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I mean, if someone looks medieval but sounds like a cowboy, that pretty much does it for suspension of disbelief...
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As in how the Saxons sounded like they came from west Texas in
this awful movie? I wonder why they made Skarsgård speak in that manner...
Language is symbolic. It helps set a tone along with time and place in the minds of the audience.
The Eagle is one example of movie makers choosing to make the Romans speak with an American accent, an unusual choice with a symbolic and political motivation to compare the US to the Roman Empire.