Dakota Fanning has apparently achieved the impossible. She’s managed to successfully pull off an English accent in her new film, Now is Good.

The US actress has been praised for her British accent in the upcoming film, which is based on the Jenny Downham’s 2007 novel Before I Die.

Many others have tried and failed before her and here’s a round-up of some of our favourites flops.

Anne Hathaway’s Yorkshire lilt got the thumbs down in the film adaptation of much-loved novel One Day. She takes on a British accent again in Les Misérables which hits cinemas this Christmas. We only get to hear her singing in the trailer so we’re yet to find out if she can do better.

Nicole Kidman played an English aristocrat in Baz Luhrman’s sweeping epic Australia. The actress admitted that she “squirmed” in her seat while watching her performance on screen at the premier. If you couldn’t bring yourself to sit through the film, which clocks in at a whopping 165 minutes, here’s what you missed.

Russell Crowe walked out of an interview after Radio 4’s Mark Lawson said his northern accent in 2010 release Robin Hood had “hints of Irish”.

Cor blimey guv’nor, stone the crows! Dick Van Dyke’s cockney accent as chimney sweep Bert in Mary Poppins is widely regarded as one of the worst of all time but we’re actually rather fond of it.

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