Jon Voight's accent in Anaconda...

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Whenever my wife is bothering me, I call her my "little baby bird" and make creepy grimaces at her. No shit, she hates it
 
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My parents did a lot of travelling when I was younger and for whatever reason hotel rooms in Malaysia always had this movie on repeat. I probably watched this on Vision Four 20-30 times and I could never understand his accent.
 
It's a strong character performance. We can say the accent is shit or all over the place - and it is - but who's to say the accent isn't put on from a character perspective, just to fuck with people. Or maybe he grew up in many different countries and self-taught himself english from a handful of Brando or Pacino movies. The point is, this guy could be from anywhere, and real life people like Tommy Wiseau have further legitimized Voight's performance.
 
It's a strong character performance. We can say the accent is shit or all over the place - and it is - but who's to say the accent isn't put on from a character perspective, just to fuck with people. Or maybe he grew up in many different countries and self-taught himself english from a handful of Brando or Pacino movies. The point is, this guy could be from anywhere, and real life people like Tommy Wiseau have further legitimized Voight's performance.

Yeah I'm not to up to date on my Anaconda Cinematic Universe lore, but I always figured he was American by birth and probably raised or spent decades in the jungles poaching animals. Being brought up or taught by international hunters could definitely explain the french/latino/Italian thing we ended up with
 
That's Razor Ramon's accent.
 
Probably the best worst movie I own on blu-ray.
I only remember the good bits and forget the mediocrity surrounding them so I want to rewatch it again and again. Truly gripping movie...

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Yeah I'm not to up to date on my Anaconda Cinematic Universe lore, but I always figured he was American by birth and probably raised or spent decades in the jungles poaching animals. Being brought up or taught by international hunters could definitely explain the french/latino/Italian thing we ended up with

If there's an Anaconda Cinematic Universe, the shark from Deep Blue Sea needs to be in it.
 
I always thought he was cajun/creole.

but didn't he speak in spanish at some points?

I always figured he's been living and hunting in South America for so long, he picked up some Spanish. Wouldn't you have to pick up the native (or more well used) languages if you choose to live in a country/place where English isn't the dominant language?

I don't know, maybe I'm thinking too hard about this and Voight's accent was some make-believe accent.
 
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