Don’t tell Tilda Swinton she has an English accent and not a Scottish accent, or things will get heated.

If you ever get the chance to meet Tilda Swinton and want to point out how charming her British accent is, be careful what you say! To the actress’s ears, her accent was Scottish and definitely not English, and the last confusion ended badly.

“An American friend mistakenly referred to me as English and I slapped him,” the star said GuardianIt mentions that the episode took place during the filming of the filmOrlandoIn the early 1990s.

If Tilda Swinton today admits her move was a little over the top, she thinks it was justified. According to him, the strong method is an acceptable method of teaching with an American…

Wow, these Americans…

“He should have been well informed. But you know these Americans: you have to teach them everything. It’s absolutely true! », continued Tilda Swinton, this time faithful to her aristocratic phlegm.

Rather than being in the “United Kingdom”, many Scots consider themselves colonized by the British. The question of independence was revived with the Brexit vote, with Robert the Bruce’s country voting overwhelmingly to remain in Europe.

Although born in London, the actress is very much connected to her Scottish roots and nobility, her father being Sir John Swindon of Kimmergam. Also, he spent most of his childhood in Scotland, where he chose to live. Tilda Swinton has been in the Highlands for nearly 30 years.