One of the easiest ways to tell a local from a tourist in Toronto is to listen to the way they say the city's name, and if you happen to hear the second "T," it's pretty much a dead giveaway that they may not be from the 6ix.
Netflix released a trailer for the highly-anticipated film The Man From Toronto…featuring nobody from Toronto, or "Toe-RON-Toe" as the trailer pronounces it. The action-comedy stars Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, and Ellen Barkin. Watch it now: https://t.co/R9uhu0khhV pic.twitter.com/4QozWo2r4R
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Kevin Hart
and Woody Harrelson star in the action-filled Netflix comedy.
Unfortunately, by the looks of the trailer, neither actor consulted any
Torontonians on how to say the city's name, with both actors pronouncing it "toe-ron-toe" instead of "tuh-ronno."
“This is an action thriller, high stakes, but unfortunately, the safety of Homeland Security is in the hands of a bumbling idiot, and that is Kevin Hart,” director Patrick Hughes (The Hitman’s Bodyguard franchise, The Expendables 3
) tells EW. “His character is someone that essentially just stepped into the wrong movie, and I had so much fun exploring that with Kevin. He’s pretending to be this ‘Man from Toronto’ but he doesn’t like blood and doesn’t like violence; he doesn’t like anything to do with this world. He’s just an idiot that works at a boxing gym — or actually, he doesn’t even have a job anymore because he got fired.”
The release of the film’s official trailer reportedly garnered over three million views on YouTube in less than 24 hours.
“I’m a huge fan of buddy comedies, and I love how, at the end of the day, it’s always like a love story between two people that are polar opposites,” Hughes said in an interview with EW. “Kevin Hart’s character is like a wet noodle who needs to find strength to stand up in the world because it’s been walking all over him. On the flip side of that coin, the ‘Man from Toronto’ is someone that needs to get in touch with his emotions a little more instead of just killing everybody. Watching them learn from each other is really fun.”
The case of mistaken identity leads to Hart's character being forced to pretend to be the assassin, which we can only assume leads to a whole bundle of hilarious shenanigans based on the trailer.
Whether or not the mispronunciation is an Easter egg or a clue that maybe the assassin isn't actually from Toronto is still unclear. However, a character who appears to be played by Rob Archer, a Canadian actor, and stuntman, is the only person in the trailer who has the pronunciation down pat.
But either way, its looks like Toronto will be featured in the film.“The Man From Toronto” was shot in Ontario, and the trailer already gives viewers a sneak peek of what looks like the Gardiner Expressway.
The film is set to be released on Netflix on June 24, so Torontonians will just have to wait and see if the pronunciation gets better throughout the film.
Watch the Trailer Below:
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