Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin is an English actor...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 July 1969
accent discovered england judged left parts posh
When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.
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Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.
arrive incredibly might ordering people
When you arrive in L.A. as an Englishman, you might as well be on the moon. People just don't understand you if you speak too fast, and most people there think you're Australian. Ordering was incredibly complicated. I was speechless.