Many well-known actors use accent reduction to cast more movie roles. And sometimes even the most attentive film-watchers ...
It's always fascinating when an actor completely disappears into a role, transforming not just their appearance and mannerisms but also their voice. Time and time again, I've watched interviews with ...
In Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” the firefly Ray says he has a Cajun accent because he was “born and bred in the bayou!” While that may be true for Ray, the voice actor portraying him, Jim ...
One of the most obvious accent slips in Stranger Things 5 was when Holly Wheeler discovered Max in Henry’s memory. Holly is ...
Ever wonder how hard it would be to master a Cockney English accent? With an audition less than a day away, actor Marty is up to the challenge! Watch as dialect coach Page Clements teaches him a ...
A good Russian accent, such as the one Viggo Mortensen uses as Nikolai Luzhov in 2007’s “Eastern Promises,” brings an air of authenticity and drama to a performance. A bad one, however, like Arnold ...
When I first began coaching executives nearly 40 years ago, I was surprised–as a Canadian–to find that so many leaders from the American South worried about their accents. Later, I had the chance to ...
Blogger Maegan "La Mamita Mala" Ortiz analyzes different Latino accents. Oct. 25, 2012— -- "Oh my God! She sounds just like Rosie Perez!" My friend, long time East LA'er Erick exclaimed the first ...
How you can wake up with a different accent. — -- What if you woke up one day suddenly speaking with a Southern twang or French lilt or British accent? In rare cases this happens to people when a ...
A person with foreign accent syndrome may speak with the accent of someone from a different country or region. An injury to the central nervous system can cause this. With this condition, a person who ...