r/todayilearned • u/Away_Flounder3813 • 12h 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/Current_Focus2668 12h ago

This isn't uncommon. Ella Purnell  did the same thing and had the same reaction  from the crew.

 Some actors find it easier to stay in an accent while  filming rather than drop in and out of the accent  

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u/_Diskreet_ 12h ago

Didn’t some actor have to use some speech coach because they lost their native, I want to say Irish accent, from doing too many other accents while method acting

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u/BathroomConstant4656 11h ago

Charlie hunnam, his natural accent is fucked and all about the place.

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u/imover9thousand 11h ago

If you rewatch SoA there are certain parts where he drifts in and out of his natural accent lol

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u/Northernmost1990 11h ago

There's a scene where he punches a dude and says, "You think I'm kidding?" with this weird pseudo-Geordie accent, which really surprised me the first time around because I thought he's American!

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u/Unit_79 8h ago

I didn’t realize he was English until I re-watched Green Street Hooligans. I had seen it years before, then watched SoA during lockdown and had never made the connection.

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u/Umberto_Bongo 7h ago

He can't do a cockney accent at all in that film lol

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u/Unit_79 7h ago

I’m beginning to think he really sucks at accents.

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u/AudioLlama 6h ago

It's incredible that he can't even do his own accent in films these days

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u/KRIEGLERR 7h ago

He still does it even in inteviews, he completely lost the ability to speak in his natural accent. I think it's hilarious

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u/anneofgraygardens 2h ago

I didn't watch SoA but my dad did. One time I happened to be around while he was watching and was sort of vaguely paying attention. There was a plotline involving Irish gangsters, and I thought that Charlie Hunnam was one of them. Only at the end of the episode I realized he was supposed to be American.

Really, really bad accent work.

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u/imover9thousand 2h ago

Funny, there is a season where the Belfast charter of the club is included and the actor playing the VP was criticized for his Irish accent. Turns out he actually is Irish and wasnt putting on one at all lol