Alec Baldwin has something to say about Gillian Anderson using his American accent when accepting a Golden Globe on Sunday for “The Crown” – a move apparently confusing to fans of his British work.
“Changing your accent? That looks … fascinating, ”Baldwin, 62, tweeted Wednesday.
He was just one of many who discussed Anderson’s normal Yankee voice, with some barely able to believe that the 52-year-old Chicago native and former X-File star was even an American.
“I just blew my mind by discovering @GillianA has no English accent in real life, ” wrote a fan, with another addition, “I feel so uncomfortable knowing that Gillian Anderson is American and not British.”
Anderson had a lot of time to improve her British accent, as she spent several years living in London, and said in the past that she often switches between accents.
“Even on the phone, my accent is going to change,” she told the British newspaper The Telegraph in 2009.
Baldwin’s decision to bring up Anderson’s accent is possibly an actor’s attempt to maliciously defend his wife Hilaria Baldwin.
The mother of six, 37, was charged in December for her fluctuating Spanish accent, shortly before admitting that her real name was Hillary. She was also raised in Boston, unlike Mallorca, Spain, as it deliberately led people to believe.
More recently, the couple shocked the audience by welcoming son number six, just five months after a son, Eduardo, joined the litter.