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Is Aidan Gillen using his Haughey voice on Game of Thrones? People seem to think so

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Apr 15th 2015, 11:35 AM 3,963 Views 7 Comments

AS YOU WELL know by now, Game of Thrones returned for its fifth season on Monday.

The immensely popular show stars a host of Irish actors, including a certain Aidan Gillen.

Most recently, Gillen starred as Charles Haughey in the RTÉ One miniseries, Charlie.

Ep-1-Aidan-Gillen-as-Charlie-Haughey1 Source: Bernard Walsh

And while watching the season premiere of Game of Thrones, some Irish viewers noticed that his accent sounded curiously familiar…

Great to hear Aidan Gillen using his Charlie Haughey accent amongst his many varied accents in #GoT...
— Liam Hanlon (@Liam_Hanlon) April 14, 2015

Source: Liam Hanlon/Twitter

Is it me or is there just a teensy bit of Charlie Haughey bleeding into Aidan Gillen's accent(s)?#GameofThrones
— Philip Boucher-Hayes (@boucherhayes) April 13, 2015

Source: Philip Boucher-Hayes/Twitter

Sounded like Charlie Haughey there for a second Aidan Gillen..... #gameofthrones
— Enda Lynch (@austinstacksabu) April 13, 2015

Source: Enda Lynch/Twitter

Gillen Channeling his Charlie accent there #GOT WTF ??
— Abi Bouchier -Hayes (@ScabbiAbi2) April 14, 2015

Source: Abi Bouchier -Hayes/Twitter

The actor has previously been known to try every accent under the sun on the series, but what about this week? Was Littlefinger channeling the late Taoiseach?

Well, here’s a brief clip from this week’s episode.

Source: Joffrey Baratheon/YouTube

And here’s a clip from Charlie.

Source: RTÉ TV Promotions/YouTube

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Having listened to both, we think there’s a definite whack of Haughey there.

What do you think — is Gillen using his Haughey voice?

Poll Results:

Yes, definitely. (306)

Maybe there's a trace of it... (191)

Don't hear it myself. (52)

Yes, definitely.
Maybe there's a trace of it...
Don't hear it myself.

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Is Aidan Gillen using his Haughey voice on Game of Thrones? People seem to think so