Charlie Hunnam plays ‘Geordie or Not Geordie’
Charlie Hunnam, a Newcastle upon Tyne native, decides what it takes to be considered a Geordie. He touches on things such as Cheryl Cole, unfriendly “scallies”, ‘Geordie Shore’, brown ale and football. He also recollects the surprising story of how he got his start in acting, landed his role in ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and prepared to play a serial killer in ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story.’
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@kingshearer2
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
It's funny how his accent has internationalized (sic) like Stings
@Inuyasha4838
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
As someone who only knows about Geordie culture from Geordie Shore The minute he brought up that people from Middlesbrough aren't real Geordies It just immediately made me think of season 1 with Holly Hagan saying she's from there and everyone roasting her for not being a real Geordie
@azapro911
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Nice to hear him wheel out his Byker Grove accent. 😂
@lyndasalazar184
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
I still watch Geordie shore 😂 I would freak if Charlie went back home and did a cameo
@ReynaPilar305
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Hes one of my favorite actors, especially in King Arthur, Love that movie!
@CrystalCraft-i6g
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Know for a fact he hurts women i knows that for sure why he does that i don't know
@debrucey
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Imagine actually looking like that
@janisgunder3331
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Gosh u look so good
@souio
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
So this is what a Geordie accent sounds like when you can understand it!
@malcolmmckenzie9027
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Hmm I really like all the work Charlie Hunnam has done. Me thinks however Charlie has ‘accidentally’ got his date of being in JD shoes on Christmas Eve wrong. If he was 18 then this would be Christmas Eve 1998. The production of Queer as Folk Series 1 was from August to December 1998. Ergo if Charlie was ‘discovered’ for Byker Grove it must have been Christmas Eve 1997 making Charlie getting drunk in the pub aged 17! Shock horror but I’m sure no one will surprised. Indeed I’d be slightly disappointed if he wasn’t underage.
@lusy_aaltje
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
This is nice (minus the swearing).
I first learned the word 'Geordie' after watching 'The Gentlemen' in early 2020. A pretty nice movie and it was a good one to enjoy before the crazy period happened to everybody everywhere…
His accent in it got me curious so I did a little research. Before that, the only familiar thing about Newcastle to us is the football team. How many more of this kind of video you've got here? 🤔
@kmcg6444
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
My intro to Geordie dialect was "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" When Oz was talking, we would turn up the volume, thinking we could just blast through it.
@loudenblogger
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
yummy
@Rosepeonie
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Love that he's a cat man… So lovely he had a 20 year old cat George as his best buddy
@pop-uptheatre7663
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
It's amazing to see someone that Hot & Talented be so bubbly and sweet, he seemed to really love this interview!!!!!! what a man
@patriciadarby1656
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
He's a great actor and he's gorgeous 💯🎉
@loots9821
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
He's gorgeous. He could have been Ragnar's little brother in vikings.
@tishtushtashkiddo4223
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
The man looks hotter with each year .. wow .. remember seeing him in queer as folk… then sons of anarchy and now this .. what a growth
@oldrvr
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Love Charlie Hunnam!
@grahamknox8847
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
A meant broon
@grahamknox8847
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
One mistake it is brown ale or dog if ya canny auld ha.
@Hawks1980
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Still baffled how you could grow up in Newcastle and not know Alan Shearer was a Geordie 😂
@jarrovian-9716
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
“Howay pet eat ya tea”🤣🤣🤣
@peterreid
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
dont think the H angels have a clubhouse in newcastle….. the north east chapter and club house is in the east end of Sunderland
@swlabr1982
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
It's Broon, not Brown
@scooboy
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Just watched him on Netflix as Ed Gein in Monster. Wow what a performance and what a phenomenal actor, the guy is the real deal
@Geordie9
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
He’s from the toon yes but he would not pass a geordie IQ test
@GwenDog123
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
I have a friend from Newcastle (I’m American) and I can’t understand a gd word he says. 😅😅
@garymuckle1002
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Ham and peas pudding
@Jordan-k1l
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Can confirm that hell angels club house is in Blyth. round the corner from my companies yard.
@saintetienne755
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Geordie born and bred – posh Geordie pet, owa Jesmond like.
@James-zt7nf
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
There is mackems more of a geordie than him
@James-zt7nf
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
I cant believe you were brought up here and speak like that
@chrisstorey4781
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Charlie sounds more geordie in the gentleman than he does here. I didn't know he has a bit of American in his accent
@gcooper642
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
I wasn't reading the captions and was so confused by the answer to the Byker Gangs question. I had to rewind it. Oh biker gangs lol
@GeordieGardener
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
once a Geordie always a Geordie
@katycapocci
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Can’t work out his actual accent 🙈
@stumpymacbagpipes16
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Surprised he knew about the Byker tea cake like 😂
@Staceyy9
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
7 Brown Ales?! Hardcore 😂
@lara-zo2rs
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Howling that he mentioned a Byker teacake! Defo a Geordie. That trumped all the other answers 😂
@Jackaustin95
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
I live near Middlesbrough and if I travel south im automatically called a geordie cos of my accent (nothing like a geordie accent) absolutely no one from around here thinks anyone north or south from Newcastle is a Geordie 🤣 even some of the Geordie shore casts aren’t from Newcastle
@keithmason5584
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
He’s as much a geordie as Stan Laurel , CUMBRIAN
@stephenlee1951
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Fog on the Tyne bro
@stephenlee1951
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Wallsend get in son
@chrisstokoe3169
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Soooo disappointed to hear how much his accent has Americanized
@javierrodriguez1626
April 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Reminds me of James Dean