It's a tale as old as time: British actors crossing the pond to be cast in big-time American movies and television shows. Which means speaking in an American accent for months—sometimes even years—at ...

Fans like us rejoiced at today's news that British actor David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor Who, would reprise his role in the ITV series Broadchurch for Fox's American remake. Then we read a little ...

Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.