Chris O'Dowd shares why many of his characters have Irish accents and why he'd rather not do an American accent. The actor opens up about representing the Irish diaspora and how his background shapes his work. "You realize when you come from Ireland ...
Chris O'Dowd shares why many of his characters have Irish accents and why he'd rather not do an American accent. The actor opens up about representing the Irish diaspora and how his background shapes his work. "You realize when you come from Ireland that comedy and humor is almost a currency," he said. "We kind of use it often as a way to get out of tragedy or even to ridicule tragedy."