Comments on: Listen To The Voice Of Gambit – Did They Get It Right?

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:50:53 +0000

Well, I don’t think it even sounded Cajun (I should know I’m a Cajun) It sounded southern (some what like rogues..) I think they could have better.

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By: Link

Link — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:53:25 +0000

i thought it was fine, tho i was completely disapointed that emma frist had an american accent and not her british accent….

By: everythingshiny

everythingshiny — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:40:27 +0000

I wanna know what happened here. Why did Gambit not have a Cajun accent in the movie? Could Taylor not get it right? Did someone decide that it made him too hard to understand? I’m confused. I’m not a hardcore fan so I don’t really care one way or the other, but I’m just really intrigued to know.

PS: Bram, WORD. Texas forever.

By: Dea

Dea — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:05:25 +0000

“but how come the voice actor from the original series and from the X-Men Legends games seem to get the voice of Gambit dead on.”

Because it wasn’t even a real cajun accent, ask a real cajun.

Kitsch’s sounds good, I like that he has a very deep voice despite that angelic face.

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By: Rob Keyes

Rob Keyes — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:01:58 +0000

My original thought from way back last year in regards to Deadpool is that they’d keep him and his full-on outfit secret until the movie actually comes out, that he’s the one big surprise.

So far that’s true (assuming Baraka is Weapon XI and separate from Deadpool). That would explain why we’ve only seen the one Ryan Reynolds version of Wade Wilson and why he’s not showcased in the promo material including this website).

Perhaps they want to make a big splash with that character as there have always been rumblings of plans to make him a spinoff.

Let’s hope that’s the case…

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:56:50 +0000

@ Dylan

Most Hollywood actors aren’t “actors” at all.

They’re pretty faces, with little-to-no talent at all.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:24:16 +0000

Gambit’s voice was ok. It was a pretty good attempt at a Cajun accent, but its probably one of the hardest accents to replicate, but how come the voice actor from the original series and from the X-Men Legends games seem to get the voice of Gambit dead on. Why can’t these Hollywood actors get it right.

By: Scarecrowe

Scarecrowe — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:21:39 +0000

This seems like more proof that the Mute Baraka is Deadpool seeing as how they had no soundclip from Deadpool when hes the easiest one to promote using only audio dialogue, him bein the merc with a mouth and all. Othern than the Deadpool issue tho i do think the movie looks awesome.

By: bram

bram — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:43:51 +0000

TEXAS FOREVER, SIX!

By: Copperknob

Copperknob — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:11:51 +0000

I’m a bit more comfortable with Gambit’s character now (ignoring that he likely shouldn’t be in this movie at all), I will assume that the accent wasn’t quite right because there wasn’t enough of the clip to hit the correct sounds that make him uniquely caujin. However, I don’t like that Christop Nord (Agent Zero) isn’t German. It’s not a hard accent to do and it would have made more sense from the comics perspective. Also, I don’t know why The Blob was in this as the characters real name was Mastodon. Maybe, like the insert of Gambit, they just wanted to put in a more popular character rather than the correct ones.

An interesting but unlikely thought is that Weapon XI is just a bastardized version of Omega Red. It would work in that Omega Red was essentially the end of Team X (which is what this film appears to be about) and was “created”. It begins to fall apart because although he had great strenght, healing and could make people sick. He didn’t have the ability to absorb others powers. Perhaps this is where Stryker came in. Who knows though, it’s only a theory.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:08:43 +0000

ummmm…..being from Cajun country here in New Orleans………Gambit is pretty special around here, you know being “Our” comic book hero……..I am not liking the voice as of yet…..maybe I have just not heard enough yet, but I hear nothing special in his voice.

By: Tucker

Tucker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:38:04 +0000

It is a bit more Southern than Cajun, but there’s a slight tinge of Creole to it. Like others have said, these lines don’t sound natural like they would in the movie, so perhaps it’s better. As long as it’s not too redneck and not too “ohn-yohn!” I think it’ll work.

I’m guessing with as much relative attention to detail they seem to be going for, his voice will be closer to Cajun than not.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:14:15 +0000

It’s perfect, it’s not too over the top like the cartoon, it’s subtle, I really liked it.

And what he said was great too, perfect for the character.

By: Bill Blume

Bill Blume — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:14:28 +0000

He did better than I expected, but if the accent doesn’t work, I will almost have preferred he didn’t bother with it at all.

By: Ash Ali

Ash Ali — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:02:43 +0000

You can hear a bit of Cajun at first, but then it seems to disappear the more he speaks. It’s a short clip so it’s hard to tell. But it will probably be subtle in the film.

By: Rob Keyes

Rob Keyes — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:15:41 +0000

I’m with ya Rorschach

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:07:17 +0000

im still a little iffy, Cuz we dont hear actual Dialoge.
until i hear him call sum
one cher or petie. (which i doubt will be in the film)
but he usually integrates if French in to his English.
and hif i May qoute him from the Comic,

“Playin’ for keeps is still playin’,
Mon Ami, so take a card…ANY CARD!”

i wanna hear stuff like that !
Lol

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:51:10 +0000

Thanks Rob.
I will try that.