Daniel Craig had to rebuild his southern drawl for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Brit forgot how to perform his “Kentucky-fried Foghorn Leghorn drawl”
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Even though it’s been three years since Rian Johnson’s Knives Out hit theaters, it’s unlikely you forgot the thick, Kentucky-pegged Southern drawl Daniel Craig brought to the character of Detective Benoit Blanc. While we remember exactly what it sounds like without reintroduction, apparently Craig himself needed a bit of a refresher before filming the sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
“I went away to work with an accent coach for three or four months before we started shooting,” Craig tells Empire Magazine in a new interview. “I’d forgotten the accent, and I didn’t want to do a pastiche. I wanted to make it as grounded and as anchored in reality as possible.”