Charlie Hunnam has finally acknowledged his strange 'half English, half American' accent
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Charlie Hunnam has opened up on his 'half English, half American' accent. Watch below to hear him in action:
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The British actor, who was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, played Sax Teller on Sons of Anarchy and his performance was initially so good that no one clocked he was British.
However, as the seasons went on, fans started to question his accent as it seemed to sometimes slip, ever so slightly.
So, for his role in King Arthur, the actor was forced to hire a dialect coach to help him 'sound English again'.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actor admitted that the situation with his accent had become a little bit 'embarrassing'.
"It's so embarrassing to say as an Englishman, but I'd been working in America for so long, that when I got King Arthur, I had to hire a dialect coach to help me sound English again, which was sort of an absurd situation to find myself in."
In his new series Shantaram, Hunnam plays an Australian fugitive named Lin Ford who lives in 1980s Bombay.
Addressing another change in accent, Hunnam told 7 News Australia: "I had a wonderful dialect coach and a lot of Australian friends who helped me, but honestly I think I probably got about 75 percent of the way there.
"I have a strange accent myself, it’s half English, half American, and everybody, my entire life, has thought I was Australian.
"I have a lot of family in Melbourne – I came to Melbourne the first time when I was two years old and spent six weeks there, so I’ve been coming to Australia all my life."
Explaining the premise of Shantaram, Apple TV said: "Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear.
"Working as a medic for the city's poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption."
Rotten Tomatoes critics have given the series an underwhelming 56 percent, but the audience seem to differ by issuing the film with a generous 81 percent.
The Critics' Consensus reads: "Charlie Hunnam is appealingly roguish as the irascible Lin Ford, but Shantaram's lack of a propelling narrative leaves this compelling character stranded."
Shantaram is available to stream on Apple TV+ now
Featured Image Credit: FX / Vanity Fair
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