After botching accents in films like "The Devil's Own" and "Seven Years in Tibet," a game Pitt would finally get one
right in Guy Ritchie's flashy crime caper "Snatch." More interesting, however, is that the accent was
his own creation and, hilariously, something
... more barely anyone -- even the
characters in the film -- could understand. As a rough, grubby gypsy boxer set
up as a ringer by two promoters, Pitt looked the part, but his Cockney,
whatever-the-heck vocal stylings were the topper, resulting in a movie that
would be dull without him. Pitt was able to swipe a movie from that great
scene-stealer Benicio Del Toro, confirming that his unusual
performance was the correct move. Now that we think about it, we'd have loved to
hear him explain that one to James Lipton ... (Everett
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