American Accent

Christopher's younger brother and writer of several of his films.
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was listening to an episode of Creative Screenwriting podcast that features Jonathan Nolan, little surprised to find out that he actually speaks with American accent.
http://c3.libsyn.com/media/18606/TheDar ... 6173328738

This is what we know: Jonathan was born in London, England and grew up in Chicago, unlike his brother Chris, who grew up across the Atlantic in UK. Their dad is British and mom is American.

I'm not trying to make a big deal out of it, just a little trivia I want to share you. Still, it's weird to have two siblings that speak different dialects. :lol:
(any other examples people? :lol: )
Interview that explains it all: http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_10195.html


(How much of an influence does this have on their working relationship and the screenplays they write together?)

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Jonah moved to the States and went to school there, whereas Chris remained in England to go to university. One reason why their accents are so different.

Here's another audio interview with Jonah from 2006 where he's asked about his accent.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/creatives ... eQandA.mp3

It's a good interview, well worth a listen.

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He took some stick at his Chicago school for his English accent so adopted an American one.

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Oh wow, I never heard his voice before. Cool.

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that's really interesting ...

There are certain parts of that podcast where you hear Jonathan's "English tinge."
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It's common knowledge that they both have British, as well as American nationality. The difference between them, is that Christopher is more like British-American, while Jonathan is more American-British.
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