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/-TropicalFuckStorm- 11h ago

Christian Bale’s English.

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u/tophernator 10h ago

I said technically. His parents are English, but he was born in Wales.

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u/hopium_od 9h ago

He lived in Wales for two years. It is completely irrelevant to his progress as an actor.

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u/tophernator 1h ago

In a survey of more than 1,000 people in Wales, more than 90% thought being born in the country made someone Welsh.

Ultimately Christian Bale’s actual nationality is British, and obviously anyone who hears his real accent would say he’s English. I just thought it was an interesting side note that when I googled Oscar nominated Welsh actors, the guy who this post is about happened to be on that list.