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When bad accents happen to good people

Those of you who are tuning in every week to the latest of Sally Rooney’s novels to be adapted to the small screen will notice one of the lead actors in Conversations with friends has a questionable Dublin accent. Joe Alwyn who plays Nick in the Lenny...

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12.14 10 Jun 2022


When bad accents happen to good people


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12.14 10 Jun 2022


Those of you who are tuning in every week to the latest of Sally Rooney’s novels to be adapted to the small screen will notice one of the lead actors in Conversations with friends has a questionable Dublin accent. Joe Alwyn who plays Nick in the Lenny Abraham-directed TV series is not the first non-native actor to have struggled with the Irish accent. John Fardy, Presenter of Screentime talked us through some of the most memorable Irish accent fopaux.


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