Daniel Fathers
(Disney’s Camp Rock 1 and 2, Trust Me, 90210, Tracy Fragments; Mamma Mia!, The Line)
So here’s an ‘Essex Girl’, who lived in Canada and is now posing as an American in LA. Peculiar, but a very similar path to my own, having been born and raised in London, moved to Toronto when I was 18 and now working here in Hollywood. For me, Claudette’s perfect. She totally understands the route of my traveled accents. She hears my Canadian coming out when I talk American and especially when my British tries its hardest to poke through everything, she catches it all.
I make a living playing characters and doing accents. For years I had tried to achieve a US Non-Regional Accent, went to numerous coaches, bought tapes, tried everything and in all honesty I was crap, UNTIL I met my “Essex Girl!” She doesn’t allow me to get away with anything, which I need and love. I can’t BS her. (Again, something I make money at) Claudette simply IS THE ONE. She’s hilarious, she’s a perfectionist, as am I and we achieve what we need to achieve.
Oh and by the way, if the day before shooting a Full Guest Star role on “Trust Me” you need to learn a Norwegian accent, when it’s not even on your resume, Claudette will not only teach you the accent, but the language too!
Thanks ‘Gorgeous’ for making me a better Actor.
