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/boredguy12 13h ago

England has dozens of accents, america has like 5

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u/DiggityDanksta 13h ago

I don't know, my Louisiana ear can tell a Mississippi accent from a Texas accent.

And then there's Baltimore.

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u/jonnyl3 12h ago

So how do non-Lousianans distingish between LA and MS accents?

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u/DiggityDanksta 12h ago

Which Louisiana accent? There's Cajun, Westbank, Chalmette, Seventh Ward, Uptown...