What Is Emma Watson'S Accent

It’s been five years since Emma Watson last raised a wand as Hermione Granger, but it’s still been a strange journey to see her fully evolve her post-

Persona as international feminist pixie dream girl and star of films that don’t require her to pretend to see CGI dragons. Part of that evolution has been crossing the classic hurdle of any English actor who wants to be bankable in big Hollywood films: perfecting an American accent.

Hugh Laurie did it. Benedict Cumberbatch did it to get those big Marvel bucks. Jude Law, bless his soul, always tries. It’s something of a rite of passage, an inevitability that wannabe actors across the Atlantic learn early in their training (that’s part of the reason Brits are markedly better at going American than we are at trying to sound posh: they know it’s something they’re almost definitely going to need, and so they practice).

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, in which she used a more specific, valley girl Calabasas accent a la Kardashian. And now she’s at it again, alongside Tom Hanks in

Dystopian future. (It should be noted that she’s also starring with fellow Brit Karen Gillan, who won my heart with her pretty decent American accent in the short-lived but delightful TV show, Selfie.)

Something about her answers seemed… pinched? Strange? It’s possible that I’m just so used to a beautiful English accent coming out of her gorgeous face that hearing our flat ugly American syllables seems a little off. Like taking a sip of

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But, I’m no expert. After all, I’m biased against her because she and I overlapped two years at college and I never got to become her friend. And so I reached out to an unbiased source,  Erik Singer—professional dialect coach and noted expert in analyzing celebrity accents in films—to see if he could enlighten me on whether Emma Watson was actually any good.

“Her accent in The Bling Ring, from what I heard, is flawless. Really excellent work. It’s a very specific accent, of course—what you might call young female LA. But in the trailer, there’s literally nothing I would want to hear differently. Is it broad/’pronounced’? Yes. Do real people speak like that? Yes. Is it appropriate to the role and the film? From what I can tell from the trailer, yes.”

E trailer aren’t enough to accurately gauge, really, how good she does overall.  “That said, it’s good, ” he wrote. “There are tiny things I’d adjust if I were giving her notes on the scene, but overall it’s good. Even leaving the paucity of material aside, we can’t really gauge improvement over time, because it’s a different American accent than she’s using in Bling Ring—much more what’s usually called ‘General’ American (I have problems with this term). One other thing I might add, I suppose, as general background, is that her native oral posture is closer to the posture of the accent she’s using intrailer just dropped and people are legit freaking out about it. There’s a lot to discuss, naturally, starting with Saoirse Ronan’s incredible performance and continuing with Timothée Chalamet’s excellent hair plus Meryl Streep’s one-liner.

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Some people, however, have THOUGHTS about Emma Watson’s accent in the film. Emma is obviously British, so she had to do an American accent to portray Meg, and...the internet is not a fan. You can watch her in the clip above.

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I’m not picking a side here, as I can assume doing an American accent is Very Hard. I’m just trying to relay what the people have to say. First, some fans straight-up don’t think she did an American accent at all. Like, they think she didn’t even try.

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Saoirse ronan Saoirse ronan 3 seconds 3 seconds before emma after emma watson started watson started that accent that accent pic.twitter.com/Z3viwf5rtb— Jack (@ledzeppjack) August 13, 2019

Emma watson's idris elba's american accent american accent in little women in molly's game 🤝 being bad— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) August 13, 2019

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Again, I’m not here to pass judgment either way. If you think the accent is good, then I respect your opinion, but I also have to tell you that all of Twitter disagrees with you.

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The Best Comedy Movies on Max Right Now The 15 Best Movies on Shudder Watch This Sweet 'Hunger Games' Deleted Scene Jamie Knew Critics “Would Despise” ‘Fifty Shades‘Emma Watson’s American accent certainly raised more than a few eyebrows on social media, after the Little Women trailer was released yesterday. The British actress, 29, stars as one of the March sisters in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel. But some people on Twitter hit out at her Stateside impression with one person saying she was “terrorising” the story. Others joked that her US accent was locked up in Azkaban in reference to her Harry Potter fame.

Many took to the micro-blogging site and criticised Emma’s accent, as one person moaned: “Emma Watson terrorising yet another beloved book adaptation with her American accent.”

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A second person said: “Who lied to Emma Watson and told her American accent was good u thought she knew after Perks of Being a Wallflower.”(sic)

While a fourth person added: “Little Women has been my favorite book since I was little and I think the 94 version is lovely. I love all three books in the series and one of the first things I bought for my new house was a framed quote from the book. I’m really scared Emma Watson’s accent is going to ruin it.”

One person commented: “The LITTLE WOMEN trailer is good and Emma Watson’s American accent is exceedingly fine and everyone needs to go lie down for a quick minute.”

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Another person added: “Say what you want about her accent in the Little Women trailer but Emma Watson was phenomenal in The Bling Ring.”

The Harry Potter star will be featured in the latest adaptation of Little Women, alongside Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, and Saoirse Ronan.

Set in 1860s New England, the story follows the the journey of four fearless sisters as they battle societal expectations following the American Civil War.

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View this post on Instagram “I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.” - Louisa May Alcott, @littlewomenmovie ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ From left: Meg March, Greta Gerwig (director), Jo March, Amy March, Beth March and Laurie (Theodore Laurence). A post shared by Emma Watson (@emmawatson) on Dec 13, 2018 at 9:06am PST

There have been other television versions of the novel shown from the 1930s to 1970s, with shows airing on the BBC and CBS.

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Emma’s role was originally intended for Emma Stone, according to Variety, who reported she was unable to commit to the film as she was working on The Favourite at the time.