Emily Blunt opens up about controversial Irish accents in ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
Wild Mountain Thyme.Last November, the first trailer for the film was mocked for its “very upsetting” Irish accents.The film, a new drama directed by John Patrick Shanley based on his play Outside Mullingar, stars Blunt alongside Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm and Christopher Walken.Speaking to Sky News, Blunt and her co-star Dornan said they’re “not going to lose any sleep” over last year’s reaction.Blunt said: “I think it was sort of to be expected in some ways…ultimately, when you’re doing an accent, you just do your best.“Luckily, this film is not really about accents, it’s about something much bigger than that,” Blunt continued. “So, I think we all took it fairly lightly.