Lumiere, Ray, Jock, even Timon have very distinct accents. And while it may be that some of the accents are simply more acceptable to society at the time, and therefore audiences, it is important to note these characters are not the hero/heroine of the film.
Despite the setting of the film being in an Arabic mythical desert kingdom, Jafar, the villain, has a British accent. There is no reason for any character in the film to speak with a British accent, and thus one must assume it is done for an intended effect, similar to the choice of a British accent for Scar.
In the 1992 version of Aladdin, all of the 'bad guys' were portrayed with heavy, obnoxious Arabic accents, including, at times, the lead adversary 'Jafar', while the protagonists, Aladdin and princess Jasmine, both spoke with clear Americanised accents and had Western-looking features.
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What is princess Tiana's accent?
She has a Southern-Cajun drawl, which, in Disney's defense, is probably what a girl born and raised in New Orleans, as Tiana supposedly has been, would sound like.
According to an interview with linguist Chi Luu where she explains why so many movie villains speak in RP (via The Cut) it is because they are perceived as “more educated, intelligent, competent, physically attractive, and generally of a higher socioeconomic class”, but simultaneously RP speakers are considered "less ...
Goofy is an animated drawing. He has a southern drawl. It would be interesting to know whether his accent and dialect were the choice of the writer, voice-over performer, designer, director or all of these.
A British accent gives credibility to the period and setting as the American accent didn't exist at the time. If you think about it logically, the American accent was not in existence during the period in which Maleficent is theoretically set.
Merida appeared in the film Ralph Breaks the Internet alongside other Disney princesses, as was announced at the 2017 D23 Expo, with Kelly Macdonald reprising her role. She speaks in the Scots dialect, and the other princesses cannot understand her because “she's from the other studio”.
Masters of Accents had this to say about the larger-than-life actor's English accent: “It's well-known Depp based his Jack Sparrow accent on Keith Richards and the result is pretty impressive. The British accent is almost meant to be slurred, and Depp pulls it off admirably in four films.”
Skinner is the first Disney villain who doesn't speak, the second being Zoff from Treasure Planet, the third (a protagonist) being Red from Cars. According to a comic book adaptation of the movie, his given name is Lionel.
The lion villain, Scar, speaking in a feminized British accent is portrayed as intelligent and has power over the other villainous characters (hyenas) and rules over the pride for multiple years.
What accent does the lobster in Little Mermaid have?
Sebastian is a major character in Disney's 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid. He is a red, Jamaican-accented crab who serves as King Triton's advisor and "distinguished" court composer.
She effectively gives up her voice (that being her solo during 'Triton's Daughters') at the beginning of the film to check out a shipwreck with Flounder, so she can collect more "gizmos" and "thingamabobs" for her trove of objects from the world up above.
The children's TV show, which follows Peppa's life in fictional UK town as she spends time with her family and animal friends, has achieved global success in recent years. And in the US, young viewers appear to be adopting her southern British accent and vocabulary after watching the show.
Biography, characteristics and personality. Physically, Foghorn Leghorn is depicted as a very large rooster with a non-rhotic Southern accent; he is easily the tallest of all the regular Looney Tunes characters. He has a bombastic and somewhat unrefined personality, and shows a penchant for mischief.
Tarzan was supposed to speak with both an English accent and an American accent depending on whether he was speaking to humans or gorillas but Tony Goldwyn's English accent was so bad, he just stuck to American for the entire movie.
Robin Hood: The film takes place in the English village of Nottingham, during the medieval period. For most of the film, the country is under the rule of Prince John, who usurped the throne after King Richard left to go on the Crusades.
Peaky Blinders. The characters Alfie Solomons and Billie Kimber speak with a cockney accent. The Getaway and Blood & Truth are video games released by Sony that center around cockney gangster culture.
