10 Hilariously Awful Performances In Great Films

4. Don Cheadle - Ocean's Eleven

One of the most successful movies of 2001, Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven is a near-flawless example of how to make a fun, engaging and snappy heist movie - Clooney is predictably and effortlessly cool as Danny Ocean; the suave and sophisticated conman with a plan. Soderbergh managed to put together an excellent ensemble cast for Ocean's Eleven, including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Andy Garcia, and on paper you can see why Don Cheadle might've fit in perfectly with such illustrious co-stars. And then he opens his mouth - just as Winstone's accent in The Departed was so unintentionally hilarious, so too is Cheadle's attempt at a Cockney accent laughably bad. At least Cheadle is aware of it and prepared to joke about it. "You know something, I really worked on that accent... my agent said it was fine, so I'm stuck with this thing. Even though everyone laughs at me. So I sacked her, of course"
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