Kate Winslet Wins Accolades For Delco Accent In Soon To Be Released Mare of Easttown
On Wednesday, HBO released a trailer for Mare of Easttown, a series that premieres on April 18, starring Kate Winslet. As the HBO website describes it “a small-town Pennsylvania detective Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) investigates a local murder. The series explores the dark side of a close community and provides an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.”
In Phillyvoice.com, Matt Mullin thoroughly approves of Winslet’s treatment of the Delco Accent. He wrote Even though the show is set in Chester County, it seems like some of it was shot in Delaware County — Easttown is right on the border of the two — and that’s where Winslet reportedly adopted the accent from. I think it’s also worth noting here that while I call the accent a Philly accent, that’s more of a general term, as there are several different versions within the region. A South Philly accent isn’t the same as a Northeast Philly accent, for instance. And this is very clearly a Delco accent.
Mullin also provides stopping points in the trailer where Winslet’s mastery of the accent can be heard.
• At 0:33, when she is talking to Guy Pearce at the bar and asks, “You don’t have any bodies under your porch, do you?”
• At 1:32, when she yells at her mom in the kitchen.
• At 1:50, when she says “Allatime,” as pointed out by Gary (@geeholla) on Twitter.
• But the crowning achievement comes at 1:41, when she says, “Doing something great is overrated.” It doesn’t get much better than that.
Winslow Said Delco Accent Was Challenging
On February 11, also in Phillyvoice.com, Allie Miller wrote During a recent virtual panel, Winslet said adopting the Delco accent was one of the most challenging accents ever required of her, IndieWire reported. Winslet said attempting it even made her “throw things.”