"The Brutalist" is competing for 10 Oscars, featuring Adrien Brody as a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant. Tanera Marshall, a dialect coach from the University of Illinois Chicago, emphasizes the importance of nuanced accents in filmmaking. With a rich background in accent work, including films like 'Public Enemies' and 'The Hunger Games,' she effectively prepares actors by helping them embody their characters' cultural backgrounds through speech. Controversy exists over AI's role in refining dialogue, yet Marshall believes that genuine performance and storytelling outweigh accent accuracy.
One of the first really, really big movies I did was 'Public Enemies,' which shot here with Marion Cotillard and Johnny Depp.
We must honor the culture from which that accent comes. We hope the actor makes the accent their own and finds a way to incorporate that into the inner life they're creating for the character.
I think the story matters more than the particular accent or any other of the things that an actor requires to play a role.
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