He switches between accents
“Accents aren’t accents, they’re language … It’s almost like a code,” said the British-Zimbabwean actor, who is able to switch easily between accents, even in real life. This is not surprising though for an actor who has lived in London, Zimbabwe, and LA. “My father spoke with something very similar to a 1920s newscaster type of English, and I learnt that accent of power in post-colonial Zimbabwe,” he told Square Mile. “So I learnt that, and I learnt how to copy it, and I learnt how to shift in and out of it, but also talk like my mother’s relatives in the village,” said the actor who just starred in the 1960’s romance, Sylvie’s Love.
