Millie Bobby Brown‘s clarification that her accent adjustments based mostly on her environment is getting some severe help from consultants — together with a man who labored with Austin Butler.
Hollywood dialect coach Erik Singer — who helped Austin grasp his Elvis Presley voice for Baz Luhrmann‘s flick concerning the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll a pair years again — has come to the protection of the British actress … telling TMZ folks have to calm down, ‘trigger MBB’s 100% proper.
Singer says … “I really wish people would lay off of actors, and most especially that they’d lay off of criticizing people’s accents.”
He goes on to inform us it is fully regular for folks’s accents to alter relying on who they’re speaking to — and he would know, since that is actually his job. ES says this phenomenon is known as “accommodation” or “conversation” convergence.”
In his expertise, Singer says nearly all people does this … particularly actors.
Singer goes on to piece some issues collectively about Millie’s backstory and historical past — together with having grown up in each the U.Ok. and the U.S. — and says that it is fully comprehensible that she might need a twin accent, and that totally different flavors come out in numerous instances. In reality, he suggests Millie may be bi-dialectal … which is a factor!
Quick story lengthy … Singer says there’s nothing stunning about MBB’s accent flip-flopping.
Singer finishes by saying … “If there’s anything odd or wrong it’s the fuss around it, and the insinuation that there could be anything wrong or odd about it!”
Millie did a reasonably good job of defending herself final week — saying she’s residing in NYC together with her fiance, Jake Bongiovi, and that her accent altering based mostly on the place she’s at/who she’s with is one thing that occurs on a regular basis. Singer, it appears, would agree.
Erik’s fierce protection of Millie is not fully stunning … as his consumer Austin obtained backlash after he struggled to shake his Elvis impression.
Feels like folks on the Web are stirring the pot unnecessarily … what else is new?