Alicia Vikander
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Lol what is that pattern 
She looks so pretty though
She looks so pretty though
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I like this dress too - suits her. Hope the American critics like her performance in TOY. Lovely that Michael was there with her last night, maybe she'll go back to Montreal with him when she's finished promoting the film, I read she's on Seth Meyers talk show today.
So these things are very subjective and really it's nitpicking to point out problems because Diane Kruger's English is fantastic and her accent is almost perfect but you can pick up that she's not a native english speaker (IMO). It's the way she over enunciates certain words, she'll also drag out certain sounds and there's a kind of background interference to her accent that I find strange but I'm sure in a few years it won't be noticeable. Famke Jansen also has certain oddities in her accent but it's not distracting because her overall pronunciation is more relaxed... it's when you try to pronounce each word too carefully or clearly that it's more noticeable.... this is the problem that I think Vikander has.
I watched three episodes of American version of The Bridge and I couldn't buy her as an American which is especially jarring when the character is supposed to be a police detective... although maybe it was the whole show which I didn't find to be very good.
That's not to say there aren't English actors that do bad American/British accents that get in the way of enjoying a movie. Michael Fassbender's and Ewan Mcgregor's American accents often seem pretty dodgy to me and Peter Dinklage has a rather odd take on an English accent.
She's not out of the circle yet, it seems. Still could do all of the 3 movies but its all up to the scheduling :
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/03/alicia-vikander-hollywood-s-most-wanted.html?via=mobile&source=twitter
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/03/alicia-vikander-hollywood-s-most-wanted.html?via=mobile&source=twitter
Tbh, I don't hear much of a difference between Famke and Diane but I'm not a native. I just thought because she says in most interviews she got rid of the accent and that's why she doesn't get typecast anymore.
I also think it's because Diane is alternating between three languages and that's why something always sticks. I know Famke also speaks German and French but I think most regularly she only speaks Dutch and English and also lives full-time in the US. So there's the advantage.
I'm not a big fan of Diane's acting. It's horrible actually. Even in Inglorious Basterds where she just had to do her own native accent she blew it.
I don't care about accents of English speakers. I'm happy as long as I understand the words. Like Charlie Hunnam got bashed a lot for his accent on Sons of Anarchy but I didn't mind (I was probably distracted by the glorious arse) and also I couldn't really tell the difference. He pronounced the words right, just not right for the region. I find it more distracting when people can't pronounce the words right no matter the region. Like Michael Fassbender in Inglorious Basterds.
She looks so full of herself /obnoxious! Don't know why? Her dress is ugly and I heard TOY was boring. She's quickly becoming overrated and buying into her own hype so early in her career :what:
I've mixed feelings about the dress but her make up is great. She's very pretty. I liked more her style before her contract with LV.
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I liked this interview, especially this female perspective:
This is an old interview for Flaunt magazine
http://alicia-vikander.com/2013/11/alicia-vikander-by-flaunt-magazine/
Something we can agree on! It really is bad.
And to me, with the exception of Kinnaman, not one person mentioned sounds like a native English speaker, regardless of accent - not even Famke. There's something about the way she says certain words.