If And Then There Were None were an American film, the producers could probably get away with Aidan Turner playing an English character. But it was made for British TV and for most Brits it's screamingly obvious that Turner is Irish from the moment he opens his mouth that they simply changed Lombard's nationality.
shareAidan Turner was born and raised in the Dublin area. What you are hearing is his native accent. AT can do a decent RP accent if the script calls for it (Poldark, Desperate Romantics, in The Hobbit he used a variation of Richard Armitage's native accent).
BTW, the large number of Irish immigrants to the US has influenced certain geographical American Accents.
What you are hearing is his native accent.
I only heard the Irish break through occasionally. To me, Toby Stephens was the one trying to use an American accent.
shareLombard is an adventurer who travels the world trying to strike it rich. You could speculate that he had gone to the US, committed some crimes, and had to flee the country -- having acquired some American tinge to his accent in the process.
shareAs someone who was born in Ireland, I can confirm that is an Irish accent. There are loads of types of Irish accent (there are 3 or 4 different types just in Dublin!) and some Irish people just don't have very strong accents.
To be honest, I was actually happy to hear him talk with his own native accent, as often Irish actors are made to exaggerate their own accents and it usually sounds over the top... that's probably what a lot of you are used to hearing, which is why this might sound strange
absolutely.
not all Irishmen and women have a diddly-dee accent!