New 'Prince of Persia' trailer shows off Jake Gyllenhaal's... accent
Okay, Jake Gyllenhaal, how about you just sit over there and look pretty? No? Well, then enough with the silly accents.
The new "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" trailer has action, adventure and one very funny look at Jake playing posh. Seriously, the guy looks amazing as Prince Dastan, and even gets in what looks to be some parkour moves, but then he opens his mouth and... well... for some reason, Americans just sound silly affecting that plummy, upper-crust Brit twang. At least fellow Disney action-adventure star Johnny Depp went for funny pseudo-cockney for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
Maybe Gyllenhaal felt he had to keep up with legitimately accented co-stars Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley? Only he knows for sure.
Oh, and the trailer? Gives those of you who didn't play the video game a quick primer on the plot, and then shows off some very nifty setpieces involving lots and lots of sand.
Watch the preview, courtesy of TrailerAddict:
"Prince of Persia" comes to theaters May 28, 2010.
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Wow! Awesome trailer! I never played the video game but this looks really good. I think his accent sounds pretty decent. I've definitely heard much worse.
As long as Brad Pitt exists and acts, no one else can take the throne for Worst Accents.
His accent was brilliant you fool, it fit right in. What would have been your preference, a Persian accent? Or perhaps a cast with British accents and one lone American like Kevin Costner in Prince of Thieves.
Jake looks great and his accent didn't stand out to me. Did we watch the same trailer?
he will always be Donnie Darko to me.
uhhh. his accent was great.
Thank you so much for sharing such an interesting Trailer here. Jake looks great and his accent was brilliant too... Trailer left a depth image on us.
sounds alright to me...
he sounds great, so I dont know what you are on about.
Sounds and looks great