ST. DAVID’S DAY SPECIAL!

Let’s Talk Robert Downey Jr as Dolittle!

Cee R.
5 min readMar 1, 2022

Robert Downey Jr’s performance as Dolittle is amazing. And he does it with a Welsh accent.

…I think it’s fair to say, though, that the accent RDJ uses in Dolittle has had a mixed response.

And since today is St. David’s day — and I never lose a chance to talk about Wales and being Welsh — what better time to discuss it?!

‘St. David’s Day Special! Let’s Talk Robert Downey Jr as Dolittle!’ with a large daffodil on the left-hand side
Graphic: author’s own, made with Canva

I loved this film in general — it’s so random and so fun and so amazing!

…But I don’t think the American market got it.

I think RDJ has been hanging around with British people too much, cos the reviews from Americans that I’ve seen are like… you didn’t get this at all, did you?

You know the great thing about Dolittle?

It’s good — it’s simply good.

It’s good and fun and sweet and big-stakes but small-stakes, and it has Robert Downey Junior using a Welsh accent!

Choosing a Welsh accent isn’t something actors do.

(Except Bill Nighy occasionally, because studios think they have to hire him if they want a Welsh guy…? I don’t know why, he’s improved but… it tends…

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Cee R.

Writer, poet, (book) blogger @ dorareads.co.uk , Queer, weird, & a tad peculiar. Bookish rebel. Welsh as a tractor on the M4. Buy me a coffee @ ko-fi.com/ceearr