Mark Strong's fake accent

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dagger-7 — 9 years ago(October 21, 2016 02:39 PM)

Why was Mark Strong trying to speak with a Scottish accent in this movie?

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TakeTwoTheyreSmall — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 09:48 AM)

He's an actor. He was acting. That's what they do. What's his natural dialect? I have no idea. Do you? Maybe he wasn't acting. SLJ spoke with an exaggerated lisp. What does that mean? He was acting. Maybe. It is a comedic parody. If Strong was speaking with anything other than his own, original tongue, it was absolutely intentional, and in full following with the theme of the movie.
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smolo82 — 9 years ago(November 25, 2016 10:28 PM)

He is from Londonnot much faking going on.

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murasakix — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 08:52 PM)

It apparently was supposed to be Welsh (a really difficult accent to nail down) because Arthurian legend/Myrddin are of Welsh origin.

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murasakix — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 08:53 PM)

But I guess he could only do Scottish and they said "eff it. Good enough"

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dagger-7 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:45 AM)

Ok, if he was going for a Welsh accent and didn't quite nail it, that makes sense, and thanks for the plausible explanation. I'm quite sure he didn't speak in his natural accent, though, as that would be neutral British English, which he used throughout the interviews in the Blu-ray extras.

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MrHooba — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 12:24 AM)

Strong was speaking in his natural accent. It was very similar to when he and Firth were in Fever Pitch together.