I saw young Picard laughing when he was stabbed. But Stewart portrayed the young Picard as himself, and didn't require to have a french accent since he's our Picard.
Does Simon Pegg do an accurate Scottish accent?
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If you say a character is X, then that character should have something that is X. Be it an accent or cultural references.
PIcard isn't real. He's created by the choices made by the actor and writers. They chose not to give Picard an accent and made him more British to match Stewart.
I was making the point Picard out grew the french accent, I don't think he required to have a french accent to be a person who was originally from France. Lots of people who once originated from a place of origin had an accent, but loses the accent based on the experiences they gain or how well she/he adapts in the new location. Doesn't happen for everyone but it happens.
It's not that hard to believe that Picard was born and raised in France but was schooled in Britain or just spent a lot of time there. In the future, you can get your groceries in Portugal, go swimming in the Idian ocean, watch a movie in Russia, meet friends for drinks in Chicago then hook-up with your girlfriend in Brazil for that threesome... all in one day.
I suspect that that kind of lifestyle would probably produce a number of new trans-global accents not to mention Americans who sound Greek, Russians who sound South African etc etc.
I suspect that that kind of lifestyle would probably produce a number of new trans-global accents not to mention Americans who sound Greek, Russians who sound South African etc etc.
And that's the thrust of the gist. No matter how accurate the accent, if the actor doesn't sound right speaking it, best to forget the whole thing.
But this is fiction, not reality. Picard growing out of the accent is a rationalization, not part of the character or his backstory, We might as well be saying Kirk spent time in Canada to justify Shatner occasionally using Canadian pronunciation.
Just be glad Picard didn't use Patrick Stewart's original accent...
None of his family had French accents either, so it's not just Jean-Luc dropping his accent at the academy. That's just what English-speaking French people sound like in the 24th century. They are so fluent that they don't even have an accent. They presumably all grow up watching Laurence Oliver and John Gielgud, like Stewart did.
Simon Pegg sounds very like the presenter of earl gray (a TNG podcast) who was brought up pretty near Aberdeen.