Netflix series the Queen’s Gambit has achieved overwhelming success across the world with more than 62 million views. But fans of the hit show were shocked to hear a slightly Scottish twang in the accent of leading lady Anya Taylor-Joy during an interview on Friday night.
When speaking to the BBC’s Graham Norton, the 24-year-old pronounced several words with a familiar inflection which pricked the ears of several fans in Scotland.
And it turns out that the star, who plays red-headed chess prodigy Beth Harmon in the show, does actually have Scottish roots.Born in Miami, she is the daughter of Scottish-Argentinian former world powerboat champion Dennis Alan Taylor.In his other career as an investment banker in Buenos Aires, Dennis was awarded.
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