Have you ever wondered why Ryan Gosling — a Canadian with extensive child actor and Mouseketeer experience — somehow talks in real life like he is a surly, New York teamster? “As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn’t sound tough,” he admits to W . “I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can’t shake, so it’s not phony anymore. I’m going for the Madonna thing, the Lady Gaga thing — a phony accent that becomes your trademark.” [ W ]
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Ryan Gosling Cops to ‘Phony’ Tough-Guy Accent
