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Anthony Hopkins' accent sounded South African not New Zealand!!!
Yes, but most Americans can't tell the difference. I can tell a slight difference only because I work with a guy from South Africa and a couple guys from England. However the one guy from England's accent sounds a lot like the friend's accent I had in high school that was from South Africa.
Soren
True! I've a British neighbor, an Australian dental hygienist, had a South African boss years back. They all sound the same to me. Of course the same is somewhat true of our own variety of regional accents. I can place Southerners, Down Easters, East Coasters etc, but can not pinpoint where they're from like someone from the region could.
Now then in the West, it's obvious where many of the natives were raised by their accents
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And for you non-U.S. folk out there, the most familiar U.S. (non)accent (the one that most of the talking heads have) is from the Midwest U.S. 
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