Peter Firth #2

[DogSoSmall]

(25-01-2011 07:58 PM)watchstrap Wrote:  Peter's offduty voice is RP (received pronunciation) not a public school accent. I point this out for the benefit of forum members from overseas who may not know the difference.

Agreed, it is now. But don't you think in this early interview it is has that public school twang, which can't have been his natural accent? I'd be interested to know whether people from overseas can tell the difference between this interview and the way he speaks as Harry (or himself) now.

I love the subtlety of his voices. Going back to Awfully Big Adventure, his camp inflection was also extremely subtle. He doesn't smack you over the head with it. And when people from the regions he is doing find his accent convincing that is a fine testimony.

I've been listening to his audio book of Tess in the car recently and have been very impressed by his Tess accent because he gradually makes it less "rural" as the story progresses, as the book suggests is due to Angel's influence. Then when her sister has some lines towards the end, she speaks with Tess's original accent and you can hear the contrast between the two, but it is infinitesmal and very clever.

This is quite a talent. I wonder if PF also has a very musical ear?