{"id":100490,"date":"2025-05-14T10:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100490\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:04:10","slug":"pierce-brosnans-unwatchable-irish-accent-blamed-for-shows-rumoured-axing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100490\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan’s ‘unwatchable’ Irish accent blamed for show’s rumoured axing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guy Ritchie thriller MobLand might not see a second season after receiving a mixed reaction from viewers over Pierce Brosnan’s Irish accent<\/p>\n

TV executives are weighing up axing a star-studded Guy Ritchie thriller before its second season after some fans were less than impressed with Pierce Brosnan’s<\/a> “unwatchable” Irish accent, insiders are suggesting.<\/p>\n

The series facing the axe is Paramount’s<\/a> MobLand, which boasts an expensive cast of stars other than Brosnan, including Helen Mirren<\/a> and Tom Hardy.<\/p>\n

But MobLand has seen a lukewarm reception from Paramount’s viewers and critics, averaging around 76 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, with some describing it as lacking in focus and “frustrating.”<\/p>\n

A focal point for viewer confusion, however, is Brosnan’s accent, which is bizarre considering that Ireland is the country of his birth. The Sun<\/a> has reported that this will be considered by executives deciding on MobLand’s future.<\/p>\n

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The negative backlash is a surprise miss for 56-year-old legendary director Ritchie, fresh off the huge success of his criminal comedy thriller ‘The Gentlemen’ for competing streamer Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the publication, an insider said:<\/p>\n

\u201cViewers have been mocking his Irish accent \u2014 which is ironic given he was born in Ireland and lived there till he was four years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s always had a cut-glass English delivery.”<\/p>\n

Brosnan was able to reclaim his birth accent for MobLand, where he stars as the head of the Harrigan crime family, Conrad.<\/p>\n

The insider added: \u201cClearly making the shift back to an Irish accent was not as smooth as expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Users on social media joked about the Bond star’s accent in the series, saying: \u201cBrosnan has to be the only person born and raised in Ireland that can\u2019t pull off an Irish accent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cBrosnan\u2019s accent almost makes MobLand unwatchable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Guy Ritchie thriller MobLand might not see a second season after receiving a mixed reaction from viewers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,29919,626,46675,914,14927,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-100490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-guy-ritchie","11":"tag-helen-mirren","12":"tag-paramount-plus","13":"tag-pierce-brosnan","14":"tag-tom-hardy","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114505625089505506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}