20 actors that sound nothing like their iconic roles

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8) ⁠Chadwick Boseman

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Chadwick Boseman's dignified, African-tinted voice as T'Challa in Black Panther (2018) was so compelling that many thought that this was how he sounded. Truth is, Boseman had an American accent from South Carolina. Boseman worked with dialect coaches intensely to get T'Challa's Wakandan accent right because he wanted it to be culturally correct for the character he was playing. Off-camera, Boseman's soothing, introspective voice reflected his humble self.

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