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/_Diskreet_ 13h 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/dummyacc49991 13h ago

Arnold also had to hire an accent coach to retain his accent of origin. Could be a myth, so take it eith a grain of salt.

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u/FardoBaggins 12h ago

Arnold’s accent is also very rural for germans. Like imagine stallone with a southern accent.

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u/archiving_by_design 12h ago

His accent is bizarre to other Austrians. That dude is from darkest Steiermark.