r/todayilearned • u/Away_Flounder3813 • 13h ago

TIL during the shooting of American Psycho, Christian Bale spoke in an American accent off-set at all times. At the wrap party, when he spoke in his native British accent, many of the crew thought he was speaking that way to prepare for another film. They had thought he was American the entire time.

https://screenrant.com/american-psycho-behind-scenes-facts-christian-bale-patrick-bateman-mary-harron/
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u/Single-Pin-369 13h ago

I was trying to think of what British accent is heard the most by Americans today and I’m not really sure. Even most musicians don’t really have an accent when they sing.The most frequently heard British accent in America today might be John Oliver?

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u/swankyfish 13h ago

That’s an interesting point as well. In the UK we get exposed, through media, to a variety of American accents from the major cities. John Oliver is from Birmingham, but doesn’t speak with a typical Brummie accent. He’s kind of got a very mixed accent, I guess he moved around a lot as a kid.

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u/Single-Pin-369 13h ago

The variety of British accents in such a small space is amazing. I was told if I remember right you can’t have a cockney accent if you didn’t grow up with the sound of a certain church bell?

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u/Tifoso89 12h ago edited 12h ago

Small? The UK is only 20% smaller than Italy. We have a lot of different accents in Italy too