In today's Hollywood, the wrong vowel can cost you the role. Florence Pugh slips from Derby to Brooklyn and back again between projects. Paul Mescal makes Maynooth sound Malibu. Benedict Cumberbatch ...

Hollywood has long been known for polishing actors into perfect packages, often encouraging them to tone down or even lose their natural accents to fit a certain mold. But these stars took a different ...

From Florence Pugh to Paul Mescal, global stars are redefining what authenticity sounds like — and audiences are keeping score. By Remy Blumenfeld In today’s Hollywood, the wrong vowel can cost you ...