Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a dialect coach
Dialect coaches in Hollywood often feel invisible, but the job is becoming more important as Hollywood pursues more diverse and global storytelling.
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Dialect coaches in Hollywood often feel invisible, but the job is becoming more important as Hollywood pursues more diverse and global storytelling.
The harfoots’ accents in The Rings of Power aren’t just deeply inappropriate – they’re awful. But Amazon’s drama isn’t the first fantasy show to struggle with dialect …
We sat down with dialect coach Leith McPherson at Dragon Con 2022 and discussed her work on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Is Elrond not an elf? Is this show related to the movies? Was that Gandalf? And more.
Why do they sound like they’re doing Normal People cosplay?