Is it normal that usa actors don't adopt foreign accents for movies?
Or at least it's not very common.
Actors from around the world take on American (USA) accents for movie roles all of the time. Some are quite adept at it and you cannot detect their original accent. For others, it's obvious they’re trying but you can still hear their original accent in some of their words. But no one really criticizes them;
...accept for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Although, he doesn’t try to hide his Austrian accent and he's technically an American anyway.
Yet, when an American tries to adopt a foreign accent for a movie role there’s an abundance of scepticism and criticism about how well they’re doing it. There’s even a cloud of shame that hangs around them for even trying, as if they should have never attempted it in the first place even if they were good at it.
And, not that I’ve watched a lot of films made in the UK so I may by wrong, but it seems to me like there’s something similar going on there as well. Irish and Scottish actors take on English accents for movie roles, yet there’s rarely and English actor who takes on an Irish or Scottish accent.
What's your thoughts on why this happens?
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