Surprise: some of our most well-known "American" characters are actually played by Irish actors (or British actors, or Australian actors). Irish actors often mention being "immersed" in American ...

The Irish immigrants in the United States over the last 250 years has left a lasting legacy, that being how Americans speak. The tapestry of American accents and dialects is a rich and diverse mosaic, ...

Accent, it turns out, is a bit of a battleground. While Ireland has an astonishing number of regional accents relative to its small size, few are internationally recognised. Send an American or a Brit ...

In the past few years, two Irish men have gotten Best Actor Oscar nominations and neither of them were playing Irish characters. For Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, who won the award, practiced the ...

The Irish accent is consistently voted one of the most attractive in the world, yet even some of the world’s finest actors have trouble with it. Leonardo DiCaprio tried, as did Julia Roberts (twice), ...

Ever since its series premiere earlier this month on Paramount+, MobLand has received sustained criticism over one central component of the show: the accent work of its actors. Pierce Brosnan and ...

‘Very specific differences in language, dialect and accents have emerged over time, and that's a fascinating side of language evolution.’ By Laura Baisas Published Nov 19, 2024 7:01 PM EST Deposit ...

Pierce Brosnan may be Irish by blood, but his MobLand accent has been met with a chorus of disapproval following the premiere of the Paramount+ series. The Irish Times pilloried his “mangled” vocal ...

Peaky Blinders fans, get ready! One of the aspects of the series that raised the most conversation was not only the thrilling ...

Emma Kiely has been with Collider since 2021 and has been Horror Editor since July 2023. Emma has a degree in English and Film from University College Dublin. For a while, due to pandemic-induced ...