• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Christian Bale Addressed Why Some People Wrongly Think He’s American

Home> Entertainment

Updated 18:42 15 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 18:43 15 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Christian Bale Addressed Why Some People Wrongly Think He’s American

Bale once said he deliberately tried to convince people he was American, not just through convincing accents in movies, but also while speak

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

While many people may have assumed that Hollywood actor Christian Bale is an American star, he actually hails from the other side of the pond – a revelation that he’s previously addressed, admitting he’s even pretended to have a Stateside drawl before in interviews. Hear his real accent here:

Bale once said he deliberately tried to convince people he was American, not just through convincing accents in movie roles, but also while speaking to the press off-set. 

Advert

The actor was born in the Welsh town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, but his family eventually settled in England, where he grew up. 

However, speaking to the Press Association back in 2019, he explained how he ‘couldn’t get any work in England’. 

The clip resurfaced on TikTok recently, where many people shared their shock, with one writing: “WHAT HES BRITISH????” 

Someone else said: “No this can’t be.” 


Advert

In the interview, Bale explained: “I don’t know what it was about me but nobody would bloody hire me.” 

He said that, while he could get jobs in the US with his own accent, it was ‘always in a sort of billowing sleeve and vest period thing with floppy hair and stuff’. 

Bale continued: “Great, but that’s not what I wanted to do for my whole life. But that was all that kept coming my way, but it was work, and in England it was no work. 

“And so I said I’ve really got to just be able to convince people I’m American.” 

He explained how he had spoken with an American accent during a number of interviews in order to keep up the act, adding that people not knowing much about him is ‘the ideal as an actor’. 

Advert

“So it was lovely to see them getting surprised by that,” he said. 

“But what was interesting was a lot of them got it very wrong and they go, ‘listen to his Welsh accent’. 

“Yes, I was born in Wales but I don’t think I’ve got any ring of Welsh in my accent at all.” 

 

Featured Image Credit: Press Association

Topics: Celebrity, Christian Bale

Jess Hardiman
Jess Hardiman

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

X

@Jess_Hardiman

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
4 hours ago
6 hours ago
a day ago
  • an hour ago

    Emma Watson was left ‘violated’ after what photographers did to her on her 18th birthday

    The actor was a victim of the practice before it became a crime in England and Wales

    Entertainment
  • 4 hours ago

    Film fans are urging people to watch dystopian thriller that becomes ‘more relevant every year’

    It's been nearly two decades since the film was released

    Entertainment
  • 6 hours ago

    Johnny Depp explains why he took Amber Heard to trial in rare interview

    He reckons he's a 'crash test dummy' for the MeToo movement

    Entertainment
  • a day ago

    Machine Gun Kelly speaks out for first time about relationship with Megan Fox since having daughter

    Actress Megan Fox and musician MGK are 'co-parenting' their baby daughter after being in an on-and-off relationship for four years

    Entertainment
  • Christian Bale has outlined his one condition to return as Batman in The Dark Knight 4
  • Heartbreaking moment Christian Bale fought back tears as he made comment about Heath Ledger on stage
  • Everything Christian Bale has said about The Dark Knight return in Batman role
  • There's a worrying reason behind why some people enjoy watching true crime to relax, psychologist warns