The King's Speech offers us a unique chance to shed light on a debilitating issue that far too often gets set aside because it lacks the flash, and inspires a reserved nature in those who have it. Bellow I've listed the actor/actress and added a few notes on things you might find of interest with respect to them.
Bruce Willis
James Earl Jones - intones, a form in which one recites things monotone
Julia Roberts
Marilyn Monroe
Eric Roberts - claims he still does so on occasion
Rowan Atkinson - has particular trouble with B's and tends to over-articulate for comedic effect in compensation
Sam Neill
Anthony Quinn
Jimmy Stewart - though we might argue it was one of his great charming features.
Tom Sizemore
Emily Blunt
Samuel L. Jackson (took up acting at urge of speech therapist)
Harvey Keitel
Well, as you can see it is by no means a rarity! Did any of these particularly surprise you?
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Jones I knew about. I would've never pictured Jackson or Keitel as stutterers.
You lie. JEJ has no time for stuttering. He's too busy punching sharks in the balls.
Eric Roberts? I still say his speech problems in Sharktopus were due to the fact he was drunk during filming. Lucky dude - wish I'd been drunk when I watched that travesty!
@MovieNut Two real cool guys, it's definitely something that catches your attention.
@Simon Which makes it all the more surprising that he doesn't make a movie about his shark punching ventures.
@AlexJ Would be a good excuse to have :)
Bruce Willis?? Freakin' John McClaine? Wow, I'd never have guessed. The only one I knew who has this condition from this list is Emily Blunt.
Wo... wow! I cer-certainly didn't know these big names uused to stut-stutter!
Didn't know about Emily Blunt, she's such a fine British actress. And Willis surprised me, too.
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