Why did Abel speak in a Scottish accent when his cover was that he was
.. from the North of England?
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I found this, which helps clear it up a bit:
http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/629573/Sting-scolds-Mark-Rylance-accent-Bridge-of-Spies
Not sure why Sting thinks Abel was a hero!
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Trivia says:
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel's seemingly incongruous accent, as voiced and acted by actor Mark Rylance, was actually accurate. Abel was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Russian parents and spent some of his school age years in Scotland. He returned to Moscow in his late teens but never lost his accent when speaking English.
However, a lengthy Wikipedia article makes no mention of Scotland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Abel
But that famously authoritative source, the Sun newspaper, furnishes a somewhat different account:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1072727/bridge-of-ayes-mark-rylance-was-right-to-play-abel-with-scots-accent-says-author/
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