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17.03.2010, 21:26
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Pretty impressive language skills from this lot... post any more you know of 
Jodie Foster speaking French
Sandra Bullock speaking German
Johnny Depp speaking french
Kim Cattrall speaking German
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17.03.2010, 21:32
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Yes Castro, see this one. Viggo Mortensen speaks PERFECT Spanish with argentinian accent.
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17.03.2010, 21:34
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17.03.2010, 21:46
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Colin Firth speaking Italian
Omar Sharif in a French speaking role
Rory Bremner in French |
17.03.2010, 21:47
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There's no surprise that Johnny Depp could speak French since he's married to Vanessa Paradis but Sandra Bullock speaking German, that is just WOW!
so no excuse to all you folks who's already been here for more than 5 years and still struggling with your German or French.
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17.03.2010, 21:48
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Does Arnold speaking English count?
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17.03.2010, 21:51
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| Quote: | |  | | | There's no surprise that Johnny Depp could speak French since he's married to Vanessa Paradis but Sandra Bullock speaking German, that is just WOW!
so no excuse to all you folks who's already been here for more than 5 years and still struggling with your German or French. | | | | |
Sandra Bullock grew up in Germany part time, her mother was a German opera singer.
Lindsey Vonn, the American skier seems to pull off a pretty good German, much better than Lance Armstrong's French.
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| Quote: | | | | | There's no surprise that Johnny Depp could speak French since he's married to Vanessa Paradis but Sandra Bullock speaking German, that is just WOW! | | | | | Sandra Bullock does have a German mother but some of the others are quite inspirational, Kim Cattrall for example hails from Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
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17.03.2010, 22:05
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I was quite surprised soe 20 years ago to see Prince Philip on German TV speaking fluent German - 'course he is one. Can't find it on YouTube though...
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17.03.2010, 22:10
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| Quote: | | | | | Prince Philip on German TV speaking fluent German - 'course he is one. | | | | | Are you sure it wasn't Greek?
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17.03.2010, 22:16
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apparently Beckham can speak Italian and Spanish, need to do a search on youtube for proof |
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| Quote: | | | | | apparently Beckham can speak Italian and Spanish, need to do a search on youtube for proof | | | | | I'm finding that clips of Roman Abramovich speaking English are rarer than rocking horse poo.
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17.03.2010, 22:30
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| Quote: | | | | | Yes Castro, see this one. Viggo Mortensen speaks PERFECT Spanish with argentinian accent.
| | | | | Errr isn't he from Argentina?
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| Quote: | | | | | Errr isn't he from Argentina? | | | | | Wow!! he must be good to have fooled you Angela  According to the Wiki, he ain't an Argentine | Quote: |  | | | Mortensen was born in New York City. His American mother, Grace Gamble (née Atkinson), and Danish father, Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr., met in Norway.[1][2] His maternal grandfather was from Nova Scotia, Canada.[3][4] His family moved to Venezuela, Denmark, and Argentinian cities Córdoba and Buenos Aires, where he learned Spanish. His father managed chicken farms and ranches in Argentina.[5] They remained there until Mortensen was eleven, when his parents divorced and his mother moved back to New York. He moved with his father to Copenhagen, Denmark. Mortensen and his father eventually went back to the United States, where he graduated from Watertown High School in Watertown, New York. After high school, he returned to Denmark and became a truck driver in Esbjerg, Denmark, before again returning to the United States to pursue an acting career | | | | | | | This user would like to thank Castro for this useful post: | |
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| Quote: | | | | | Are you sure it wasn't Greek? | | | | | His family was exiled from Greece when he was an infant
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17.03.2010, 22:38
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I believe Rupert Everett can speak Italian as he acts in some Italian cinema. Sadly can't find a better clip:
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18.03.2010, 09:16
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Roger Federer speaks better english than most swiss, even his german is better.
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18.03.2010, 09:32
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| Quote: | | | | | Wow!! he must be good to have fooled you Angela
According to the Wiki, he ain't an Argentine | | | | | hmmm I thought I heard him say once that he was from Argentina...bad memory I am getting old. Anyways Argentinian is not Spanish  LOL
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