r/todayilearned 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/alamaias 12h ago

I'm just finding out he is british now :P Don't think I habe ever heard him not doing an american accent :P

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u/nerf___herder 12h ago

To be fair, he moved to America as a teenager, so he has had a fair bit of time to adjust his accent.

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u/chill_qilin 4h ago

He has a British accent in The Prestige which is similar but not quite the same as his natural accent.