Ontd Original: Stars who lost their natural accents

[jemgirl90]

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-Charlize Theron was born and raised in South Africa. She won a one year modeling contract at 15. In 1992 she moved to New York to study ballet. She suffered an injury and moved to L.A. to try her hand at acting, which lead to her first speaking role in " 2 days in the valley" in 1996.

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-Portia De Rossi was born and raised in Australia.

Comments

[rhapsodeeinblue]

Yessss thank you for answering my question about Charlize Theron OP lol.

[jemgirl90]

Thank you for the post idea!

[analievelyn]

lol @ such bad acting in all the clips.

charlize resembles margot robbie in the 2 days in the valley clip. I think I enjoyed her performance in mighty Joe young ?

[lozbabie]

Is it lost or choose to remove?

Many Aussie actors still have theirs, despite living decades in America. Portia when not acting def still has an accent. She just acts with an American accent mostly.

[trueloveisrarex]

I always thought you could kinda hear it in Arrested Development

[lozbabie]

If you know what you’re looking for, you can hear it with most Aussies. I can’t remember who it was but there was an actor who did a scene with a flawless accent and then said water with the broadest Aussie accent.

[sarahvma]

Speaking of "wudder" I always laugh at the cast for Manhunt: Unabomber because none of the leads were American and so much hinged on linguistics and the very particular way people pronounce things from one city to the next.

[mulholland]

I'm gonna use this post to vent about how annoying it is when Americans talk about having 'no accent'. No one on the planet has 'no accent'! It always feels so US-centric, as if the American accent is the neutral way to speak English and everyone else is just weird.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Well I mostly say it for myself cause they are distinct American accents that you instantly could pinpoint where in the US they're from. Whereas mine is more general american and I don't think you could figure what part of the US I'm from.

Also the no-accent feel could also stem from feeling like you have a boring voice compared to non-american accents. There's a lot of comparisons between British and American accents on that front.

[brokecouture]

Ah, I totally get your comment! Put that way it makes sense but also I don’t trust us not to say it the way the OP means 😂

[genbu_no_miko24]

lol the thread is accurately divided on how everyone interpret the OP's comment.

The Americans see it one way and the non-Americans see it another way. That's funny.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I was gonna say Anna Paquin! Every now and then her kiwi accent will pop out.

Gillian flips her accent depending on whether she's in the US or UK

[trueloveisrarex]

I like her switch lol. I switch between an American (hate saying my accent because I really don’t hear it) and Jamaican accent while talking to my family

[simplychristina]

I code switch depending who I'm talking to. I generally speak in a more or less northeast/mid-Atlantic accent (I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY) but with my dad's side of the family (Puerto Ricans) or other Latinos, I do.

[sarahvma]

At least Gillian works in both of her accents. Kim Cattrall doing a "Scouser" accent on Graham Norton will always be max cringe to me. She left when she was like FOUR.