Millie Bobby Brown addresses criticism round her accent altering

If you happen to’ve observed that Millie Bobby Brown’s accent has modified from British to American in current interviews, the actor has a purpose why.

The 20-year-old actor has been selling her new movie “Damsel,” doing numerous interviews in current weeks. Nonetheless, folks on-line have been commenting how her accent adjustments whereas speaking to totally different media retailers.

“Did she swap to American, then again to British then again to American on this interview or is that simply me,” one individual commented on an “Leisure Tonight” Instagram video that includes an interview with Brown, whereas one other added, “Her accent modified: One sentence it sounds North American and the subsequent she sounds British.. very peculiar.”

Brown addressed the feedback in a brand new interview, explaining that it’s not “intentional.”

“So I’m an actor. I grew up within the public eye. I grew up in America,” she stated whereas chatting with podcaster Max Balegde, who shared the video on TikTok. “I come to set and I’m an actor and I adapt, and so I wish to mimic folks.”

“I can’t assist that once I’m round my fiancé, or once I’m round folks like Jimmy Fallon, who’ve a really American accent, I wish to replicate it,” she continued. “And now I’m in England, I wanna replicate that!”

Brown added that she doesn’t do it deliberately, “And I’m sorry if it offends you. However pay attention, I’m making an attempt my greatest!”

The star lived in Bournemouth, England, earlier than relocating to Orlando, Florida, on the age of 8 to pursue performing, in line with Selection.

She was 12 years previous when she starred as Eleven within the hit Netflix sequence “Stranger Issues,” through which she has an American accent.

Folks within the TikTok’s feedback part appeared to know Brown switching her accent. One individual wrote, “Folks additionally overlook she spent a lot of her childhood and teenage hood enjoying and dwelling an American character her personal age.”

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One other individual added, “That is truly regular. U will tackle the accent of individuals round u.”

Brown is at present engaged to Jake Bongiovi, American mannequin and son of rock star Jon Bon Jovi. Whereas on TODAY March 1, the actor informed Hoda Kotb that she was enthusiastic about their upcoming wedding ceremony.

“It’s an enormous a part of my life,” she stated. “I’m very, very fortunate to be with him and to be experiencing life with him. It’s nice.”

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