I recently prepped English actress Julia Ormond by phone in her American accent for Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery. Julia first asked me to prepare a customized speech warm-up that she could do every day: I recorded this in my studio and emailed her the sound files. When she arrived in Toronto for filming, we went over all her lines by phone in the American accent. I then over-nighted her the cd recording of our session so she could review it as she films.