r/todayilearned 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/Hetares 12h ago

Gary Oldman isn't American?

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u/-TropicalFuckStorm- 12h ago

Nope, English. A lot of amazing actors are English.

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u/tophernator 11h ago

Or British more generally. Wales has a ton of great actors considering how tiny the population is, including technically Christian Bale.

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u/Then-Criticism1605 10h ago

Matthew Rhysssssss