Accent Correction in Post-Production: When Language Coaches Aren't Enough

If there’s a villain in post, it’s not the on-set mic or the air‑con, but the accent that still sounds like the actor flew in from L.A., like yesterday. Accent issues are one of the most common reasons productions schedule ADR , even after actors spend months with dialect coaches . On The Brutalist (2024), director Brady Corbet has said the goal wasn’t to replace Adrien Brody or Felicity Jones, but to make the Hungarian sound truly native to Hungarian listeners — turning to Respeecher for an ethical, tightly scoped layer of accent correction in post‑production.