Irish people are roasting Jamie Dornan's and Emily Blunt's accents in the trailer for their new romance, 'Wild Mountain Thyme'
Zac Ntim
Nov 11, 2020, 19:32 IST
Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan in "Wild Mountain Thyme."Lionsgate
Irish people are roasting Jamie Dornan's and Emily Blunt's accents after the trailer for their new Ireland-set romance, "Wild Mountain Thyme," was released.
Viewers were especially confused by how Dornan, who is from Northern Ireland, managed to get his accent so wrong.
People were also confused by the film's period setting, as the character's costumes conflicted with the locations, which suggested the film could be set anywhere from 1920 to 2020.
The first trailer for Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt's new Ireland-set romance, "Wild Mountain Thyme," was released Tuesday. Unfortunately for the film, the cast's local accents haven't gone down well with people hailing from Ireland.
Based on the playwright John Patrick Shanley's 2014 Broadway production "Outside Mullingar" (he also writes and directs the adaptation), "Wild Mountain Thyme" is a classic romance that follows Rosemary Muldoon, a strong-willed farmer played by the London-born actor Emily Blunt, who is smitten with her neighbor Anthony Reilly, played by Dornan.
The internet was particularly perplexed by how Dornan, who is from Northern Ireland, managed to get his accent so wrong.
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One person on Twitter posted a picture of the 38-year-old actor from the set of the film with the caption "BREAKING Jamie Dornan To Be Tried At The Hague," a reference to the International Court of Justice in Holland.
Even the official Twitter account for Dublin Airport chimed in asking whether there was an official "accent police" to convict everyone involved for crimes against the Republic of Ireland.
The Insider lifestyle editor Kiara Keane — who is Irish — said: "I had to turn the trailer off about three seconds in because [the accents] were so bad."
People also seemed confused by the film's shaky aesthetic, as the costumes on display suggest the film could easily be set in the 1920s, but the appearance of modern cars and a shot of the character's visiting modern-day New York City suggest a 21st-century love story.
Despite all the heavy criticism, the film did manage to find some support from the Irish Embassy in the US, which defended the film, tweeting: "To be fair, Irish accents are hard (we struggle with them at times). But otherwise, #WildMountainThyme looks great."
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