Accents in movies are a strange thing, and people get really hung up when a character doesn't sound like where they are supposed to come from.
Russell Crowe was particularly ribbed for his accent in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood film in 2010 – he even walked out of an interview when a BBC Radio host insinuated it sounded Irish.
Now, eight years later, it's been brought up again on Twitter, and the actor is not here for your jokes, because he put a LOT of work into that accent.
Responding to a fan, who'd asked "what the f**k was Russell Crowe's accent in Robin Hood?", Crowe explained where the accent had come from.
"[It was] A child born in Barnsley, on his father's death, taken to France at age 6, travels across Europe to the Middle East on foot, fights in the third crusade for Richard I, alongside men from all parts of Britain, Ireland and France & finally returns to England a man in his 40's," he wrote.
And he wasn't even tagged in the question, so that's commitment.
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But it wasn't just looking at Robin's life story to create his hodgepodge accent, as Crowe revealed he also had personal help from a broadcasting legend, Michael Parkinson.
"Michael was the principal influence," he added. "At the time he was the only person I knew from Barnsley and he certainly had travelled. He kindly let me spend some hours in his company and record his voice."
You might think that is all a bit much, but at least he bothered with a British accent, unlike Kevin Costner.
Recently, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld said he tried to get Crowe to play Cable in the sequel, but ended up "insulting" the actor.
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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he's covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV and movies both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I'm a Fish.
