While Michael Fassbender's Erik Lensherr was seemingly of German origin in
X-Men: First Class, some were left wondering about his rather unique accent, which occassionally sounded a little Irish...not a surprise as that's where the actor is actually from. Well, here's an explanation for you courtesy of
IGN Movies:
"I'm kind of using my own accent and taking out as much Irish-ness as I can. People always say that I sound anything but Irish... most people say to me Canadian, or people have said Dutch, German, South African.
"But what do you do with the accent? Because he's not English and he didn't really have any sort of history in England. But I think he is well-educated... so I'm just trying to play a more neutral version of my own accent."
So there you have it! I can't say his accent bothered me in the least, but I now a few people picked up on it. What did you think? Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place!
Starring James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr, Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme, Lucas Till as Alex Summers/Havok, Caleb Landry Jones as Sean Cassidy/Banshee, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, Oliver Platt as the Man in Black, Jason Flemyng as Azazel and Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggart,
X-Men: First Class is out now!
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