How accurate was Leonardo DiCaprio's accent in Blood Diamond?

The accent of Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer sounded different in the Blood Diamond Film. I have seen quite a good number of Hollywood movies, so I have become familiar with their accents. When I heard Danny speak in Blood Diamond, it seemed different to me. read more

There are two particularly tricky accents we can compare them on: South African—which Damon uses in Clint Eastwood’s politico-rugby drama Invictus and DiCaprio learned for 2006’s The Blood Diamond—and South Boston, which both actors pulled off for Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, in a mano-a-mano dialect duel. read more

Definitely not a South Africa born Accent. But one that is acquired from Many years in SA and speaking Afrikaans, maybe ok, it's a stretch but ok.It was just a movie after all. He was from RHODESIA the jewel of Africa. Zimbabwe is a terrorist state overlaid on top of the Hard work and wonderful achievements of the people of Rhodesia. read more