"Speak ahp!"
Aaron Pierre's US/Detroit accent has been so convincing that a lot of Lanterns fans were surprised to learn that he was actually from the UK, but the actor's British accent did briefly slip out during this past Sunday's fourth episode.
During the scene with Hal Jordan and John Stewart interrogating the man posing as Hector Hammond, Stewart asks, "Who are you?" before slamming his hand on the table and shouting, "Speak up," in a prominent South London accent.
The clip has gone viral on social media, and HBO Max has now joined in on the fun by sharing a fan edit of their own with the caption, "You can take Aaron Pierre out of Croydon, but you can't take the Croydon out of Aaron Pierre."
Pierre hasn't commented on the internet's reaction to the slip, but we're sure he'll see the funny side.
“I immediately recognized the enormity of the opportunity and the gift that it is to engage with, first and foremost, this character and this world. And being the first live-action [John Stewart] is also something that I recognize the magnitude of,” Pierre said of landing the role in a recent interview with THR. “So it was very nerve-wracking, but I have a history and a habit of intentionally seeking out things that unnerve me.”
Did you pick up on Pierre's accent slip while watching the episode? Let us know in the comments.
HBO in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios. The pilot episode is co-written by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, who are co-creators for the series. Mundy serves as showrunner. The first two episodes are directed by James Hawes, with Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik Sakharov also tapped to direct. The series is executive produced by Mundy, Lindelof, James Gunn, Peter Safran, King, Ron Schmidt, and Hawes. Based on the DC comic characters from Green Lantern.
The series stars Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Laura Linney, Jason Ritter, Ulrich Thomsen, Nathan Fillion, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Jasmine Cephas Jones.
The series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.