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"I Tried To Give Them Boston": Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Movies Helped One Reacher Star Nail Their Accent

Duffy’s Boston accent was partly inspired by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon movies, Reacher season 3 star Sonya Cassidy reveals. A new addition to the Reacher cast, Cassidy was previously best-known for ...
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Decoder Ring Plus | The Boston Accent Is Wicked Complicated

In this week’s episode, we took on the mystery of the “Boston movie”—a cinematic subgenre whose appeal is closely tied to the distinctive Boston accent. We invited Boston University linguist Dr.