Millie Bobby Brown has seemingly been in ‘Merica a little too long.The “Damsel” star’s accent — or lack thereof — was called into question during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday.During the segment, the 20-year-old’s tone of voice appeared to slip from her English tongue into the American accent she uses for most of her acting roles.
While the young Emmy Award-nominated actress was raised in Bournemouth, England, and also in Orlando, Florida, she has spent much of her career in the US working on the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”Naturally, viewers were very confused over her voice during the NBC talk show.“Her british accent is barely there anymore.
I know shes been in america for a long time now but omg it used to be SO strong,” one person commented on the YouTube video of the sit-down.Another person chimed in: “It almost sounds like she’s doing an impersonation of an American accent throughout this interview.”“Millie speaks like a rich valley girl now.
Like damn its like the accent is there but barely [with] a pinch of sass,” one stated.“She can turn her accents on and off, I love it!!” a fan gushed, while another added: “It’s like watching Ross on ‘Friends’ when he was trying to phase out his british accent.”In a Season 6 episode of the hit NBC sitcom, Ross Gellar (David Schwimmer) tries to combat his anxiety about teaching a college class by using a fake English voice.Ross then realizes how silly he sounds and attempts to gradually eliminate his faux talk.Brown has starred on “Stranger Things” since 2016 and the sci-fi horror series is set to come to an end in 2025.In her chat with the “Saturday Night Live” alum, 49, on Thursday, she dished all about how her fiancé, Jake.
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