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Chris Pratt debuts British accent on 'The Graham Norton Show'

By Karen Butler
Chris Pratt has a spot-on Essex accent. Photo by David Silpa/UPI
Chris Pratt has a spot-on Essex accent. Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Chris Pratt trotted out a spot-on British accent during his appearance on Friday's edition of The Graham Norton Show in the United Kingdom.

Pratt explained his wife, actress Anna Faris, became addicted to the British reality show The Only Way is Essex when she visited him while he was shooting Guardians of the Galaxy in London.

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"We love that garbage TV back in the States. My wife is crazy about it," the actor declared.

Pratt went on to describe TOWIE as the "British Jersey Shore," adding, "These folks are just the worst."

After some encouragement from host Norton -- and confessing how embarrassing it is to try to assume a proper Essex accent in "front of a whole roomful of Brits" -- Pratt perfectly mimicked various TOWIE cast members, much to the delight of his fellow talk-show guests Melissa McCarthy, John Bishop and Jude Law.

"Now I want to watch the show!" said McCarthy.

"I love the fact that you spent months in England and that's what you took back," Bishop quipped.

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