Winston was a bit of a challenge, all right, from a lot of different perspectives. It wasn't just the culture or the class divide or the historical baggage - it was also the age difference. We had to see if I could be aged-up legitimately, without it becoming some sort of hokey acting challenge.
My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.
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