Danny Dyer has revealed top Hollywood execs advised him to adopt an American accent if he wanted to make it big as an A List movie star
Danny Dyer was advised to ditch his Cockney accent to boost his chance of making it in Hollywood. The former EastEnders star, 47, was told to adopt an American twang even when he wasn’t acting.
He said: “I did go over there years ago and did the whole classic, on the next big thing and I just couldn’t be bothered. “I hated the fact that they wanted me to speak American all the time, which is what you’re meant to do out there. Everyone thought I was Australian.
“Can I be bothered? How desperate do you want to be? I understand that’s where the work is and that’s the ultimate, but can I be bothered to go and live out there on my own… talking American all the time to everybody pretending I’m someone else? Nah. Can I be f*****?”
Danny also gave up on dreams of making it in Hollywood because he wasn’t keen to move them and ditch Britain.
He said: “Got an agent, manager, lawyer… you got to get. But they wanted me to live there for six months and I had small children.”
Despite not making it in Hollywood, Danny has still racked up a string of hit films over the years. The star is most famous for roles in The Business, The Football Factory and Mean Machine.
Earlier this year he was back on the big screen in Marching Powder. His next flick is Three Quick Breaths, which sees him play a man in an office.
He said: “This guy just has the worst day ever and never cuts away from me. I read it and I thought, this is amazing. They sent it to me the other day. I watched it and I’m really proud of it. I think it comes out next year, but it’s definitely an achievement.”
Danny struggled to learn all the lines because there were so many.
He added: “We shot it in 10 days in Dublin and I had to learn 15 pages pages a day.
“It drove me insane at the end. I couldn’t wait to finish it. I didn’t see any of Dublin.
“I would learn my dialogue. Fifteen pages. Go to sleep. Wake up in the morning, go to the studio, one set, one room, do it, wrap.”
Hear the full interview on The Louis Theroux Podcast.
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