David Tennant looks like Fraserburgh-born serial killer Dennis Nilsen in the new ITV drama Des, but did he get his accent right?
In 1992 Nilsen gave a rare interview to Carlton TV’s Murder in Mind documentary series – and it was one of the pieces of material the actor used to make the accent accurate for the three-part series.
Speaking to the Radio Times, David Tennant said: “It was a useful starting point to see how he moved and how he sounded, as there are occasional bits of audio of him around, too.”
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