Bostonite Eli Roth, who spent about 6 months in Berlin, Germany filming Quentin Tarantino's WWII epic
Inglourious Basterds, told
The Boston Globe that he actually taught the Germans there how to speak Bostonian.
The "Cabin Fever" director said he and castmate B.J. Novak, also a Newton native, had the German crew talking with a Boston accent by the end of the shoot. "It was deeply satisfying to hear German crew members yelling such . . . gems as 'Put in the Steamer'," wrote Roth, a reference to former Sox reliever Bob Stanley. "I tried to teach them 'Bourquie, hit a slapper from the blue line,' but that was a little too advanced."
OMG, how cute! I so want to hear them say "Pawk the caw neaw Hawvawd!" now!
I read somewhere that shortly before Eli left the country to play The Bear Jew, he flew home to perfect his native Boston accent. Sounds like the trip to Beantown worked…at least according to those Germans who are now walking around with the Boston accent. We will truly find out on August 21st when Inglourious Basterds comes to the big screen!
