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Hollywood is flooded with actors from around the world playing American roles on TV and in the movies. And that means the dialect coach industry is now taking off.
International actors are now spending thousands of dollars to make sure they're more likely to get booked for roles that Americans would normally play.
Frances Read reports from Los Angeles.
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"Mary Poppins you look beautiful."
VO1: Some of the most iconic films like Mary Poppins have had some of the worst attempts to pull off a convincing accent.
"All are equal in the eyes of the Lord."
VO2: That was Tom Cruise trying to be Irish in Far and Away. And he's not the only one. Hollywood is full of actors who've tried, and failed, to pull off a convincing accent. That is until now. Many actors are now being asked to act American even if they're not - people like Colin Farrell and Emily Blunt. And that means there's a new boom in Hollywood.
"Rubber baby buggy bumper."
"Yes. Rubber baby buggy bumper."
"Rubber baby buggy bumper."
VO3: And that boom is in dialect coaching. Alan Smyth is an Irish actor. He's been in programmes like CSI and mastering the American accent was make or break for his career in Hollywood.
"You need to be able to do it because the majority of characters are American. The hope and the intention is that the audience watches it and never questions the fact that you are American."
VO4: He's taught by dialect coach Joel Goldes who's worked on films including Fifty Shades of Grey and shows like 24.
"The world is now the casting pool of Hollywood so they're able to cast people all over the world and it's one of the last places a producer is willing to pay for someone. They know that a dialect coach is needed when someone comes from England, Australia, Ireland."
VO5: And it is needed. So many do it so badly. And it's more difficult than you might think.
"What are the main things then that British/Irish/Australian actors get wrong?"
"The biggest thing is for English and that Australians is that they have to curl the tongue up after an r, like mother or father."
"Mother father."
"Yes, Saturday night horror pictures"
"Saturday night horror pictures"
"We start from oh. Oh no"
"Oh no"
"Where as in British we'd say Oh no!"
"And you can even get things wrong as long as you're not too far off target."
VO6: Actors will spend thousands of dollars getting it right. Because wherever they come from in the world - they'll always want to make it big in Hollywood. And that means the dialect coaching industry is growing too. Frances Read, Los Angeles.
Hollywood is flooded with actors from around the world playing American roles on TV and in the movies. And that means the dialect coach industry is now taking off.
International actors are now spending thousands of dollars to make sure they're more likely to get booked for roles that Americans would normally play.
Frances Read reports from Los Angeles.
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OUT: SOC
DUR: 2,33"
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RNZ: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0628Dialect-fr-rnz.mp3
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ZIZ: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0628Dialect-fr-ziz.mp3
SCRIPT:
"Mary Poppins you look beautiful."
VO1: Some of the most iconic films like Mary Poppins have had some of the worst attempts to pull off a convincing accent.
"All are equal in the eyes of the Lord."
VO2: That was Tom Cruise trying to be Irish in Far and Away. And he's not the only one. Hollywood is full of actors who've tried, and failed, to pull off a convincing accent. That is until now. Many actors are now being asked to act American even if they're not - people like Colin Farrell and Emily Blunt. And that means there's a new boom in Hollywood.
"Rubber baby buggy bumper."
"Yes. Rubber baby buggy bumper."
"Rubber baby buggy bumper."
VO3: And that boom is in dialect coaching. Alan Smyth is an Irish actor. He's been in programmes like CSI and mastering the American accent was make or break for his career in Hollywood.
"You need to be able to do it because the majority of characters are American. The hope and the intention is that the audience watches it and never questions the fact that you are American."
VO4: He's taught by dialect coach Joel Goldes who's worked on films including Fifty Shades of Grey and shows like 24.
"The world is now the casting pool of Hollywood so they're able to cast people all over the world and it's one of the last places a producer is willing to pay for someone. They know that a dialect coach is needed when someone comes from England, Australia, Ireland."
VO5: And it is needed. So many do it so badly. And it's more difficult than you might think.
"What are the main things then that British/Irish/Australian actors get wrong?"
"The biggest thing is for English and that Australians is that they have to curl the tongue up after an r, like mother or father."
"Mother father."
"Yes, Saturday night horror pictures"
"Saturday night horror pictures"
"We start from oh. Oh no"
"Oh no"
"Where as in British we'd say Oh no!"
"And you can even get things wrong as long as you're not too far off target."
VO6: Actors will spend thousands of dollars getting it right. Because wherever they come from in the world - they'll always want to make it big in Hollywood. And that means the dialect coaching industry is growing too. Frances Read, Los Angeles.