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"David Harewood has revealed that most people are unaware that he is British. The actor - who plays CIA counterterrorism director David Estes in Showtime drama Homeland - explained that even a lot of English fans don&amp;#039;t realise that he isn&amp;#039;t an American.   &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve been acting for 27 years, and people say &amp;#039;I didn&amp;#039;t know you were from Birmingham!&amp;#039; It&amp;#039;s quite surprising,&amp;quot; he told Lorraine Kelly today (November 27). Talking about his American accent for the role, he said: It&amp;#039;s a very difficult accent for me to maintain. The voice I do is very specific for that character.&amp;quot; On his character&amp;#039;s storyline in the show, he said: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s an interesting character. Is he a baddie? People think he&amp;#039;s a baddie. Nobody knows. You may find out.&amp;quot; When asked about the show&amp;#039;s success in the US and the UK, he added: &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t realise it would be quite so big here. We get bigger audiences here than in the US. &amp;quot;My mum rings me after every episode, saying, &amp;#039;What&amp;#039;s happening? Who&amp;#039;s he?&amp;#039; It&amp;#039;s funny, because I can&amp;#039;t say anything.&amp;quot; Earlier this year, David Harewood said that there are better TV roles for black actors in the US than the UK. Homeland was renewed for a third season of 12 episodes by Showtime last month. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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