Actors and actresses have always needed the skill to adapt and alter their accents. In doing so convincingly, they open themselves up to many more opportunities. A lot of times non-American actors in combination with taking these roles as well as just living in the U.S., lose or “tamper down” their country of origin’s accent.
Still when their real accent peeks through, it’s always a bit of a shock. Recently Netflix’s Wednesday star Catherine Zeta-Jones gave a candid red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight about her 25 year marriage to actor Michael Douglas and surprised fans with with her “secret” Welsh accent.
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Fans immediately noticed the different inflection in her voice and were delighted to hear her embrace it more.
“I don’t actually think I’ve ever heard her speak in her normal Welsh accent, she’s stunning,” said one fan.
“I love how the Welshie is still there,” noted another.
“I remember she used to try and tone down her accent. Glad to see she’s letting it out now,” said another.
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The actress’ role in Wednesday as Morticia Addams doesn’t allow her to show off her accent, but she has had jobs that allowed her to embrace it more. In 2012, The Standard reported that John Morgan, the producer of A Mountain To Climb, a film about a charity trek to raise money for the NSPCC Wales, encouraged her to use it for her voice-over.
“We made sure that when we went to record her in her home in Spain, she had the full Welsh treatment before we started recording,” Morgan told the outlet. “I was there and I’m a Welshman, a woman from the NSPCC was there who’s also Welsh, and a Welsh person who did the sound. And we encouraged her to talk to her dad on the phone too. The end result sounds wonderful.”
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