Celebrity learning English accent ???

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Anonymous  #329727  Thu, 15 Feb 07 07:23 PM
I'm desperately intrigued to know as how long the following people took in learning new accent, particularly those who learnt broad British English accent.

Who did they take their lessons from & how long it took them to learn their new English accent ???

>> Mike Myers (American to English)
>> Renee Zellweger (American to English)
>> Gordon Brown (Scottish to English)
>> Pierce Brosnan (Irish to English)
>> Colin Ferrell (Irish to American)

I particularly like Mike Myers' British accent (as in Austin Powers movie).

Similarly, I'd equally be interested in knowing about other famous people (or even from non-famous or people around), learning new accent, be it be learning a particular "regional" or "national" accent.

Any response would be greatly appreciated.
  
Lil' Ruby Rose  #329745  Thu, 15 Feb 07 09:32 PM

Mike Myers's parents are Scottish, and he lived in the UK for a long time.  He was formerly a children's tv presenter in the UK.

You will be able to find the name of Renee Zellweger's dialect coach by looking at the credits of one of her films.

Gordon Brown does NOT, by any stretch of the imagination, have a standard English accent.  His accent is very Scottish.

Pierce Brosnan has, to my ears, a mid-Atlantic accent (like Joan Collins) with an Irish twang.

I'm not American, so I have no idea how accurate Colin Farrell's accent sounds to native ears.

  
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