Is there anything Florence Pugh CAN'T do?!

Florence Pugh, of "A Good Person" and our hearts, discusses her uncanny accent abilities, from "Black Widow"'s Yelena Belova to all those pitch-perfect American accents

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[AshtheB]

I always forget she's a brit, she's that good.

[mike_datzmagc]

I loved her casting in marvel…fell in love with her charm and confidence

[MOBROOKS]

She was the best part of the
Black Widow movie

[gabrielledennis]

Brilliant actress! Her Russian accent is great.

[rikvanhorn]

I could listen to this woman for hours on end.

[StephyM.C.]

I say 'Shall' in a bitchy way. If I'm at work and my boss tells me to do something that is not my job I'll respond with "Shall I?"

[TheVeiledCollective]

Floflo was my bestie at Teddies for 2 years before I dropped out and moved with my family to New Zealand. I've still got the photo my mum took of the scar that was left when flo launched a book square at my head (I deserved it) for play fighting together after drama and drawing love hearts on her cheek 😂

[alyssaardenn]

she really is an amazing actress in everything she’s ever been in. I love Florence. She’s so funny and down to earth as well

[HarrisonHollers]

She has beautiful eyes! Not even the color just alluring eyes! Beautiful, talented woman!

[Stygian]

That cough/laugh at the end just made it

[TSIRKLAND]

That is true! It's one thing to "do" an accent: to make the sounds that people make. That's an ear thing; almost intuitive parroting of the sounds you've heard. Still a talent and a skill!! But it's its own particular skill. It's a whole other thing to know the right words and turns of phrase. You could say a very, very British phrase with an American accent, or a very, very American phrase with an Australian accent. Word choice and phrasing can be just as important, and is a whole added layer to the sound-making.
This of course is where good script-writing comes in; presumably the screenwriters have taken all of that into account in their word choices- if they're good writers! But when an actor is riffing, improvising, it can be easy to fall back on the words and phrases you're used to, even if you're saying them with someone else's borrowed sounds.
I'm a big fan of accents, myself; consider myself something of a parrot. But word choice is a whole extra skillset that requires much more intentional research than just listening to a lot of foreign television, or whatever. You really have to pay attention to the syntax, the melody of a dialect, the rhythms, and those words and slang and such!

[TrippyCommentaries]

One of the best modern actresses out there!

[HeronCoyote]

I just watched her on First We Feast: Hot Ones. She’s so genuine! And she loves talking with the crews on set. Bet she’ll be a director (if not already) of her own movies.

[kingkongchief]

Didn’t know she was English when I saw my first movie of her. That’s how good she is.

[aliviafletcher]

as an american, i use shall in my everyday language

[Sun.Shine-]

Florence & Jodie Comer, who i would never guess are British

[ruthnagarya]

she's the most talenteed new actress I have seen, she's truly amazing

[lXlQueenofScots]

I love this lassie ❤ she is a great actress but u can't stop looking at her! Such a friendly wee cute face 😊

[mayaruthie]

me, an american teenager who does indeed use shall: …..

[TheVioletWolf]

She looks like young Kim Cattrall. I love them both.