Florence Pugh's Childhood Accent Prank Revealed

Florence Pugh revealed a unique aspect of her early acting career, detailing how she experimented with accents from a very young age. During an appearance on 'The Graham Norton Show,' the actress recounted her first professional acting gig at the age of six. It was during this early role that she first employed an improvised accent.

Her performance was so convincing that American audiences have often assumed she is American. Pugh shared that she frequently receives comments asking her to stop using her 'British accent.' Tom Cruise, also present, humorously complimented her 'really good British accent,' highlighting the effectiveness of her performance.

Pugh explained that her first acting role was as a pregnant Mary in a nativity play. Uninterested in a straightforward portrayal, the six-year-old decided her character should hail from Grimsby, a place her grandparents were from, and adopted their accent. She was permitted to keep the Grimsby accent for the role, as it perfectly complemented the character's plight.