Ewan McGregor is no stranger to different dialects, but tackling the sounds of a native Minnesotan had him tongue-tied.
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The “Star Wars” and “Trainspotting” star plays two different brothers on season three of FX’s “Fargo”. Addressing a panel at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Thursday, McGregor revealed why he showed up to a freezing-cold shoot at Canada’s countryside a day early: “I didn’t like the idea of them starting without me,” he explained.
But there was more to it than that: “Plus the ‘Fargo’ dialect coach was there, and I needed him,” McGregor added.
The 45-year-old actor admitted no accent on earth has stumped him quite as much as that of his two Minnesotan characters on “Fargo”: “It’s very difficult, strange accent to lock into. I don’t know if it’s harder as a non-American. It’s the hardest accent I’ve ever done, and I’ve done Dutch once!”
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This isn’t the first time McGregor has been at the mercy of an accent, previously admitting to having had a rough time mastering a French accent for his role as Lumiere in Disney’s upcoming “Beauty and the Beast”.
