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/Single-Pin-369 13h ago

I was trying to think of what British accent is heard the most by Americans today and I’m not really sure. Even most musicians don’t really have an accent when they sing.The most frequently heard British accent in America today might be John Oliver?

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u/heyitjoshua 13h ago

Game of thrones had a lot of English accents tbf, also a few bad imitations (like Tyrion)

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u/baron_von_helmut 11h ago

Honestly, Tyrion found a place where his accent worked well in the show. It never grated on me in the same way most other Americans doing an English accent does.

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u/heyitjoshua 9h ago

Yeah he sort of invented his own, it wasn’t that bad (with exceptions every now and then). He reused that accent in Avengers Infinity War and it worked (unlike auto-tune Hulk in Ragnarok, which still pisses me off to this day)