Who knew these celebs may communicate one other language? For this listing, we’ll be taking a look at celebrities who flexed their multilingual …
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I’m Chinese & I have no idea what John Cena is speaking
How about supermodels? Most supermodels can speak their native language plus passable French, Italian, and English. Some can speak all the above, plus several more depending on their education and background.
Ben Afleck and Will Smith speak Spanish like an American middle schooler after 2 years of study!
“La gente habla UNA idioma”
“Pera”
“Todas las paises”
WTF does Will Smith think he is doing??
I got punched in the face once. It really hurts.
John Cena's pronunciation is quite bad, actually.
Viggo, forgot elvish from Ring trilogy. Tolkien created full languages for all major races
Surprised Daniel Brühl wasn't on this list…..
A frequent mistake I see is when people read or recite Ancient Greek and been credited as "speaking Greek". Ancient Greek is a historical language, just like Latin or Old Norse, that is not spoken any more (for many centuries now). So you can study it and learn to read and understand original ancient texts, but you cannot "speak it", because it's a dead language and there isn't anyone around to speak it with. Actual or modern Greek is a very different language, that is of course derived from ancient Greek but has changed very significantly through time, to the point that an ancient Greek speaker and a modern Greek speaker could not really understand each other. So, people like Tom Hiddleston or Christopher Lee, learned some ancient Greek at the university, which means they are/were educated people, but they are not really Greek speakers, as they could not communicate with a Greek person.
I remember John Cena groveled and apologized to the Chinese government in Mandarin
Charlize Theron says in that interview that its quite awkward to speak Afrikaans to people who dont understand her and can't speak it back to her, meaning they probably asked her to "say something in Afrikaans" which must be kinda weird for her indeed.
Hhahahah Ben speaks Spanish better than JLo. MI GENTE LATINO
In fact only a native can say whether someone speaks their language fluently or not, not us foreigners.
Viggo mortensen ❤ and Freddie Highmore
My God Shakira is beautiful.
Not surprised about Audrey Hepburn, she is of Dutch distraction. It’s not uncommon for educated Dutch people to have fluency in several languages, as this is something that was historically important there due to the Netherlands’ importance in international trade. I stayed in a dumpy little hotel in Amsterdam, and the front desk attendants all spoke four or five languages fluently enough to converse with native speakers.
You forgot Stellan Skarsgård…. He is even more brilliant…
I can't help wondering whether many of these American actors with relatively limited foreign language skills are aware of the extent to which they adopt exaggerated mannerisms when speaking. It also seems that the ladies definitely have the skills edge in the matter of second and third languages.
Omg jodie foster is more french than french
Waltz also impressed us in Italian
Spanish a satanic language.
Quelle surprise! The Europeans can speak more than one European language 😂
Jodie Foster is more than fluent in french. She's 0.1 % away of talking like a born french. She probably can think entirely in french.
I did not really understand Serena's French…and I should
Virgo Mortensen is a gem.
I really like John Cena and watching him speak Mandarin just blew my mind. That is very difficult
Noomi Rapace is multilingual, she learned fluent English, rapidly on top of them all after the Millennium Trilogy films
Should have mentioned Michelle Yeoh, Jackie Chan, Gal Gadot. For them speaking English is as difficult as for other name in this list.
Ben Afleck speaks a little Spanish, Will Smith can't speak shit in Spanish. He just memorized a script!, Serena Willliam speaks some French, Sandra Bullock is fluent in German. Colin Firth doesn't speak Portuguese…. that was very badly spoken. He is better in Italian. I speak all four languages and can attest to each one of the cases I just mentioned. John Cena can't speak Mandarin. His enunciation is not accurate and there are too many tonal irregularities. I likely speak better Mandarin than he does after living in China for seven years. Paltrow and Lupita Nyong definitely speak Spanish. Tom Hiddleson doesn't speak French… though he tried! Mortesen can surely speak better Spanish than French.
The American world champion in pole vault Armand Duplantis, may compete for Sweden and have a Swedish mother but the first years competing for Sweden he didb't know any of the language. In a very bad intervju a retired Swedish teacher saw him, contacted him and later followed him around the world giving lessons and pratice whenever possilble . He then chocked everybody in Sweden on live TV when he won an award and gave his thank you speach in Swedish. As the years have passed he¨s only getting better.
Top Spot should be Christopher Lee.
Christoph Waltz also dubs himself in german.
I'm british but I learned fluent german in elementary school…I attended in germany when my father moved to germany with me. I've lived here since then.
That is so funny how American are amazed by people speaking more than one language 😂