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âItâs basically accent therapy,â says Audrey LeCrone, describing her job over Zoom. LeCrone is a dialect coach based in New Orleans who specialises in teaching non-American actors an American accent. Even for performers who clearly have a flair for the American accent, like Daniel Kaluuya â with whom LeCrone recently worked on Judas and the Black Messiah â a coach is vital.
âThereâs still going to be certain rhythms or pitch patterns that are strange and that have to be monitored,â LeCrone says. This is particularly true when youâre playing, as Kaluuya is, a notable historical figure as voluble as the Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was killed by the FBI at the age of 21.