez Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 6720 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English*, French, German, Spanish | Message 84 of 98 16 May 2009 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Gwyneth Paltrow speaking Spanish
Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess) speaking German Jodie Foster speaking french Sandra Bullock speaking German 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| fairyfountain Senior Member Zimbabwe Joined 6127 days ago 254 posts - 248 votes 5 sounds | Message 85 of 98 16 May 2009 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm dead jealous of Jodie Foster. She's my ultimate role model!
My goal is to speak English as well as she speaks French in a couple of years or so. I got a lot of work left... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Julien71 Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 5371 days ago 42 posts - 52 votes Speaks: French*, English, German, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Hungarian | Message 86 of 98 17 March 2010 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
I discovered that Jodie Foster speaks excellent French with very good accent, almost like a native: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvII9Z1RPAw 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5846 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 87 of 98 17 March 2010 at 1:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
J'ai écouté ce vidéo et je suis très impressionée. I listened to this video and I am deeply impressed. Jodi Foster has also some intermediate knowledge in Italian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsGrJVpxdI8&feature=related But she admits that her level of Italian isn't good enough to answer TV interview questions in Italian. In another video on Italian TV she listens to the interview questions in Italian and answers them in English. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 17 March 2010 at 1:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mzatanoskas Newbie Albania Joined 5365 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 88 of 98 17 March 2010 at 9:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Has anyone mentioned Diane Kruger?
I watched the excellent French film "Pour Elle" thinking all the while that the lead actress really reminded me of the ex-model who played Helen in Troy. I was shocked to find that they were one and the same person. I had a stereotyped image of a blonde airhead as far as she was concerned in Troy, but she was very good in Pour Elle if a little cold and her French was damn convincing. I didn't notice any obvious accent (although I'm not French and I wasn't looking). What was all the more impressive was that when I checked out Wikipedia I found out she was German. So three languages there: German, French and English. In the UK, Kristin Scott Thomas is known for playing quintessential upper-class roles in films such as Four Weddings and A Funeral and Gosford Park, but she went to a French school in the UK, currently lives in France and has acted in a number of French films too. I saw her in another great recent French thriller, "Ne le dit a personne". She seemed absolutely fluent but I did detect a slight English accent. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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