Famous people who fooled you with their real accent.

[atypical_boro]

Christopher Fairbank (Moxey)

He's really posh in real life!

 

[Lefty]

Absolutely I have lots of friends in Baltimore, I lived there for two years and my apartment building and favourite bar were in it, my friends were amazed at Idris being English, couldn’t get there heads around lad it. McNulty accent is less convincing

Lance Reddick, who played Lt Daniels, was from Baltimore. He had been watching Elba do read throughs for a while and then he saw him carrying on conversations with the actor who played Herc and Elba kept up his accent and body gestures. He couldn't decide if he was from Baltimore or maybe The Bronx. So he asked him where he was from and was absolutely flabbergasted when Elba smiled and said, in a cockney accent 'east London, mate'.

 

[Badonde]

Shakin' Stevens - thick welsh accent when talking
Wouldn't have a clue from his singing voice

 

[Legz]

Just heard his real voice on taskmaster!!
I've only ever known him do stuff like the above clip

 

[Soutra]

this

Martin Compston played a few games of football for Morton years ago. He was tipped to be a star.

 

[Soutra]

Jodie Comer

Jodie Comer can do any number of accents, all really convincing. Strangely enough her natural Liverpool accent doesn't sound quite as convincing.

 

[SmallTown]

Jodie Comer can do any number of accents, all really convincing. Strangely enough her natural Liverpool accent doesn't sound quite as convincing.

And she did pretty much all of them in Killing Eve!

 

[Scrug]

I absolutely love Jodie Comer, I think she’s incredible. I think I’m one of the few who loves the Scouse accent too so it only heightened my love for her.

 

[SilentProf]

She did a Scottish accent in Killing Eve that I was absolutely certain must be her real one until I saw her on a chat show later.