# Brits: How was Christian Bale's accent in "The Prestige"?

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**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-how-was-christian-bales-accent-in-the-prestige/471666 "2008-11-07T17:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-how-was-christian-bales-accent-in-the-prestige/471666/1 "2008-11-07T17:36:04Z")

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Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491697), but not wanting to hijack. I know Bale hales from the UK, and I see from research he is Welsh by birth but born to English parents. My American ears hear his dialect work in _The Prestige_ as pretty straight Cockney, perhaps a trifle overdone, but I’m wondering how it sounds to British ears.