According to a recent study, the actor that the American public has the most difficulty understanding is the British Tom Hardy, the star of “Venom” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
We can’t deny that it is sometimes difficult to grasp everything that Tom Hardy says on the screen, who mumbles quite regularly. No wonder then that, according to a recent study conducted by Preplythe star of Venom and Mad Max: Fury Road is the person that the American public has the most trouble understanding!
Behind Tom Hardy, the least intelligible stars for American viewers are Sofia Vergara, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Connery and Johnny Depp. The study goes further by revealing that the least easy series to “decipher” is Peaky Blinders (with a certain Tom Hardy in the credits!), followed by Derry Girls, Game of Thrones, Outlander and Downton Abbey.
According to the Preply study, conducted with a panel of 1,200 people, the US public has particular difficulty with Scottish (50%), English (17%) and Irish (17%) accents. These difficulties of comprehension thus push 57% of the spectators questioned to use subtitles most of the time when they watch a film or a series.
Finally, it should be noted that it is Generation Z, i.e. the public aged 11 to 24, who uses this subtitling option the most (70%). Proof that the latter is not primarily used by people, often older, with hearing problems.
The trailer for “Mad Max: Fury Road”: