Anthony Mackie Didn't Hide His New Orleans Accent During His Juilliard School Audition | W Magazine

Anthony Mackie talks about how he used his New Orleans accent during his audition for The Juilliard School. For the tryout, Mackie did Edmund from Shakespeare's King Lear and Blues for Mister Charlie, James Baldwin's second play. The actor who plays Falcon in the Avengers franchise sang a song from The Fantasticks, a musical by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. Mackie also gives a tip for weeding out the fake New Orleans natives from the real ones.
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[@513morris]

"If dey say 'hey Ya'll!'.....dey lyin', dey asses frum Texas." Love this line!

[@alittlesickducksucks]

J Morris I guess if they pull up like, Wazzam, or Hey my baby! it's more authentic New Orleans. Lol

[@focus9460]

J Morris that's true tho because we don't really say that

[@samuelrobinson9300]

Lol or Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, north louisiana

[@walewilliams6298]

Hey baby, say my love 😭

[@LongLostYellowRanger]

Funny because we do talk like that here in Texas lol!

[@jbazley001]

The way he say New Orleans, you can tell he from New Orleans, if you're from New Orleans

[@shaunw638]

Jonathan Bazley Exactly. That’s what I was waiting to hear him say you can always tell by that.

[@avery0704]

Yep

[@yungbyrdjm]

New Awlins

[@justkartis1398]

Yep! After I heard him say Nola, I was like He’s from here

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

He never had an accent if you ask me

I came to hear the accent not to hear him talk about the accent. 😑

[@altrenastirgus1587]

IOozeAwesomeness ..I did too

[@jasminesgarden9019]

😂😂😂 me too!

[@ugenekrabbs5327]

Thanks for the heads up. I’m out ✌🏾

[@trii-sha]

me too 😆😆😆

[@lamwolf1160]

Same 😂

[@nola305]

New Orleans IS in the south, BUT the accents (and speech patterns) are DIFFERENT from ANY OTHER city and States that are southern. You have to make a distinction between New Orleans and other southern cities of the south because of mannerisms and dialect (and even other parts of Louisiana).

[@sthomas8344]

YES!! You took the words right out of my mouth. Shreveport, LA is so damn "country"! I've been here 11 years (moved here after Katrina) and I feel like I've been trying to explain this since I been here. Shreveport is only 5 hours away from New Orleans and its like they're two completely different states! New Orleans is so unique and special man. 😩😍 I can't wait to move back!

[@nola305]

EXACTLY!

[@jermen5137]

Maybe most of the south but It's very similar to Geechee dialect in South Carolina which I think is probably a stonger and harder for folks to understand.

[@loveunconventionally6043]

Right Cha as a Geechee I'll have to disagree. The accents of Charleston county and where I live in Georgetown SC are indeed very similar to that NO accent. The coastal accents are more Geechee than the southern country twang of the inland counties

[@nola305]

I don't know WHAT people you've been hearing but, New Orleans has a DISTINCT dialect and accent. You need to LIVE in New Orleans for a few years and 'mingle' with (Black) people who aren't (and weren't) influenced by living elsewhere and came back to the city (N.O.), or anyone who speaks "properly" and omit New Orleans' slang!

[@karthurbuilds]

who just has 12 monologues to whip out whenever they want??!!

[@motorsV12]

At first it seems a lot, but You don’t go there without being either a bit prepared, or at least passioned about arts where learning 3 songs and 12 monologues aren’t that extraordinary.

[@lexi219]

Budding dedicated actors who are applying to one of the most prestigious performing arts schools in the world.

[@gracextended]

Okay I was like what?!

[@chsftball57]

Being from New Orleans his accent comes through slightly when he says New Orleans and when he said “we don’t talk like dat”. It’s subtle but it’s there lol.

[@avery0704]

Right

[@heycanitellyousomething]

Probably because he changed his accent and hides it.

[@MzLadii2009]

I thought I was going to hear the accent, this bihh sound like Morgan Freeman 🤔 lol

[@t3up220]

Sierra Denise 😂😂😂😂😂

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

Black man not bihh take that modern Black woman mess somewhere else.

[@MzLadii2009]

Alim Kinte look it's a damn joke

[@goldenheart8683]

Nuulll😭😭😭

[@solitairedoll]

LMAOOOO

[@bangemblack3594]

damn i wouldn't have ever guessed that this dude was from new orleans....i give credit to ppl who can hide their accents

[@nola305]

His "New Orleans" accent is NOT thick at all, but you CAN hear some 'New Orleans' in the way he speaks.

[@lql1094]

@@MoeReeseWins I have to disagree. When I talk to family I easily pick the accent back up, and my current way of speaking is sprinkled with my native accent.

