'Allo 'allo? Fake accents strike duff note as actors keep it real
Whether it's Russian or simply 'northern', directors face new hurdles in the casting of 'authentic' speaking rolesWhen Scottish film star Sean Connery delivered his lines in the 1987 hit The Untouchables in a ripe Irish brogue, not all the cinema audience was convinced. Yet his right to have a go at a different accent was not questioned. If it happened today, however, Connery might feel the need to make it clear from…