"I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there"
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Acting, at the blockbuster level, often starts with a small erasure. Hemsworth’s line is disarmingly casual, but it sketches the labor behind a kind of cultural “neutral.” The phrase “get the Australian out of there” isn’t just about pronunciation; it’s about access. In Hollywood’s default settings, the unmarked voice is still frequently American (or a carefully sanded-down “international” English). An accent becomes a tell - of class, region, even credibility - that can either expand a role or quietly shrink the list of parts you’re offered.
The intent is straightforward: he wants to be hired and believed. But the subtext carries a mild melancholy: he’s describing self-editing as professional hygiene. “Out of there” treats identity like a contaminant in the sound mix, something that risks pulling an audience out of the story. That’s the actor’s double bind: the industry markets authenticity, yet rewards the kind that matches a narrow template. When Hemsworth says he works with coaches “a lot,” he’s also normalizing the invisible infrastructure of performance - the coaches, drills, mouth shapes - that never makes it into the glamour narrative.
Context matters: Hemsworth is part of a long Australian-to-Hollywood pipeline where “exotic” can be an asset in press profiles but a liability in auditions. The quote lands because it’s honest about the trade: to travel globally as a star, you sometimes have to leave your own voice at customs.
The intent is straightforward: he wants to be hired and believed. But the subtext carries a mild melancholy: he’s describing self-editing as professional hygiene. “Out of there” treats identity like a contaminant in the sound mix, something that risks pulling an audience out of the story. That’s the actor’s double bind: the industry markets authenticity, yet rewards the kind that matches a narrow template. When Hemsworth says he works with coaches “a lot,” he’s also normalizing the invisible infrastructure of performance - the coaches, drills, mouth shapes - that never makes it into the glamour narrative.
Context matters: Hemsworth is part of a long Australian-to-Hollywood pipeline where “exotic” can be an asset in press profiles but a liability in auditions. The quote lands because it’s honest about the trade: to travel globally as a star, you sometimes have to leave your own voice at customs.
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