I heard her say in one of her interviews that she cannot speak tamil well.. Considering she studied in Chennai,home in Chennai,being a Palakkad Brahmin.. is it just a publicity stunt??
Modern figure-a paathu mayangidaadheenga ilaignargale. Vaaya thoranda oru mini koovam ae irukkum pola ;-) (Don't get impressed by modern gals, if they open their mouths... a river of filth will flow out!!!)
She even dubbed for herself for Aayutha Ezhuthu, Manmadhan Ambu, Mankaatha n Samar. So I'm pretty sure she can speak well. But probably she thinks that pretending not to know Tamil well would make her feel so upper class!
because peter matters in the cinema industry .... ennaku tamil konjam konjam than theriyum sonna thaney stylu.................. even among the common people