50 Cent 'learns London accent for role'

50 Cent has reportedly learned to understand a London accent.

Director Alex De Rakoff has said that the rapper had to learn to decipher Cockney slang for his role in Dead Man Running and had no difficulty picking up the dialect.

De Rakoff told Bang Showbiz: "He got it pretty quickly. He works with words anyway, he's a total professional."

As for developing a love for drinking English tea while shooting the British film, 50 Cent said: "Not yet! You're part of that myth that everyone thinks about tea."

Co-star Danny Dyer has insisted that the hip-hop star is a "lovely geezer", he added: "He's got a f**king circus around him, but what a gentleman. I was really thrilled he came over to support the film."

Dead Man Running arrives in UK cinemas on October 30. As of yet, no US release date has been announced.