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Anthony LaPaglia's accent troubles - Radio Times, 22 August 2005

Anthony LaPaglia as Jack Malone in Without a Trace © Warner Bros.
Anthony LaPaglia has the voice down pat as stone-faced FBI agent Jack Malone in Without a Trace. But in his early career in the USA, the Australian actor's supposed trace of Strine stopped him getting work. "When they asked, 'Where are you from?', I said, 'Brooklyn' - and I got the job. It made life easier," he says.

As to the Manchester-meets-London accent he used as Daphne's brother Simon in Frasier: "It's a really bad hybrid accent, but it's funny, and that's all that matters," he says. "I copped a lot of heat for that." But he did win an Emmy for the role.

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