NETFLIX’S Behind Her Eyes fans have ripped Tom Bateman to shreds for the ‘worst Scottish accent EVER’.
The six-part miniseries follows the story of Louise, a single mother who works in a psychiatrist’s office.
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She embarks on an affair with her new boss, David, played by Oxford-born Tom, but without him knowing she strikes up a friendship with David’s wife Adele.
A trail of secrets ensues, including spousal abuse, addiction, lies, and trauma.
However, some viewers found Tom’s Scottish accent too distracting to take notice of the twists and turns in the plot.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “Few things worse in this world than when TV series hire English actors to play a Scottish character.
“Started watching Behind Her Eyes on Netflix and can’t get past the absolutely brutal attempt at a Scottish accent. Painful.”
Another Scottish viewer added: “Watched the 1st episode of Netflix series ‘Behind Her Eyes’ and the lead male is an English actor doing an absolutely brutal attempt at a Scottish accent.
“Why do they do this? Just hire a Scot or make the character English. It’s like fat b*****d from Austin Powers is the lead.”
A third tweeted: “What’s with Netflix hiring non Scots to play Scottish guys with disastrous results? First Bly Manor now Behind Her Eyes. Worst accents ever. Sooooooooo bad.”
The criticism from viewers in Scotland will no doubt sting for Tom, 31, after he previously revealed he had spent hours training with a dialect coach.
Behind Her Eyes also stars Bono’s daughter Eve Hewson as David’s wife Adele and Simona Brown as Louise.
Behind Her Eyes is available on Netflix now.
