Anne Hathaway has admitted she still struggles to mimic the British accent for her acting roles, nine years after her panned Yorkshire twang in the film One Day.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, the Hollywood superstar, 36, said she hired a dialect coach to help with her role in The Hustle, after learning she would have to do the accent a week before filming commenced.
It came as Anne also confessed to Graham that her three-year-old son Jonathan isn’t a fan of her singing, saying he screams ‘Mama No!’ whenever she breaks into an impromptu number.
She told Graham: ‘I found out I had to do it a week before we started shooting. I thought if I didn’t do it, it wouldn’t make a difference, but the director insisted.
‘I’ve done it before and it hasn’t always gone well, and it is so stressful to see someone struggle through an accent, so I got a dialect coach and made the best of it.’
Her co-star Rebel Wilson then interjected: ‘As the producer, I gave her all the accents and I was cast as Australian, so I did no prep!’
In 2011 Anne’s version of the Yorkshire accent for her performance in One Day was heavily criticised, and according to The Mail On Sunday, fans described the Northern tone as ‘awkward’ and ‘uncomfortable.’
In The Hustle – a remake of 1984’s Dirty Rotten Soundrels – Anne plays a high-class British con artist who joins forces with an Australian scammer, played by Rebel Wilson.
And despite her Oscar winning performance in Les Misérables, Anne went onto tell Graham that her three-year-old son Jonathan is less of a fan of her vocals.
She said: ‘He does not like my singing voice at all. When I sing he puts his hand up and says, ”Mama no! Mama no!”
‘He is a very tough crowd. Recently though, I was singing something from Peppa Pig and he let me continue. I was crying and singing!’
Anne and Rebel were guests on the show alongside Killing Eve star Jodie Comer, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and singer Mabel.
This is the second time Rebel has worked on producing a film, after Isn’t It Romantic was released earlier this year.
She told Graham: ‘They gave me $40m and said, ”Go for it.” I asked Annie how much she wanted, I got some and we had really good catering. The film actually worked out well!’
The Pitch Perfect star also touched on The Hustle’s rating, as she insisted that giving it an R was ‘sexist.’
She said: ‘They gave it an ‘R’ for ”rude” and, as the producer, I had to go and represent the film to the board.
‘I did a massive presentation and analysis of films starring men and women and proved they were being sexist. The jury was out for five minutes and they change the rating to a PG. I crushed it!’
The Graham Norton Show airs on Friday 19th April at 10:30pm on BBC One.
SOURCE: DAILY MAIL
