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Gary Oldman once forgot his natural speaking voice

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When you fully dedicate yourself to portraying eccentric villains, your vocal cords occasionally file for divorce. After decades of doing aggressive accents, screaming, and modulating his pitch for dramatic effect, Gary Oldman had to visit a speech therapist. Why? Because he quite literally forgot what his own natural, relaxed speaking voice sounded like.

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