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Yesterday, the Magazine asked readers to call us with their best American accents, in response to a feature by the BBC's Stephen Robb, who took a lesson from one of the movie industry's top accent coaches. Exposure to US films and television has long been a spur for British folk to have a go at imitating stars of the screen - both big and small. But there's more to pulling off a convincing American accent than affecting a Robert De Niro-style burr and inquiring forcefully of any passing soul whether "you talking to me?" It's a lesson Michelle Ryan (above) has had to learn the hard way - the British star of the Bionic Woman topped a poll of worst US accents by British actors earlier this year. Comic Eddie Izzard was voted second worst for his inflection in The Riches, and Anna Friel, of Pushing Daisies fame, was third. Even... [read full story]
