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Majik1387 said:It's Halle's responsibility to learn how to act with an accent if the role calls for it, not the director's. Where does everyone get the idea that Singer was so obsessed with Storm having an accent and that he hated how Halle did it?
No. It's not her responsibility. That is on the studio's budget--Halle's salary wasn't covering it.
Productions hire dialect coaches all the time when films call for them. Hugh Jackman had one for Wolverine for all 3 films. He had to harness his Aussie accent into a gruff Americanized tone. That's not easy. Are you saying that it's easier for an American actress to harness hers into a foreign tongue?

It was important to Bryan that Hugh got the training necessary to sound convincing as Logan (and even Hugh was imperfect at times). It was NOT important for him to ensure Halle's accent was authentic. Simple as that.
I refuse to place blame for a job poorly done on an employee when her boss didn't provide training. Hell, I can't even mimic an African Accent. I wouldn't know where to start--would you?
Some talk as if actors have some hidden talent to take on these things like chameleons with no help whatsoever. It doesn't work that way. They may be good...but no one is that good. Actors need support and training too.