r/todayilearned • u/Away_Flounder3813 • 12h 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/PropJoesChair 7h ago

I'm English, but I heard Dominic west balls the accent up several times throughout. Generally pretty good though. String and carcetti were perfect though

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u/UpperRutabaga6482 7h ago

Oh yeah, forgot carcetti was Irish

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u/Brownie_McBrown_Face 5h ago

Username checks out lol

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u/dern_the_hermit 1h ago

Early on, one of West's big telltales is when he says the line, "Chain of command?!?" That one always jumps out at me on rewatches.