LA Times: Putting the Accent on The Eagle

Accents are also important in period pieces, but in ancient Roman films they take on a more assertive tone. In The Los Angeles Times’ piece “Working Hollywood: Morag Stewart on The Eagle," Susan King examines a little talked about tongue, the use of Scottish Gaelic in film. King speaks with Morag Stewart, who was recruited to tutor the actors of Kevin MacDonald’s adventure tale The Eagle on this specific dialect. Stewart, who has worked in television, has never the less written several books introducing Scottish Gaelic language to children, and worked as a Gaelic advisor in film production. For this film, she worked a lot with Jamie Bell, who plays the Celtic prince of the Brigantes, Esca. For Stewart: From what I heard when I reviewed the footage in London, I thought it was amazing how well [Bell] had mastered pronunciation.”