Brenda blethyn details challenge of iconic vera character trait
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Brenda explained: "It is, and I think the tendency is to over-do it, I have hardly got an accent at all." This isn't the first time that Brenda has opened up about the
struggles she's had with the accent, as previously she admitted that writer Ann Cleeves thought her accent was "off". She explained: "I was quaking in my shoes when I
heard Ann was going to be at the first readthrough. "Ann thought my accent was a bit off, but it got better the less nervous I got. And so, by the end of the readthrough, she was happy.