SYDNEY, March 6 — Geoffrey Rush, Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett — voice coach Victoria Mielewska has trained some of Australia’s most famous thespians in the delicate art of the...
‘My family was under threat’: Man in alleged plot to kill Trump says acted under pressure from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Zizie Izette tells court she was ‘shocked’, but accepted RM2.8m ‘introductory fee’ for setting up agents with late husband Bung MoktarAustralian actress Rose Byrne is vying for the best actress Oscar this month for her powerhouse role as an overwhelmed mother in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’.
— AFP picand enjoy FREE RM10 & when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with min. cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply.SYDNEY, March 6 — Geoffrey Rush, Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett — voice coach Victoria Mielewska has trained some of Australia’s most famous thespians in the delicate art of the accent and says actors from Down Under have a unique talent for getting it right. Byrne, a native of the greater Sydney area, is vying for the best actress Oscar this month for her powerhouse role as an overwhelmed mother inSo uncannily convincing is her American accent that some have expressed shock that she is in fact Australian.“She’s worked quietly and beautifully for many years.” For Mielewska — whose company Creative Voice trains everyone from actors to business executives in speaking — teaching an actor an accent is much more than just an impression.“I work in quite a vulnerable, free way,” she explained. “The ultimate goal is not to listen to an actor at work and not to listen to the accent, but for them to be able to work with it and through it — to get the truth of the work.”To go American, Mielewska said it’s all about getting the Rs and the vowels right.“If I’m working with an Australian who is doing an American accent, I will say, ‘You have to start going to the gym in your mouth’.” It’s as much about where one’s tongue sits in the mouth as it is about their seating posture, Mielewska explained. A Midwestern twang is “a very feet on the ground, back in the heels of your boots type of accent”, she said. And what about the classic English “received pronunciation”, long the go-to sound of the British ruling class? “I’d get them to sit back in the chair... you actually feel that there’s a lot of space between you,” she said Australian actors can nail the US accent in part because Americans’ natural way of speaking echoes the Antipodean approach to life — more relaxed and, in some ways, “lazy”, Mielewska said. “Australians can do American pretty well by and large, because we come from a fairly neutral place,” she said. “Australians can go from something that’s kind of midline and relaxed and start to work with it, and the muscles respond in time.”For years, some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have endured mockery for mangled attempts at accents — from Don Cheadle as a Cockney inin its US release) — and her often-misquoted line “a dingo took my baby” — has sometimes inspired ridicule in Australia. But Mielewska said that, contrary to popular belief, Streep got it bang on — Chamberlain was born in New Zealand, and her accent is not typically Aussie.That’s because, Mielewska said, American actors need to “let go” and relax. “What they’re doing is surrendering their own accent and their own muscular habits of the way they speak,” she said.Byrne has said she has a go-to phrase — “Patty hired 24-hour security for Katie” — when she finds herself struggling to summon the Yankee drawl. She is now in the running to become the third Australian to win the best actress Oscar after Blanchett and Nicole Kidman. Mielewska says the star — known for her humble and understated style — “comes from a very soulful, connected place”. ‘My family was under threat’: Man in alleged plot to kill Trump says acted under pressure from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
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