Damon: South African accent took six months to get

Matt Damon took six months to learn a South African accent.

Matt Damon took six months to learn a South African accent.

The actor, who plays rugby player Francois Pienaar in new film ‘Invictus’, struggled to get to grips with the accent and was amazed at how hard he found it.

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