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Does ‘Emily In Paris’ Star Lily Collins Speak With A British Or American Accent Naturally? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. When most American actors
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  Speaker 1: play British characters or vice versa, they have to fake
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  Speaker 1: an accent, but Lily Collins is a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: rare of case. Her dad is superstar britt Phil Collins,
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  Speaker 1: her mom, Jill, is American, and Lily was born in
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  Speaker 1: England before moving to the States as a kid. That
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  Speaker 1: puts in a position where both accents come naturally, even
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  Speaker 1: though she normally speaks with an American tone. She tells
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  Speaker 1: l I'm British. I'm both, but I associate more being British.
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  Speaker 1: So when I play roles with British accents, there's something
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  Speaker 1: about it that feels like I'm speaking naturally, even though
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  Speaker 1: I'm having to put it on. Whenever I land in
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  Speaker 1: the UK, I feel like I'm coming home, just even
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  Speaker 1: hearing the accent when I board a plane to go there.
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  Speaker 1: There's such comfort in it. Lily is back in a
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  Speaker 1: nearby country for season two of Emily in Paris, available
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  Speaker 1: now on Netflix that's direct from Hollywood.