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18th November 2020
10:28am GMT
![Emily Blunt: “[Jamie Dornan] assured me that I sounded Irish and I’m going to believe him”](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.her.ie%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F11%2FScreenshot-2020-11-11-at-08.00.49.png&w=1536&q=75)
The latest folk to do this are the film's stars Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt. Boasting a Northern Irish and English accent between them, the pair shouldn't have found it too difficult to get somewhere with the midlands drawl.
And according to Dornan, they do actually sound Irish in the movie. We'll, eh, let you be the judge of that.
Blunt told PEOLE magazine that she had a bit more trouble than her co-star when delivering her lines.
"Jamie's from Northern Ireland," she said. "So we were both sort of thrown in at the deep end having to do an accent that was unfamiliar.
"I'll admit, I'm sure I had a tougher time with it than he did initially, but he's not usually one to give people tips, he's the most unpresumptuous person ever. But he assured me that I sounded Irish and I'm going to believe him.
"So if he's wrong, I'm going to blame him for any backlash on my accent. He has assured me it was a great Irish accent. We'll see."
Dornan added that despite being from the North, he was "terrified" of getting the accent wrong.
"I was like, no, we're going to be good," he said. "Admittedly, a lot easier for me. I'm actually from about 120 miles from where the movie is set, and Emily, there's an ocean between her and where the movie is set.
"Or the Irish Sea, certainly. So, it was definitely easier for me, but she's amazing."
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