Is there no film that Meryl Streep can’t master? Actually, yes. Her dicey tones in ‘Out of Africa’ make the film’s title somewhat ironic. The film scooped seven Oscars (Streep herself was nominated) and while all the acting is spot on, Streep’s accent is more free-roaming than the lions that stalk the landscape.
The veteran actress plays Baroness Karen Blixen, a Danish woman living in East Africa who falls in love with Robert RedfordÂ’s big game hunter character who doesnÂ’t even try to change his American twang. Naturally, it was always going to be a mixed bag. But what about the big screenÂ’s other epic accent misfires? Read on for Empire magazineÂ’s roundup of the 10 worst.