Line Of Duty fans are always shocked to find out Martin Compston aka the actor who plays Steve Arnott is actually Scottish in real life. Didn't you know? Yep!
In a new interview, the 36-year-old revealed how he perfects the police officer's accent, explaining that he listens to recordings of Steve's lines, spoken by someone with a southern accent. Imagine.
During an appearance on The Jonathan Ross show over the weekend, Martin explains, "'It can be hard, that dialogue on its own would be hard anyway, throw the accent in there... "
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Speaking of a time it got particularly hard, he continued, "The scene we did the other night, 30-pager, trying to juggle the accent at the same time. When we're away from [Line Of Duty] for a long time, when I do that voice I can hear him, it's like a costume."
On how someone records his lines for him to listen to, the actor added, "I walk about all day with him in my ears. It's just graft. I'm not naturally good at accents. I need to work harder, which then makes me better because I'm not complacent with it.
"If you're in these scenes with these amazing actors, amazing guest stars, it's intimidating enough without worrying about the accent. Speaking to the wife and stuff I'll drop it, I very much stay in it [on set]."
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To be fair, that is pretty impressive - remembering all the acronyms and doing a different accent. But does anyone else kind of wish Steve was Scottish?
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