I can see why a lot of actors from minority backgrounds don’t like doing accents if they feel it’s stereotyping or mocking their ethnicity. Also not wanting to get put in a box. If Gary Oldman does a different accent, he’s just seen as a skilled actor. While if an Asian actor does it, then it can feel like they’re being pushed into a typecast.
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It’s always been interesting to me how many UK actors are actually extremely Scottish and it’s sometimes taken me years to realize they were because they never use their own accent, even if it’s a movie set in the UK. Took me quite some time to realize both James McAvoy and Richard Madden are wedgies.
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