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Cor blimey, guv’nor! From Moon Knight to Mary Poppins, we round up the worst London accents on film

Brace your ears for a round-up of the worst London accents ever committed to screen

Evening Standard

In defence of the Yank chimney-sweep

A Londoner who lives in Bangkok has made a spirited defence of Dick Van Dyke's much-maligned cockney accent as a chimney-sweep in Mary Poppins, which was mentioned in last week's column.

Bangkok Post

Weird film accents: the new Dick Van Dykes

They’re actors, how hard can it be? Lily James lays it on thick as Pamela Anderson, while Julia Garner’s just baffling in Inventing Anna. Then there’s Lady Gaga …

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Disney's Marvel Moon Knight lambasted for 'atrocious Mary Poppins Cockney accents'

Marvel fans couldn't believe their ears after the Londoners gave the 'worst impression' of the accent since Dick Van Dyke's chimney sweep

Daily Mirror

Moon Knight: Oscar Isaac’s British accent sounds like Dick Van Dyke doing Alan Bennett

I expected Marvel’s new mercenary superhero to sound growly and cool, not like an 18th-century Leicestershire grandmother

The Guardian - UK

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