‘Drop the Aussie accent!’: Margot Robbie criticized for speech during ‘Barbie’ press tour

Margot, 33, is from Dolby, Queensland. Now she is promoting the movie “Barbie” all over the world. In the comedy, the actress speaks with an American accent while portraying the iconic doll in Barbieland alongside Canadian star Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken. During the press tour, Robbie took the liberty of using an Australian accent.

American social media users criticized Margot. “I don’t like her using her Aussie accent during the press tour like she’s trying to let others know she’s a good actress or something because her American English sounds great”, “Is she here on a work visa?” He lives and works in Hollywood, where he gets his huge income. Remove the accent,” the bloggers said.

The Australians did not like the claims against Margot. Fans of the artist reminded the critics where she comes from. Some have even demanded that the films use the accents of the countries in which they are shown. In a recent clip that went viral, Ryan Gosling forgot that co-star Margo is Australian. “I look bad in front of the Americans,” Ryan said. Robbie replied that she was not American.

Radio presenters Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson came to Margot’s defence. In their opinion, critics of the actress do not understand the nature of the accent. Kyle was not at all shy about expressing himself.

“That’s not how accents work. Some people go on vacation to America for two weeks and come back and say in an American accent, “Oh my God, I had a great time in Los Angeles.” Like, you were gone for two weeks? But I lived there off and on for many years. Sometimes when you go to a place you have to speak in an American accent to get the people at Starbucks to understand, they’re idiots,” explained Sandilands.

Jackie noticed that some people pick up accents really easily. She assured that if she lived in America for a long time and her speech began to change, then Henderson would struggle with it, according to the Daily Mail.

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