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US accent that drove Winslet crazy
She had to learn the dialect of Delaware County for her role in Mare Of Easttown
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In Mare Of Easttown, English actress Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town detective trying to solve a murder as her life disintegrates.
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Alison de Souza In Los Angeles, Alison de Souza
English actress Kate Winslet has wrapped her tongue around American accents many times, including for her star-making turn in the watery disaster epic Titanic (1997).
But the accent for the Oscar and Emmy winner's new role in the limited series Mare Of Easttown - which is earning her some of the best reviews of her career - was one of the toughest to acquire.
