Actors with the most slurred speech that causes viewers to turn on subtitles (16 photos)

Based on the data obtained, the researchers compiled a list of celebrities with the most unintelligible speech, and those who were most difficult for the surveyed viewers to perceive. Let's take a look at the actors and actresses who force viewers to turn on subtitles even though they all speak English.



The online educational platform Preply conducted a study among Americans, finding out how many of them watch English-language films and TV series with subtitles. As it turns out, 50% of the 1,200 viewers surveyed do this. The main reasons for including subtitles in your own language are the sounds that overlap the actors’ speech (music, special effects, etc.), as well as the accents of the performers themselves.

15th place: Liam Neeson



British actor.

14th place: Idris Elba





British actor.

13th place: Gal Gadot



Israeli actress.

12th place: Brad Pitt



American, representative of the southern state of Oklahoma. The accent of residents of the southern states is also difficult for many Americans to hear.

11th place: Salma Hayek



Mexican-American actress.

10th place: James McAvoy



The study listed which English accents are most difficult for Americans to understand:

2% - South American accent;

4% - Australian accent;

10% - South African accent;

17% - Irish accent;

17% - British accent;

50% Scottish accent.

By the way, James McAvoy is Scottish.

9th place: Michael Caine



British actor.

8th place: Benedict Cumberbatch



British actor.

7th place: Ozzy Osbourne



Sudden British musician! Apparently, Americans also watch all of his interviews with subtitles.

6th place: Jackie Chan



Hong Kong actor.

5th place: Johnny Depp



Unlike almost everyone on this list, Depp is American. And not even from the southern states.

4th place: Sean Connery



British actor.

3rd place: Arnold Schwarzenegger



Despite the fact that Schwarzenegger was the governor of an American state, everyone knows (and hears) that he is from Austria.

2nd place: Sofia Vergara



Colombian-American actress.

1st place: Tom Hardy



Hardy is British, and his speech has long been legendary. His experiments with intonation and accents make his characters difficult for the American public to relate to. In addition, Hardy's characters are often forced to wear masks, like in Dunkirk or The Dark Knight Rises.

In addition to the list of celebrities, the researchers also identified the most difficult TV series to listen to. Here are the top five:

Peaky Blinders

"Derry Girls"

"Game of Thrones"

"Outlander"

"Downton Abbey".