Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

The way Hollywood tends to work is that when actors are cast in period pieces, they adopt a British accent as the default setting. However, Washington remained distinctly American in Ridley Scott’s ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Usually when a game is localized, it’s done in North America. Everyone sounds American ...

An important part of many actors' work is to take on an accent that isn't their own. The American accent is one of the hardest to master, since it has so many variations depending on which part of the ...

The first trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer has just dropped, and fans can’t believe what they’re seeing. All everybody is talking about is Kristen Stewart and how it looks like her performance as ...

It’s the age-old question: Why are Americans so bad at British accents? After all, the American accent continues to be mastered by other nations onscreen, from Brit Vivien Leigh’s masterful Southern ...