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Old 09-19-2014, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Gillian Anderson has a perfect English accent.
She naturally has an English accent, she was born in the US but was raised in London. I believe she puts an American accent on, rather than the other way round...
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Old 09-19-2014, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Between Heaven And Hell.
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Gillian Anderson has a perfect English accent.
This would explain why.

Gillian Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 09-19-2014, 02:22 PM
 
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Brad Pitt in SNATCH..... do ya like dags! awesome travellers accent! great british dark comedy.
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Old 09-23-2014, 02:41 PM
 
Location: London, U.K.
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She naturally has an English accent, she was born in the US but was raised in London. I believe she puts an American accent on, rather than the other way round...
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I know, I was joking. She is probably genuinely bi-dialectal as she moved at the age when the brain still has enough plasticity to learn a new accent, without loosing the original one. There's a small gap of about three years just before puberty where it is possible, a few years after puberty and your original accent becomes 'cemented' (though you can still pick up elements of a new one) too young and you will completely loose your original accent.
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Old 09-30-2014, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Nashville, TN -
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Did Kevin Costner actually try to do any accent at all? I thought he just gave up on day one and spoke as he normally does.
He seemed to give up early on (good thing), but then the mood seems to strike him here and there for the duration of the film.
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Old 09-30-2014, 10:19 AM
 
Location: Nashville, TN -
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Robin Wiliams (his Scottish accent in Mrs. Doubtfire is very good, and I have Scottish parents)
Renée Zellweger
Angelina Jolie
Robert Downey Jr.
Johnny Depp
Mel Gibson (his Scottish accent in Braveheart is pretty good)
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Old 10-02-2014, 09:42 AM
 
Location: SE UK
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Robin Wiliams (his Scottish accent in Mrs. Doubtfire is very good, and I have Scottish parents)
Renée Zellweger
Angelina Jolie
Robert Downey Jr.
Johnny Depp
Mel Gibson (his Scottish accent in Braveheart is pretty good)
Mel Gibson is Australian isn't he?
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Old 10-02-2014, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Nashville, TN -
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Mel Gibson is Australian isn't he?
I think he was born in the US and raised largely in Australia, if I remember correctly. So he's Australian-American or vice versa?

But thanks for catching that!
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