plays where the actors can't do the accent

As a Scot, listening to non Scots trying the accent can be cringy so I get what you are saying. No matter the role, Sean Connery always spoke with a fairly broad accent though! I like that actors try to use an accent to get the character correct but I don't get annoyed too much

Peaky blinders sets my teeth on edge. Surely it's not that difficult to learn dialect etc?

Also raised by wolves

I can see where this thread is going. We will all hate productions featuring what she be our own accents or that of our families

I just think of the late Sean Connery who always had an Edinburgh accent. Many many years ago he told a friends Father who he had gone to school with(he never forgot his friends, no matter where he lived) that if they wanted 'that' accent they should have employed a local !!

I suppose if you are used to hearing a certain accent then it's acceptable to expect that actors should sound authentic.

Big but coming now. It depends on how strong you expect the accent to be. I moved to Cornwall from Derbyshire. After 7 years I still really struggle to understand all that Cornish bred folks are saying to me. Our nearest neighbours are such and they've got used to me asking for a repeat?

I wish I could remember the film, but I remember critics saying that it was a brilliant story line and well acted but would need subtitles because of the strong authentic accents. I think it was the Liverpool accent.

I love Vera but can't comment about the accent.

I love vera but the accent is er not good