[@A_29886]

Change their accent not hide it

[@avocadosmile3522]

I change mine all the time lol. Grew up doing it

[@anndeecosita3586]

I call tell with certain words.

[@focus9460]

New Orleans got the best accent hands down 🔥🔥

[@stevenpochejr]

Thank ya

[@val13c59]

Your opinion. Personally I can’t stand it. And believe me, plenty of people hate it.

[@graceandamii3299]

@@val13c59 Shut up

[@monichernandezgutierrez3258]

Yes indeed!

[@val13c59]

@@graceandamii3299 someone got Butt hurt.

[@realjohnlove]

NOLA accents are mixture of South with Caribbean & French Italics. Thats why it sounds the way it does.

[@jamfountain8702]

See hear the French aspect

[@veanell]

Also the yat accent sounds so similar to Brooklyn accents because a lot of the same immigrants can over and trade

[@Hebiscus998]

They ass is from Texas and they tryna be cool XD

[@asrr62]

haha he is true about that.

[@elio4463]

heahashemi I’m not even a Texan and I know that Texans would not pretend to be anything other than a Texan. Texans are super proud to be Texans

[@448DamonXX]

@@elio4463 your definitely lying about being a “Texan”

[@elio4463]

@@448DamonXX If you read what I wrote you would see that I said I wasn’t a Texan....LOL

[@allaboutthemurzic]

I’m an Alabamian

[@carlosmitchell6109]

Every southern state has their own slang and accents

[@veanell]

Yeah but New Orleans has different accents within the state there are way more unique than generally southern states are

[@kristenmcween578]

Thank you for setting the record straight! We hate when "Hollywood " gives New Orleans a Southern accent!!!

[@marieajackson1148]

Kristen McWeen that's fo" true..cher.

[@focus9460]

Kristen McWeen Hollywood didn't.give us sh*t

[@avery0704]

Yes...I cringe whenever someone says..."nawlins"😐

[@heycanitellyousomething]

@@avery0704 eh that’s just how it SOUNDS in the their accent that’s not how they’re actually saying it, it’s only because of the accent.

[@avery0704]

He says New Orleans exactly like a true Native...I picked up on a few other things as well 😉

[@bluerose465]

The New Orleans accent isn’t just one accent- there so many types- I hate when people hear a New Orleans and they think it’s a generic southern accent-

[@schex9]

I LOVE his "accent". It is very comforting to me! As I tell those from the Frozen Nawth who mention my way of speaking, "It's not an accent, it's a way of life!"

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Janet Schexnayder Your last name is a Louisiana German Creole surname

[@KandeeKane85]

“Sctress on myself” 0:19-0:21 (Don’t fight it brotha!) lol

[@8CountLife]

KandeeKane85 thought i was the only one who rewinded that

[@ronalddeleon3991]

I heard it lol I’m like just say scress like the rest of us

[@RH-bp7st]

NOLA accents is a mixture of African, French, Italian, Spanish, Irish & Native American these are the predominant ethnicities in S. Louisiana. When listening to a true New Orleanians you can hear the dialect changes as they speak. Simply put a Gumbo of dialects.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

You forgot German and Caribbean.

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

If you’re from New Orleans, his accent is SCREAMING. ⚜️

[@chaostheoryrulz6080]

Lol, hate when Hollywood makes movies supposedly based in Louisiana and the actors use fake Texas or south Carolina accents.

[@brandontrammel4581]

Facts

[@meekashantel5096]

Wait a minute don’t come for Texas, we love New Orleans but don’t do that there.

[@steelsheen]

people always regard Mackie as this fun chaotic goodness of a man 🤪😂 ..... until they realize he's a Juliard man and constructs houses in his free time. 🤯💯🔝 maybe he felt that his Juliard tryouts was a disaster, but if the head of the school wants to hear you speak at least 12x, it means they're seeing a gem and they're inspecting it closely in real time. they wanted to see if Mackie is the real deal or if he's just faking it. and now he's Captain America 🇺🇸🦅. looks like Juliard nailed it again 💯👏👏👏

[@focus9460]

I never knew he was from New Orleans but that's good

[@frankskskskslulu9633]

Isssa a chocolate bar 😍😍😍😍

[@chetubetcha05]

As a Texan I am hurt.

[@judek1170]

Lmao im from Boston and I ain’t know texas really made yall, when i came down here u guys really be saying yall twice in a danm sentence “Yall get yalls books out”😂

[@country_citi8216]

We all the south we all got family in Louisiana and Texas. Claim that Texan accent.

[@MsMrapplepie]

Tbh we all southern family anyways.

[@marcusblixenkrone-mller7169]

Clarence?

