- Daniel Craig said that he was "terrified" about doing Benoit Blanc's accent in "Knives Out."
- In the film, Craig has a strong Southern accent to fit his character.
Daniel Craig said that he was "fucking terrified" when he had to use Benoit Blanc's Southern accent on the set of "Knives Out" for the first time.
Craig reprises his role as the great detective Benoit Blanc in "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," which premiered on Netflix Friday. While the first "Knives Out" film was praised for many reasons, fans also loved Blanc's strong Southern accent.
During the latest episode of the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, the English-American actor spoke about his experience crafting the accent for the first film.
"Jamie Lee Curtis was standing in front of me. And the rest of these brilliant actors. And they're just all like, 'Come on then.' It was like, 'Okay, here we go,'" the James Bond actor recalled about why it was so terrifying to do the accent.
Craig said his worries about the accent did not disappear when filming the sequel.
"I was really nervous when we came back to this one that I'd be doing an impression of that," he admitted. "And I was like, 'Oh god, that would just be terrible and it will be like a pastiche of what I've done.' So I just got back to work."
Craig added that the accent caught on with other people on set while filming "Glass Onion," with Kathryn Hahn portraying it the best.
"I speak it on set most of the time and then everyone is speaking it. So we're all speaking like Benoit Blanc," he said.
Earlier this year, the "No Time To Die" actor told Empire that he had spent fourth months relearning the Blanc accent ahead of filming "Glass Onion."
"I went away to work with an accent coach for three or four months before we started shooting," Craig said. "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."
"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is now streaming on Netflix.