![]() ![]() Shocka.īurt Munro’s full name was Herbert James Munro. The New Zealand accent is famously difficult for actors. There’s a reason Anthony Hopkins didn’t sound super “Kiwi”Īnthony Hopkins said he watched archival footage of Burt Munro to prepare for the role, and noted that Burt’s Southland accent, with its rolled R’s, sounded more like someone from Devonshire than Auckland. The World’s Fastest Indian was a hit, and made Munro’s Indian motorcycle, and, briefly, Invercargill (especially Oreti Beach), famous. He did it on an Indian Scout, which he had modified in his Invercargill garage. (For the record, Munro rode the bike at 184.087 mph, with an unofficial top speed of 205.67 mph). If you went to the movies in 2005, you probably saw The World’s Fastest Indian.Ī feature film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring none other than Anthony Hopkins, it told the story of Invercargill motorcycle salesman and enthusiast Burt Munro.īurt set land speed records several times, the most famous being in 1967 when he broke the record for bikes with under-1000cc engines at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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