{"id":263976,"date":"2025-11-05T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263976\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:19:11","slug":"isla-fisher-admits-former-co-star-matthew-mcconaughey-does-better-australian-accent-than-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263976\/","title":{"rendered":"Isla Fisher admits former co-star Matthew McConaughey does \u2018better Australian accent\u2019 than her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perth-raised Hollywood actress Isla Fisher has revealed her former co-star Matthew McConaughey does \u201ca better Australian accent\u201d than her, despite the Aussie\u2019s obvious advantages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Appearing on an episode of Watch What Happens Live alongside host Andy Cohen and filmmaker Judd Apatow, the Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t star was asked for off-the-cuff \u201ccomplaints\u201d she had about various cast mates over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Labelling her film husband from 2019 flick The Beachbum as a \u201cledge\u201d \u2014 Aussie slang for \u201clegend\u201d \u2014 Fisher suggested she was envious of the Oscar winner\u2019s ability to slip into her native tongue so smoothly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMy only complaint about McConnix (McConaughey) is that he does a better Australian accent than me,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAnd he tells all these anecdotes that are hilarious, he\u2019s very funny, in this Aussie accent, and I\u2019m just a bit jelly (jealous).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Reeled off further observations about her film buddies, Fisher lauded Leslie Mann\u2019s ability to fit into a bikini as the actress\u2019 husband Apatow listened in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cShe can wear a bikini better than anyone&#8230; I\u2019m not talking about swimming costume, ladies, I\u2019m talking a tiny, itty bitty bikini, and that woman is a supermodel,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/387517d48be8e422cd5f96e538a1a27636d9e729.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew McConaughey worked alongside his son in his latest film. (AP PHOTO)\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconMatthew McConaughey worked alongside his son in his latest film. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">However, the Aussie left her most pointed remarks for long-time pal Woody Harrelson, who the 49-year-old said is rarely seen wearing shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHe wears a flip flop or a slipper, I\u2019m talking anytime, anyplace,\u201d Fisher revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Asked if his feet were clean, the actress responded: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t know, but sartorially questionable to be in a flip flop in a restaurant like Nobu, which he was last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Beginning her acting journey in Australia in the late 80s and 90s, including a stint on Home and Away, Fisher is arguably best known for her roles in 2005\u2019s Wedding Crashers, and 2009\u2019s Confessions of a Shopaholic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Sharing three children with British star Sacha Baron Cohen whom she married in 2010, the former couple\u2019s divorce was finalised in July this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth-raised Hollywood actress Isla Fisher has revealed her former co-star Matthew McConaughey does \u201ca better Australian accent\u201d than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,10466,134,995,344],"class_list":["post-263976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}