18 November 2025
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Besides their on-screen presence, acting sometimes requires actors and actresses to be fluent in a whole new language
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Meryl Streep had to learn Polish for the role of Sophie Zawistowska in 1982's Sophie's Choice
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Robert De Niro learned to speak a Sicilian dialect to play Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II in 1974
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Timothée Chalamet learned Italian for Elio's role in 2017's Call Me By Your Name by spending time in Italy
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Priyanka Chopra is learning Telugu for Mandakini's role in Varanasi, which will mark her re-entry into Indian cinema
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For the 2007 film Eastern Promises, Viggo Mortensen studied Russian to play the role of Nikolai
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Alicia Vikander had to learn Japanese to take on the role of Lucy Fly in the 2019 movie, Earthquake Bird
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In the 2009 film I Am Love, Tilda Swinton learned Italian with a Russian accent to fully submerge herself in the role
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Robin Williams learned to speak Russian for his role in the 1984 movie Moscow on the Hudson
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