Anne Hathaway's Nightmare is 'Becoming Jane'

Mon, 22 January 2007 12:00:00 ET

Anne Hathaway's 'Becoming Jane' is her nightmare since she's to train her accent in cold weather in order to impress critics (because she portrays someone that's so beloved and famous).

Anne Hathaway says filming 'Becoming Jane' was a nightmare.The brunette, who stars as writer Jane Austen, struggled to cope withperfecting the British accent while filming in a cold Irish climate.

Anne told Britain's Sunday Telegraph magazine: "There were certain days whenwe were filming in Ireland and it was so cold, and you're trying not tofreeze to death and of course I'm trying to do the accent. It's so cold itmakes you very tight which can make your voice sound higher."It was always raining. I asked the director 'can't you pay for goodweather?!' "The 24-year-old actress admits her intonation was so poor that most of herdialogue had to be re-recorded.Anne said: "I started to sound a bit too much like myself and not at alllike Jane. After all that f***ing accent work, about 80 per cent of thedialogue in the film was unusable. I had to go to England to re-record itall."

The 'Devil Wears Prada' actress says she was terrified at the prospect ofportraying the legendary writer and was so determined to impress criticsthat she was left exhausted after filming finished.Anne said: "This was my first big accent undertaking. The pressure ofplaying someone so beloved and of whom people are so fiercely protective wasnerve-wracking."I've never been so exhausted as when I finished this movie. It took meabout two months to regain my strength."

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