Hey YWS,
Not sure if anyone will be able to answer this or point me in the right direction, but.
Say I have a character who, in the main action of the story, is 20 years old. She was born and raised in Liverpool, and lived there until she was fifteen. After that, she moved to Minnesota with her family, and has been in the United States ever since.
What I'm wondering is where her accent would be at this point? Would it still be full British, or would it have Americanized a bit? Would it make a difference if she was born to American or to British parents?
The reason I ask is I'm working at casting an actress to portray her in my feature script. She's American, and from what I understand *can* do a British accent, but doesn't have a lot of experience with them. She's otherwise perfect for the role, and I don't want to have her attempt to do an accent and have it be poor or distracting, but this character living for all or most of her life in Liverpool is intrinsic to her character, but I'd rather my actress focus on bringing the best performance she can. This is something I'll have to work on with her ultimately I think, but I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts!
Most of the British people who have lived in the US for years that I've spoken to have still had their full accents, but they were adults when they moved and I'm not sure if it would make a difference if someone was still developing.
Thank you!
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