Margot Robbie’s accent was ‘too Australian’ for Neighbours – BBC
Margot Robbie reveals that she had a dialect coach when she was on the soap because her Australian accent was so strong.
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She can rowr or speak gibberish, and still King Arthur can't take me out
The whiteness helps 😊
It was common since the 1940s to 80s for Australians with broad accents to come from all over Oz to Perth Western Australia to learn to speak with a softer Aussie, Perth City and regional accent. Heaps of New Zealanders came as well. The Perth accent developed extremely differently to the various different other Oz state and regional accents, due to the extreme remoteness and isolation of it's large population. Plus the area was colonial settled with a close knit society of Welsh, Scottish, Irish and English farmers, business people and government workers, before convicts' free labour was forced in, against citizen protests, to hurry along the building of the city for the rich business men.
So people came to Perth for elocution lessons since the early days of radio announcing and radio play voice acting, as well as stage acting. Then for television and Australian movies as well. Even since the black and white television days and the very early black and white Aussie movie film days to present days.
WA country kids with country accents, had to go to city private high schools and uni so they could board and be fed there. So their accents improved as a consequence.
There are YT clips of the old black and white Australian movie On Our Selection where the actor show the difference between the farmers with the broad accents and the accents of the city educated, including the farmer's eldest daughter. Those actors would have taken elocution lessons in either Perth, or by Perth teachers in the eastern states….because they still have the Australian element within their accents… unless playing English people. Clips from a funny movie and worth a look. Also the clips of the colour remake of it are funny as well.
They sound so pathetic
Not fake at all.
I an Scottish and we came to Australia in the 60s. I have lived on the Gold Coast for 37yrs and my accent is bogan
Sorry but I talk to a Scottish person i go straight Scottish
My heart is still in Scotland because of outlander. Margot is adorable 😍 💖
I dont remember mamma mia girlys name, but she is acting like all the actors from other countries aren't doing this all the time…
English or american? FYI, English is spoken in the USA.
Kendall is his ladder 🪜 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I thought Jacob was British. Ha!
Margot is hysterical
Aussies dont lose their accent as its so down to earth.
She is too plastic. I don't know maybe it's just me who finds Margot Robbie that way. 🙄
I'm an Aussie and it is easy to explain why Aussie actors find the American accent easy. Ever since we have had television we have been bombarded by American TV shows and so the Yankee accent became as common as our own Aussie accent. Speaking with an American accent – even for non-actors – is so simple.
"we're from queensland, we're about"- gets cut off
"I did a show called the narrow road to the deep north but it was weird it was"- gets cut off
"I couldn't do it now."
All I hear is how australian it sounds, and my imagination adds the c-word automatically to the end.
I havnt realised how soft spoken Jacob is.
Controversial opinion. She’s kinda super hot.
Banana bender!!!
Nothing against Margot, but just let him answer the question instead of asking questions over him or answering for him 😂
WHAT DO YOU MEAN!?!? 😅
Yeah nah mate
she's so pretentious. literally no talent but thinks she's a star.
Everyone is literally taking on top of everyone what the hell
Jesus they are all soooo boring!
She must of been from Newcastle lol😂😂😂
I love australian accent .
I don’t understand why American hate this .
And why Australian actor working in USA say bad thing about Australian language .
I LOVE all accents, regardless of nationality (minus American Americans can’t speak for shit😂) but it’s a good thing they don’t always allow native accents to speak “normally” cause I tend to develop the accents I hear and then speak in those accents without realizing it 😂😂😂 I get asked where I’m from ALOT when I binge watch “foreign” shows 😂😂
This is straight after the toniandryan podcast on my shorts
He is also the same as Sombr
Margot is so interruptive
Let Jacon talk Graham
He has zero personality or charm – a self absorbed narcissist
As an Australian & fellow Queenslander – this has me in tesrs! Too Aussie for neighbours! 🤣 Bloody Hell! You know you're peak Australian when it's too Australian for Neighbours!
Love our Aussie crew in Hollywood
Cheers
JT
How ironic to be too Australian for an Australian soap opera, haha
The broad Queensland accent is very nasal and there are even certain Sydney based accents that are rough. The Melbourne accents especially the Toorak ones are just bloody weird ! 😂😂😂
Man couldn't get a word in lol
Wuthering Heights did Margot dirty. I thought I wanted a different actress to play Cathy but really, they just made her up all wrong.
She was the Australian Fran Drescher.
Ohh, my god, the extra level of challenge that's at least worth fifty million more.Because, oh my gosh, it's an extra level.What a traumatic experience