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Leonardo DiCaprio says late night drinking sessions in Africa with mercenaries helped knock the "Aussie" out of his initial attempt at the Zimbabwean accent.
When DiCaprio first landed in Africa to shoot his new political thriller Blood Diamond he says he sounded more like the Crocodile Hunter than a local.
"I had never spent any time with any South African mercenaries, so it was a matter of going out and seeking these men out, hearing their stories, spending as much time with them as possible. I was getting drinks with them, getting them drunk."
