In Lars Von Trier's *Nymphomaniac*, Shia Lebouf plays a character called Jerome, who has an unidentifiable accent.

I don't know if he is supposed to be English, but as an Englishman myself I can confirm it definately isn't an English accent. It's not even a dialect, it sounds like a South-African Australian Hybrid.

Is this intentional? is there any evidence anywhere to confirm or deny that the character is supposed to be anything other than English?

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At my cinema we had 12 people walk out of the film last night, 9 of them citing his performance as a point of ridicule meaning they could no longer take the film seriously. Ouch.