[@patriciataylor2749]

Im still pissed he played 2pac

[@country_citi8216]

He right we have several different accents. Nola, B.R and Lafayette. Im creole and I have to work on my accent at work sometimes.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

I’m creole too ...French/Spanish... ⚜️ NOLA BABY⚜️

[@littledrummergirl_19]

Cajun! I wish I had the accent like my family who still lives in Louisiana does but I didn’t grow up there so :( I’m always excited when it picks up a little if we visit long enough lol

[@DaurcKnyte]

Accent or not, the way we pronounce certain words is a dead give away

[@ticiao]

He is an amazing actor.

[@haloed-hero]

Proven. Confirmed

[@TheRulerRoderickSutton]

Nobody from Texas talks like Sandy from Spongebob

[@liahdela4129]

Roderick Sutton lol

[@theshadestartsnow9818]

Roderick Sutton yes the hell they do 😂

[@Mutable_PageOfCups]

Lolololol

[@amonic.2089]

Texas has a country twang.

[@videogameguy101]

Outside the major cities people sound like Sandy.

[@MeickaJ]

Papa Doc 😂

[@unknown-eb7hn]

Meicka J 😂

[@Naturalbeautyeb]

Meicka J hollering 😂😂😂

[@NubianQueen_xo]

I’m WEAK!!! I forgot he played that role😭🤣🤣🤣

[@abdben1101]

Clarence 😂😂

[@PSINC]

Meicka J right 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Faith_Ell22]

Now I wanna hear his New Orleans accent...

[@willjosemezclayatusabesdmb7116]

Everybody love our accent new orleans come thru BABY love my city

[@avery0704]

❤

[@val13c59]

Don’t kid your self. Many people hate the New Orleans accent. If you only new what they call your accent out here in California.

[@shadow1961]

"I've always come out unscathed".. because "I'm Captain America."

[@crazyjay1928]

My mom went to school with him

[@cueroslim4601]

CRAZY JAY Amongst other things.

[@focus9460]

CRAZY JAY so

[@haloed-hero]

Yo mom went to Juliard or was it in high-school

[@Azami0001]

This is honestly mind blowing. I just moved in to NOLA.

[@destinyray4501]

Welcome to the Big Easy, city of love.

[@ndo533]

I take umbrage with that dig at Texas 😂😂🤣 so unnecessary. We dont talk like that!!!

[@sapphireraven2474]

I've been looking up New Orleans accent as the way I heard in a movie, this is the closest example, which I LOVE.

[@Shay_TheUnpopularOpinion_]

There’s a few videos on KZbin to show the Nola accent ! Our accent is unique

[@sapphireraven2474]

@@Shay_TheUnpopularOpinion_ I absolutely love it, I could listen to it all day. You gotta link some videos for me.

[@Pinesol605]

When he said room and disaster you could hear his accent.

[@ronaldgustave2684]

he dont sound like us nomore sounds super proper spoken now

[@jslack8973]

Bruh if you listen to his interviews or if he clowning frfr that NOLA come out I even hear it in movies lol 😂 I love when I hear it too cuz I have the ear for it

[@Yeauthought]

Sorry sweetie but u don' lost ur Louisiana accent ...just reteach it to urself LoL

[@mlhutcherson2004]

Right! We don't talk like that.

[@Getitgirlllll4717]

This man right here!! OMG!!! He is so fine yall. AM is Everything! He gives me this vibe, like: Imma get you in trouble, And you'll like it😜👍😉😝😏

[@everythingyousayiscorrect]

He should’ve kept his damn accent! I love New Orleans accents

[@blewprent]

Texans don't think the New Orleans accent is "cool".....is he nuts?? Lmaooooo.

[@echolot]

one cool dude

[@KaneneProductions]

Sooooo, he never showed his NOLA sound? Which ward is he from? Thx 4 the blimp W.

[@dylanpmm04btones89]

KaneneProductions he from the 7th ward he went to Gregory middle school

[@soulfulman1971]

I notice he said "are-dition" instead of "audition".

[@imshaunnurse]

No wonder he sound so weird tryna talk proper... Lol still a cold answer

[@VicR914]

One of the most underrated actors

[@haloed-hero]

Super versatile in acting range

[@OffspringGaming]

Haha I'm from new orleans. My mom and dem. Sound like they from Brooklyn and creole .

[@yearbyguy4470]

Lol you never been to Brooklyn then

[@dnpllnipples8754]

New Orleans accent is the sexiest accent on the planet and I want to marry someone from New Orleans

[@elkanjulian1037]

No it's not. St. Lucian accents are. And don't tell me I don't know what a New Orleans accent sounds like cause I live here

[@blewprent]

That's how I feel about Bronx & Queens NY accents. ❤

[@val13c59]

Ughh. Why. Many people hate and mock that accent.

