Fan Comment Raises Good Question.

A fan of Stephanies Obsession, PattRose, posted a comment in my blog about if Jason O'Mara would be able to pull off the Jersey accent. This raises an interesting topic to me. Should the actors try using a Jersey accent or just talk how they normally talk? (With the exception of O'Mara of course with his Irish accent.)


Sometimes actors that try to use a Jersey accent end up making it sound really cheesy and fake. In my opinion, it should be like they did in my favorite TV series of all time, "The Sopranos."  If you can do it well....use it. If you can't, just talk normally and I don't think anyone is going to notice. I would rather hear no accent at all myself than sit through an actor pathetically delivering his/her lines with a botched up, poorly executed ~Joisey~ accent. What do you guys think? Any thoughts?