Brad Pitt’s ‘absurd’ accent divides opinion after movie clip resurfaces

Fans are calling out Brad Pitt’s 'absurd' accent in a resurfaced movie clip which divides opinion online.

Now, we're all aware that actors will use different accents to portray a role as accurately as possible.

It took years for Americans to realise that Batman star Christian Bale is in fact British or that Peaky Blinders' Cillian Murphy isn't actually a Brummy.

But with some performances, viewers can sometimes leave scratching their heads wondering if that accent was truly necessary - and that's exactly what they're thinking about Brad Pitt.

This comes after a scene from a 1998 romantic mystery film that's been doing the rounds on social media.

Meet Joe Black follows businessman Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), who is about to celebrate his 65th birthday.

But before he reaches that landmark, he is quite literally visited by Death (Brad Pitt), who has taken human form as Joe Black, a young man who recently died. Joe and Bill then meet each other to make a deal - Bill will be given a few extra days of his life, and Joe will spend the same time getting to know what it's like to be human.

It seems like a perfect arrangement, until Joe falls in love with Bill's daughter.

However, in one scene, which has been re-shared on social media, Pitt's character randomly talks in Jamaican patois to a patient in the hospital.

Watch below:

Watched Meet Joe Black the other night and absolutely lost it when Brad Pitt starts speaking patois. Truly one of the funniest, most absurd things I’ve ever seen in a movie

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— keyvan (@still_oppressed) February 18, 2024

"Watched Meet Joe Black the other night and absolutely lost it when Brad Pitt starts speaking patois," one user tweeted, alongside the clip that's been viewed over 4.8 million times.

"Truly one of the funniest, most absurd things I've ever seen in a movie."

"I was going to start a 'well out of context' sentence but then realised there is no context where this is not ridiculous/hilarious," a second said.

While a third commented: "The first time my brother and I watched it, we had to pause cuz we were laughing so hard.

"My brother still quotes his absurd lines at me."

Others explained how the accent was possibly quite deliberate, as one user thought: "From a writers standpoint, it's to showcase how he is Death. He speaks all tongues as he is barred by nothing on Earth.

"Part of his character development. It's also a foreshadow mark that leads up to the woman finding out who he really is."

"In fairness he's the Angel of Death speaking to her in a way that makes him more familiar and less scary. Not saying it works or not but I get the basic point," another penned.

"He was coached by the actress playing opposite him, as well as a professional language instructor," someone else said.

"I've seen video reviews by two different Jamaica natives who say he nails the accent in a few places, and screws up pronunciation in a few more.

"They gave him props for trying."