To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Denzel Washington’s accent has caused quite a stir among fans amid the release of Gladiator 2 , but the screen legend has a pretty good explanation for it. The Oscar-winning actor, 69, has returned to screens in the blockbuster sequel to Sir Ridley Scott ’s 2000 epic, starring alongside Paul Mescal , Pedro Pascal , and returning star Connie Nielsen . He appears as Macrinus, a former slave from North Africa who plots to control Rome and is a ruthless mentor to Lucius (Mescal).
However, when the Gladiator 2 trailer was released earlier this year, fans couldn’t stop talking about one of the leading men , and the accent they’d used. Denzel’s accent, is, well, his normal American accent. Sharing a solid reason why he opted not to adopt an accent from an African region or even an English accent like much of the cast, he said: ‘Well, the thing was, where are we? Whose accent would it be? What does that sound like anyway?’ He added speaking to Empire : ‘You’re going to end up imitating someone and end up with a bad African accent.
’ Reacting to Denzel’s accent, or lackthereof, X account Johnflex87, respected Denzel’s decision: ‘He’s too Denzel Washington to do any other accent other than his own.’ ‘Gladiators didn’t have no damn British accent so I’m glad Denzel not doing one for this movie,’ added ForceOriginal. However, Ankita felt that i.