Wilkinson - accent
What kind of American accent is Tom Wilkinson doing here? (I'm an ignorant Brit.)
shareHe seemed to be doing a standard "mid-western American" accent, which is pretty much the same for most of central and western USA, and all of Canada west of Quebec.
(I'm Canadian, BTW). I just saw the film yesterday, and am a fan of Wilkinson's, and I remarked to my friend how flawless his Yankee accent was. It was almost perfect. He pronounced a couple vowels oddly, but I would defy anyone who didn't know him to tell he was actually a brit. The only reason I noticed the couple of odd vowels was I was really paying attention.
IMO he's got the best American accent next to Hugh Jackman.
Thanks for replying! I was only asking because Eli Wallach, who I know was a New Yorker, was doing a New England accent, and I wondered where Wilkinson's character was meant to be from.
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