MagnetMan Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 TASM brought this to my attention. When "Notting Hill" was making the rounds, Rhys Ifans watched his star rise a little. During that time, I learned his name was pronounced "Reese If-Fonz". Now, while portraying the Lizard, I hear "Rize Eye-fans." And, since most of the time we only see these names in print or in credits, I'm still not sure which is right.What are some other famous names with pronunciation discrepancies?Some obvious examples:Kim Basinger (Bay-singer or Bass-injer)Cillian Murphy (Silly-an or Killian)Ralph Fiennes (Ray-f) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Michelle Pfeiffer ..nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Michelle Pfeiffer ..nuff said.I don't think people really mispronounce Michelle Pfieffer (unless they have literally not heard of her). Similar to Arnold Schwarzenneger. MagnetMan is referring to names such as Martin Scorsese, Marion Cotillard, Steve Carrell (less so now), Zack Glafianakis, Shia Labeouf etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Entertaining link: http://www.businessinsider.com/hard-to-pronounce-celebrity-names-2012-5?op=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycruise Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 chiwitel ejjiofor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnetMan Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Galifinakis was a good one. Especially when he was on the rise. ("You know... the weird one on 'The Hangover.'') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnetMan Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) chiwitel ejjioforYou bring up the Operative just to get on my good side, don't you? :)I approve.Which brings up Alan Tudyk. Edited July 12, 2012 by MagnetMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Which brings up Alan Tudyk.Two me this sound like an actor who should specialise in fantasy magic porn.(I am aware that he doesn't [to my knowledge anyway]) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeSome of those African names are really tough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Keira Knightley is awfully misspelled. Instead of Keira most people spell Kiera.Catherine Zeta Jones - most people pronounce Zeta as Zeeta but it`s actually Zayta.Saoirse Ronan - pronounces Sur-sha in her case (otherwise common Irish pronounciation is seer-sha but she clarified that hers is sur-sha)Miranda Shitto is sometimes misspelled and mispronounced as Otto.The heck? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Not an actor, but Michel Hazanavicius, has gotten butchered by everyone except Jolie at the Golden Globes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Noomi Rapace is another one. Not sure if it's Ra-pace or Ra-pass or which syllable to put the stress on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incarnadine Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) Amanda SeyfriedCorrect pronunciation is "sigh-frid" , but I've heard it as "see-freed", "say-freed", "see-fride", etc.As mentioned, Saoirse Ronan is probably the toughest one, looking at the way it's spelled I would never have guessed the right pronunciation. Edited July 12, 2012 by Incarnadine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnetMan Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Two me this sound like an actor who should specialise in fantasy magic porn.(I am aware that he doesn't [to my knowledge anyway])Hahaha... That's something I'll have to Google. Gimme a sec.OMG!!!! Do NOT Google that shit!!!!!!AHHHHH, my eyes! My eyes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Noomi Rapace is another one. Not sure if it's Ra-pace or Ra-pass or which syllable to put the stress on.Her first name is also mispronounced as Noo-mie while correct pronounciation of Noo should rhyme with "low". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AASixteen16 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Keira Knightley is awfully misspelled. Instead of Keira most people spell Kiera. Catherine Zeta Jones - most people pronounce Zeta as Zeeta but it`s actually Zayta. Saoirse Ronan - pronounces Sur-sha in her case (otherwise common Irish pronounciation is seer-sha but she clarified that hers is sur-sha) Miranda Shitto is sometimes misspelled and mispronounced as Otto.The heck? LMFAO. :rotfl: ROFL. THIS MADE MY NIGHT LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