[@exclusivelymadeforthat]

@@elkanjulian1037 Wazzam son

[@heycanitellyousomething]

@@val13c59 Um because they can and that’s their opinion? Suck it up buttercup, and actually the most mocked accents I’ve ever heard are southern country accents and British accents, I’ve NEVER heard anyone mock a Nola accent.

[@yutgorpotungyun]

Oh I like the new show incorporate this background too

[@charityoutlaw4737]

he killed me lmao

[@jasminemarie5431]

12 monologues....wow

[@ZackryPaul]

Lmao, it’s still there. Ready to come out 😂💀

[@avery0704]

He does have a home there and married his high school sweetheart....he is a good guy

[@tequilashotz]

I fell in luv😍with Anthony Mackie after watching him in a Spike Lee movie”She Hate Me”.....LAWD!!!

[@aquarius2867]

Thank you Captain America

[@king-emperorbotolfzainisem730]

New Orleanians We all know its Nue Oarleans Like a boat oar

[@Saka_Supremacy]

What's this guy talking about...... New orleans its called Saint denis

[@taehyunkim5709]

I did edmund from king lear for an audition too! They told me to try it again without my accent. I'm from Boston.

[@ViruzZimba]

Heard his parents got a real good marriage

[@bethdocker5514]

Did he end up getting into Juilliard?

[@neisha_with_a_t3441]

Yep he went to school there

[@icecreamman5043]

I'm not going to lie I talk country as hell but I'm from New Orleans that country just runs in my blood mom country daddy country I'm just happened to be born in New Orleans

[@iconoclastic-fantastic]

Let's give our born & raised New Orleanians who were k*trina refugees to Texas a free pass on the "hey y'all" thing pls😭🤣 I didn't ask to for my yat to become y'all lmao

[@troymoorejr4523]

he hit it right on the nail lol. We have a east coast NY meets DC with a Caribbean twang

[@yearbyguy4470]

Nah, more like South Carolina low country

[@PlanetLuthian]

Would have been nice if he spoke some Yat,o he can teach the play posernon True Blood. Onky one perso didnin that series and he died and and expose as imposter cajun too. Wierd

[@jbaileyaz]

504 baby!

[@thataurus2492]

I never knew he was from New Orleans until he said something on 106 when the Biggie film was coming out

[@faithb862]

never in my life have I heard his nola accent. He made sure to get rid of it.

[@aviajarehema7393]

Love this man! 😍🥰😘🤩

[@tommykeith6589]

THAT'S POPPA DOC!!!!!#!! DIDN'T SPIT 1 VERSE IN 8 MI. BUT HE WAS THE GUY 2 BEAT? HOLLY WOOD?????????

[@W0ozie]

bro..never knew this brother was from nola..thumbs up g

[@lukeleonard2801]

Love this guy

[@katrinawall643]

Very handsome man

[@stephaniehenderson2233]

MY BOY 💪✊👏👀🖒👍💪

[@c8scorpio]

Facts our accent is unique

[@LSUVick]

Who Dat Nation, holla back!!

[@WithloveTrinize]

Had no idea he was from New Orleans like myself his accent has changed, I personally hate it

[@aGwEENapple]

I never heard a New Orleans accent with him in interviews including this one. There's some people that undoubtedly have it. I did always like his voice though.

[@diw.824]

The same with Texas. People in Central Texas and South West Texas have a stronger Texas accent than the people do In North and East Texas.

[@fairisfair2986]

Damn right babyyyyyy

[@carlgrimeseyepatch27]

My one time visiting NOLA was insane but i loveeeedd the people and their sweet accents😢

[@mariammustafaaa]

Yesssss mackie

[@bengaltiger9891]

Yeah you right ZATARAIN!

[@davidWilliams-uh4uu]

This guy’s a gangsta? 🤔 His real names Clarence!!! 😤

[@LaPotraBellaca]

I didn't know he was from NOLA

[@ZLM88]

Wait now I wanna hear him sing

[@jslack8973]

“Someboday” THATS NOLA

[@ER-uy7ct]

LMAO I love the Texas comment...

[@5822huron]

I dont hear it

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

ay he ain’t hafta come for Texas like that 😭

[@davidlewis3072]

I don't look for the crash - I love the recovery afterward...

[@the504pub9]

Lol we do say hey y’all in new orleans

[@sortoffitness6645]

So...do you want to date?

[@KettiexD]

Aww he didn't do the accent :(

[@kstearns921]

I was hoping he was gonna say "hey babayyyy"

[@LaPotraBellaca]

Dope video