Daniel Craig admits accent struggle

(Cover) - EN Movies - Daniel Craig claims that he sounds South African when he puts on a Scandinavian accent.

The British actor plays Mikael Blomkvist in the new movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The film – which is based on the popular Millennium book series written by Stieg Larsson – is set in Sweden.

However, Daniel decided not to try and perfect the accent for the movie.

“I didn’t do it. I had a conversation with him [Fincher]. I said the Swedish people I know [slips into accent] speak like this. God that’s a dreadful accent. I sound South African,” he laughed to the January edition of GQ magazine. “Anyway, they have rid themselves of the accent because they’ve spent so much time in the UK or America. I said, ‘Can I just not do it? Can we have a go and see how it sounds?’”

Daniel loves playing investigative journalist Mikael. He found it a refreshing change to let his co-stars film fight scenes, while he stood back and watched.

“What I like about him is that he’s very happy to hold her coat while she [Salander] beat the s**t out of somebody,” he quipped. “He’s got a huge ego but not over stuff like that. If you’re good at that job, you do it. I like that. He’s totally non-sexist.”

Daniel has enjoyed working on the project with director David Fincher. The filmmaker often asks his cast to act out the same scene several times, and Daniel has admitted he was happy to spend more time in front of the camera.

“He does do a lot of takes. But he didn’t really do a lot with me. Besides, I’m an actor. I like dressing up and showing off. The more the better,” he added.

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