Multi-lingual celebrities - Page 3

#41 21.08.2010, 07:50

	Quote:	NotAllThere
	John Malkovich - French.

I was about to say the same..!

francois81 · #42 21.08.2010, 13:13

Charlotte Rampling is fluent in French, and has starred in italian movies too, I think.
She was in "Heading South" ("Vers le Sud"), on arte last night, a good movie about sexual tourism in Haiti in the 70s.
Her French is awesome.

How does this work?

tomcat · #43 21.08.2010, 13:26

	Quote:	PaddyG
	I read somewhere that her best friend on the circuit is Maria Riesch, the Austrian skier, and that their families often spend holidays together.

Last time I checked, Maria Riesch is German, not Austrian. That "Anschluss" was undone in 1945.

sandaleen · #44 21.08.2010, 19:05

The Fed's english is so good because his mom is South African - and they grew up Bassler but she still spoke a lot of english...her family in SA are Afrikaans - I suspect he understands some of it, but it is not mentioned anywhere...

Piafia · #45 21.08.2010, 21:15

Geena Davis speaks Swedish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geena_Davis

PlantHead · #46 21.08.2010, 21:43

	Quote:	Gastro Gnome
	Blair speaks French.

He also speaks fluent bullsh1t.

lucagp · #47 21.08.2010, 22:02

	Quote:	summerrain
	Kobe Bryant speaking Italian

The video was cool, I did not think he speaks italian

ericz · #48 22.08.2010, 13:11

	Quote:	lucagp
	The video was cool, I did not think he speaks italian

Seems that he spent some years in Italy during his childhood, like 6 or 7 years? Quite good Italian I suppose.

Snowbear · #49 22.08.2010, 13:15

Candice Bergen speaks French. Being married to Louis Malle probably helped.

Cashboy · #50 22.08.2010, 14:01

	Quote:	Jase
	lovin this thread already don't have a vid but found a list quickly Al Gore – Spanish Alanis Morissette – French Antonio Banderas – Spanish Arnold Schwarzenegger – German Nelly Furtado – Portuguese, Hindi Penélope Cruz – Spanish Pope Benedict XVI – German, Italian, French, Spanish, Latin Muzzy - Spanish, French, German, Italian, English and Chinese. (from http://www.early-advantage.com/Artic...alcelebs.aspx)

I was really surprised to see Penelope Cruz could speak Spanish

#51 22.08.2010, 14:07

Eddie Izzard speaking French..

Snowbear · #52 22.08.2010, 14:33

	Quote:	vwild1
	Eddie Izzard speaking French..

"Je dois partir maintenant car ma grandmère est flambée"

Magnifique!

pamela16 · #53 22.08.2010, 14:51

	Quote:	Castro
	Wow!! he must be good to have fooled you Angela According to the Wiki, he ain't an Argentine

There you go, things you learn on EF, I just always thought he was Danish.

pamela16 · #54 22.08.2010, 14:54

	Quote:	francois81
	Charlotte Rampling is fluent in French, and has starred in italian movies too, I think. She was in "Heading South" ("Vers le Sud"), on arte last night, a good movie about sexual tourism in Haiti in the 70s. Her French is awesome.

Kristin Scott Thomas as well.

Leafy · #55 22.08.2010, 18:01

	Quote:	vwild1
	Eddie Izzard speaking French..

He speaks German too - did his shows in Germany in it.

zymogen · #56 22.08.2010, 22:13

What's so special about a celebrity being multi-lingual compared to non-celebs?

eddiejc1 · #57 22.08.2010, 22:39

One big incentive for Jodie Foster and Charlotte Rampling to speak French is that there are more opportunities for older actresses to appear in French cinema than in Hollywood. The other alternative is usually television.

CheeseInsider · #58 10.09.2010, 04:48

	Quote:	zymogen
	What's so special about a celebrity being multi-lingual compared to non-celebs?

I agree, I think it's impressive being multilingual regardless of what fame you possess.

I'm always intrigued by people who speak many languages. It's a pleasant surprise.