Fascinating Facts About Saoirse Ronan
These 10 Fascinating Facts About Saoirse Ronan Prove She's 1 of a Kind
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Though she was born in the Bronx, Saoirse and her Ireland-born parents moved back to Dublin when she was three, which is how she developed her Irish accent. Of course, her roles (like when she played the titular role in Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird) often entail taking on different accents, and for Saoirse, changing her accent helps her take on that different role. "It's how I get into the character," she explained to Harper's Bazaar in January 2019. "What can be more difficult than the actual sounds is the cadence and melody. Modern American is much flatter than my natural voice. I found that quite a challenge on Lady Bird. Greta kept having to say, 'Make it a bit flatter!' And I'd think I sounded like a robot."