Strictly star Layton Williams discusses his Bury accent on Graham Norton Show

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00:00 So, there's literally two young actors on the couch,

00:02 Leighton and Bella. You both have...

00:04 You caught me in a moment. I thought I'd have a quick swing.

00:06 LAUGHTER

00:08 But, Bella and Leighton, have you ever been encouraged

00:11 to kind of lose your accents?

00:13 Mm... Well, I went to theatre school from, like, the age of 12.

00:16 It just was easier to just speak sometimes like everybody else spoke.

00:22 Cos if you say, "Oh, Bath..."

00:24 That's all I had.

00:26 "Bath, that's it, that's my lot."

00:28 But, you know what I mean? I just started to round my words.

00:30 I feel like recently, like, if I played a Northern character,

00:34 I go home to my mum and she's like, "Why are you speaking like that?"

00:36 She's like, "You don't even sound like you're from here any more."

00:38 So, it's a bit wishy-washy, but, you know. Where are you from?

00:41 I'm from Burry, which is like Great Manchester.

00:43 Yeah, cool. Got a little bit of a twang.

00:44 Yeah, I can hear it. Yeah. Thanks.

00:47 Yeah, you're welcome. My mum will be proud.