Eleanor Tomlinson reveals TV bosses cut her audition short after accent disaster

During This Morning, Eleanor Tomlinson said TV bosses cut her audition for Peaky Blinders short because she couldn&#39;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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