During This Morning, Eleanor Tomlinson said TV bosses cut her audition for Peaky Blinders short because she couldn't do the Birmingham accent.
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00:00 Well, I've heard that you're not very good at the Brummie accent.
00:02 Why is that? And when did you realise that you wasn't any good?
00:05 During the Peaky Blinders audition.
00:06 Yeah, which went...was very short.
00:09 As will this conversation about accents.
00:11 Did you not give me... Why did you not give me a call?
00:13 I should have done. I should have given you some coaching.
00:15 Yeah, yeah, absolutely. What was it?
00:17 Like, were you literally in the audition?
00:19 Yeah, and they actually said, "Oh, you really can't do the accent,
00:22 "can you?" I was like, "Ah, thanks, though."
00:24 I'm trying really hard. Yeah, I'm trying.
00:26 (LAUGHS)
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