Darren Criss Faked a British Accent for Four Years

Darren Criss chats with Jimmy about the time he faked a British accent to get to the front of a Phantom Planet concert and how the lie came back to haunt him.

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Darren Criss Faked a British Accent for Four Years

[Lucy-obww]

the only american I've ever heard who can pull of a British accent without sounding american

[catherineharris]

that is the best british accent i've ever heard from a none british person. wish you would tour in u.k. 1:28 for those people who want to listen to it on repeat.

[sunniva]

I loved the british accent story. It was really funny, and I'm so glad we got to hear it, but I can't believe he got asked about avpm, and he didn't actually talk about it at all :/ Would've loved to hear what he has to say about the whole thing looking back

[xplicks]

The "fake accent" story gets so much better when you think about him playing Andrew on ACS. The "fake pineapple plantation in the Philippines" guy.

[monikayourg]

1:52 is more than OKAY, it was the least cringy British accent I've heard in a long time😃😃😅

[Tiger-Lilly]

I was just thinking last night while watching "The Assassination of Gianni Versace", that if I ever saw this actor walking on the street, I might actually feel a sense of fear even though I know he's just the actor. Just because he plays the character so well.

[reshmibanerjee]

Darren, you have acted so skilfully and the emotions were emoted so beautifully on screen in American Crime Story.Congratulations for crafting such a great piece of art.

[froggy]

The accent is honestly bang on what the heck

[milabello]

As if I needed more of a reason to love him, his British accent sounded very good

[daniaalkhan]

I'm British and I want his accent

[vr]

Ryan Murphy also created American Horror Story!!! He is brilliant!

[-The-Golden-God-]

FYI There's no such thing as a British accent. What he was trying to do was an English accent. I'd give it a 6/10 :p

[barbaro]

I'm shocked they mentioned the Starkid musical. Not many people know that Darren did a bunch of musicals with Starkid before he was discovered. I LOVE Starkid! Guys, name your favorite Starkid musical! Mine is Trail to Oregon!

[kurtsiecolferites]

This is hilarious because a friend of mine from back in the day became soooo obsessed with Harry Potter that we started talking in a British accent just to see if anyone noticed it was fake. And we actually fooled a couple of people and we were so proud of ourselves! 😂

[MrSilentwater]

He is so beautiful- his role in Gianni Versace was so great 😀 I love him at the first moment and when he dance my heart was broken 💔 but he is not Gay - but in my Dreams and he was my Man 🥰

[emmanuelaadebisi]

I’m a brit and this was actually impressive, bravo 👏🏾

[gracehall]

Oh look he’s not wearing a tie





I guess he holds a grudge after AVPSY

[bearfamous_]

I'm sad he didn't talk more about starkid

[zoeytheawesome]

A Very Potter Musical YESS HE WAS TOTALLY AWESOME

[Maria]

that sounds like a great new fanfic



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