Who's excited to see the Evil Queen Ravenna in "The Huntsman: Winter's War?" Yup, the character is perfectly portrayed by shar-LEES Ther-RONE, no, Char-leez THAIR-en...how do you pronounce Charlize Theron's name? In the league of "most baffling stars' names", Theron's wins the throne (yes, very much intended – you'll get it once you hear the name pronounced in Afrikaans), it is right up there with Jack Gyllenhaal's mystifying last name. But they are not the only ones, there are others out there in Hollywood with names that can threaten to unmercifully twist your tongue or cause haunting embarrassment when you confidently (and very wrongly) say them out loud.
Let's start with the name of this 22-year-old Irish Lass. As tempting it is to just read her name as it is, alas, the correct pronunciation is nowhere near the often heard "Say-oar-se". No matter how many times she repeats it, people still get "Seer-sha's" name wrong. Correct pronunciation: Seer-sha Row-nin Watch her in: "Brooklyn", "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
While we were taught since we were wee to pronounce words starting with 'W' as "Wa / We / Woo", we will now say them as "Va / Ve / Voo". Okay, that was just to see if you'll start reading all those Ws as Vs. Because in this Australian Polish actress' case, there is no W sound in her name, despite the 23rd letter in the alphabet appearing twice in it. Correct pronunciation: Mee-yuh Vash-ih-kov-ska Watch her in: "Crimson Peak", "Alice Through the Looking Glass"
Most Asians tend to automatically pronounce Milla's last name as JO-VO-Vic. Oh, how wrong that is. This may not be baffling for speakers who are used to pronouncing "J" as "Y", but those who aren't, their minds can seriously be "Dazed and Confused" by this. Correct pronunciation: MEE-lah YOH-vo-vich Watch her in: "Resident Evil" movie series
And he replied with: "Yillenhoolahay" Finally, the world learned how to really pronounce Mr. Yillen-whoever's name! Unfortunately, turns out everyone was just Punk'd! for years, his sister Maggie revealed the real pronunciation during an interview in 2014. Side note: Maggie's real name is Margalit, a name both her parents claimed wasn't hers but was clearly stated on her birth certificate – talk about a family with name secrets in their closet. Correct pronunciation: Jayk JIH-luhn-hall Watch him in: "Southpaw", "Demolition"
Watch her in: "The Huntsman: Winter's War", "Mad Max: Fury Road"