March 21st, 2008

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21 Pretty Good Accents in 155 Seconds

This already has about 250K views, so you may have seen it, but I thought it was pretty charming:

Here’s a little interview with the actress, Amy Walker.

This is a personal bias, but to me this woman has that prototypical ‘actress’ look: big eyes, expressive face, long brown hair and nice cheek bones. I have several friends and acquaintances who are actors who fit this description. Do casting directors favour this type? Maybe, but it seems like they self-select to some degree. Peculiar.

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Sarah
March 21st, 2008
8:11 pm

Is it just me or is her Canadian accent the least convincing of the bunch?

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Gregg
March 22nd, 2008
12:49 am

The thick piece of distorted glass likes those features; the lens. Big eyes. Large skulls. They look good on camera.

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Darren
March 22nd, 2008
8:10 am

Sarah: Yep, it’s a pretty broad.

Gregg: Interesting, though I was mostly thinking of stage actors.

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21 Accents « Smoking Duck
March 22nd, 2008
11:16 am

[...] 155 seconds. Via Darren Barefoot who also links to an interview with the actress, Amy [...]

Derek K. Miller
March 22nd, 2008
12:45 pm

Reminds me of an old clip of Peter Sellers doing something similar.

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Derek K. Miller
March 22nd, 2008
12:48 pm

And the Canadian accent does sound Canadian, but if she was born in Toronto, she moved to the Maritimes at a young age.

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Gregg
March 23rd, 2008
12:17 pm

Darren: Those large features are even better for a live audience that sits far away but can therefore interpret the expressions of said Thespian.

Derek: the Canadian accent sounds Canadian but not from Torontonian. Prince Georgesque perhaps.

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Sam
March 24th, 2008
1:42 pm

Yeah I liked this, all the accents were good… except that isn’t a Torontonian accent. I would know, being from Toronto.

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JohnB
March 25th, 2008
5:35 pm

I, too, didn’t think much of the Toronto accent (I think her “Seattle” was close to Toronto, though).

Her kiwi accent brought back some good memories.

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A
August 15th, 2009
3:26 am

Yeah, the Toronto accent needs to sound less open. I grew up in downtown Toronto, and my tight jaw and accent was often blamed on the stress levels of living in the city (this is when I was in theatre school). The ‘oh hello’ part definitely sounds more like a maritimes accent.

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