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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Christian Bale.  Had no idea he wasn't American until I heard him in interview.[/quote]
Christian Bale did Batman interviews with an American accent, and Terry Gross on Fresh Air asked him what happened to his native accent. Its a pretty funny exchange because Gross sounds shocked when he tells that he made a conscious decision to continue with the American accent for interviews.[/quote]

That's a great story! And not surprising, as he can be pretty intense about roles. I wonder if Daniel Day-Lewis ever did the same kind of thing; he was pretty studied and focused about character details and it seems like something he'd do too....Any idea?

It's not unheard of for actors to maintain accents on the set, if not in interviews. David Suchet, who played Agatha Christie's Poirot for years, spoke in his Poirot Francophone Belgian accent while on set, not just while on camera. When the costume went on, the accent did too. I saw an interview--done on set--in which he was speaking in the character accent, and he said that he found switching from the accent to his own voice and back again was distracting, and it was both easier and kept him consistent to retain the accent. Interesting, and makes sense. Love details like that. [/quote]

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