Are actors getting better (and ‘bett-ah’) at Australian accents?
No longer must we wince through a jarring Cockney-Kiwi mix: Hollywood has finally cracked Aussie dialects. Is it the teaching, the spread of Bluey, AI – or something else?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAustralian actors have been putting on different accents for so long, and so undetectably, that one often stumbles upon surprise Aussies in films and shows. Sarah Snook was not the only Australian in Succession, for example; Nate Sofrelli, the political strategist and Shiv’s erstwhile lover, was played by compatriot Ashley Zukerman. Then there’s Geraldine Viswanathan (Thunderbolts*, Drive-Away Dolls), Dichen Lachman (Severance), Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things), Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale) – the list goes on.But the reverse – foreign actors convincingly portraying Australians – has been rare; quite often attempts have ended up a jarring melange of cockney, South African and New Zealand English.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...
No longer must we wince through a jarring Cockney-Kiwi mix: Hollywood has finally cracked Aussie dialects. Is it the teaching, the spread of Bluey, AI – or something else?
Australian actors have been putting on different accents for so long, and so undetectably, that one often stumbles upon surprise Aussies in films and shows. Sarah Snook was not the only Australian in Succession, for example; Nate Sofrelli, the political strategist and Shiv’s erstwhile lover, was played by compatriot Ashley Zukerman. Then there’s Geraldine Viswanathan (Thunderbolts*, Drive-Away Dolls), Dichen Lachman (Severance), Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things), Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale) – the list goes on.
But the reverse – foreign actors convincingly portraying Australians – has been rare; quite often attempts have ended up a jarring melange of cockney, South African and New Zealand English.
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