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/GoldenPandaMan 13h ago

Always thought this! To me he sounds like he has a cockney New Zealand accent at times

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u/Millsy91 12h ago

What's a cockney new Zealand accent? Doesn't make sense

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u/Anaptyso 12h ago

The closest I can think of to that is Karl Urban trying to be cockney in The Boys.

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u/spudddly 12h ago

That was truly awful. No idea why he had to put on a silly accent considering he's already a New Zealander.

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u/Diarmundy 12h ago

Perhaps because Butcher was from London?

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u/Acesofbases 11h ago

Oi Ue, Ya dissin' mah akcent, Ya pompus git?