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\n\tWhile the upcoming Netflix drama series \u201cKennedy\u201d will chronicle the famous political dynasty from 1931 to 1944, the family\u2019s signature Boston accent won\u2019t be so pervasive.<\/p>

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\nNick Robinson, who plays Joe Kennedy Jr., JFK\u2019s older brother who was originally being groomed for the White House before he was killed in action during World War II, tells me, \u201cWe made the executive decision beforehand that we\u2019re going to steer away from the Boston accent. So it\u2019s subtle. Also, that accent has sort of changed over the years. It was initially like this mid-Atlantic upper-class accent and then it sort of changed to [what] I feel modern audiences associated more with working class Boston.\u201d\n\n\t\n\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPreparing for the role proved to be a history lesson for Robinson. \u201cI knew about the Kennedy family, but I didn\u2019t know much about Joseph Kennedy Jr., so that was a fun time to get a deep dive onto him and his life and his legacy,\u201d he said at the recent premiere of his new Netflix rom-com \u201cVoicemails for Isabelle.\u201d\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n

\nLaura Donnelly, who plays matriarch Rose in the eight-episode \u201cKennedy,\u201d says she and Michael Fassbender, who plays patriarch Joe Sr., had prepared to use the couple\u2019s accents before filming began. \u201cOnce Michael and I had arrived on set, we\u2019d already decided that we\u2019d already done our work on the accents,\u201d Donnelly told me at recent \u201cSugar\u201d Season 2 premiere in Los Angeles. \u201cThen we found out that the general vibe was going to be pull it back. We were a bit like, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t know how to do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNot that they were asked to lose the accents all together. \u201cTheir accent was kind of created in a very aspirational way, and so you do have to have that reference,\u201d Donnelly said. \u201cAt the same time they had nine children. We didn\u2019t want these tiny kids trying to do that accent, so there had to be a way of closing that gap so the kids would be more of a general and that Michael and I would do the more distinctive accents. I think that kind of creates a blend.\u201d\n\n\t\n<\/p>

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\n\tThe series is based on Fredrik Logevall\u2019s book \u201cJFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDonnelly also talked about the pressure of taking on the role of the iconic matriarch. \u201cI think that it\u2019s actually very lucky for me that I\u2019m not American and I didn\u2019t feel age-old pressure of we know so much about them,\u201d said Donnelly, who is Irish.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe continued, \u201cSo pressure like that, I try and just generally shut out and I\u2019m like I\u2019m playing a real woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDonnelly\u2019s preparation included watching footage of Rose being interviewed later in life. Rose died in 1995 at age 104. \u201cI\u2019ve come to admire her so much,\u201d she said. \u201cOh, my goodness, what she endured and with such dignity and grace.\u201d<\/p>

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