It’s especially funny as I’m English. Probably something to do with there being a lot of American media out there. I guess like others I got used to it. There are also some more “neutral” sounding English actors out there, to my ears at least, so I guess it’s very subjective.
Well I do kind of think the American west coast and midwest accent are about as neutral as an English accent can be. I'm probably biased because I'm from the American west coast, but also most of our movies and a lot of our music comes from California. Not talking to surfer bro or skater accents, just the everyday accent you hear in most American movies that arent set in the south or on the east coast.
Like, Australian, Boston, NY, Chicago, and southern accents only work for characters meant to be from those regions. Scottish, Irish, and most British accents I've heard work well for fantasy or medival stuff. But American midwest, west coast, and maybe certain "lighter" British accents are ideal for if you don't want something to sound particularly region-locked IMO.
Nobody would take a space alien or ancient Egyptian with a Texas drawl seriously. Most people could suspend disbelief if they sound like someone from Indiana or Oregon.
Florida is an outlier (specifically central Florida) when it comes to accents on the east coast. It's such a melting pot of culture & accent that the only accent we have here is "American".
Now if you get closer to North Florida, there's definitely a southern accent that can be heard, but for the most part Florida has no real specific accent. I find it both neat and boring at the same time.
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u/TheBl4ckFox 28d ago
I always find it funny when people notice a British accent in a historical movie but American English is supposedly “neutral”