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.

Accent expert and actor Amy Walker breaks down American accents in movies including ‘The Blindside,’ ‘The Departed,’ ‘Ladybird,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Winter’s Bone,’ ‘The Town, ...

"I'm not only impressed with her acting throughout Stranger Things, but also her ability to fool the audience with her American accent. I didn’t know she had a British accent until I watched an ...

Believe it or not, the guy playing the very American Ned Sampson on The Paper is not American at all. Actor Domhnall Gleeson portrays the Peacock series' new Editor-in-Chief, a Midwestern guy who just ...

If you’ve seen Holland as Spider-Man since he first debuted in Civil War, then you know how much work he’s put into mastering the way millennials usually speak. How he did this has been revealed from ...

Mastering an American accent has become a rite of passage for British and Australian actors, and assorted other former British colonies. It’s an interesting phenomenon: in America we send most of our ...

Mastering English can be tough for many learners. And choosing the right accent can add an extra challenge. But which English accent is easiest to learn: British or American? The answer is not as ...

We often poke fun at poorly attempted accents. Brad Pitt in The Devil’s Own, for example, but it also goes the other way. Some actors from elsewhere try to do an "American" accent, but it just does ...

American parents joked it's payback for kids' British accents from "Peppa Pig." A mom in the United Kingdom says her young daughter is speaking like an American thanks to a hugely popular YouTube star ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

A convincing British accent can be surprisingly difficult for American actors, considering the vast differences between British and American English. One reason may be that British actors more often ...