James Bond gives Mel's tips on how to sound Scottish

Mel Gibson had quite a hard time mastering the Scottish accent.

The Australian actor first tried to mimic the dialect as best as he could by himself, but admitted it didn’t go well.

He recalled: "I was up there and immersed among people who all needed subtitles."

Eventually, he turned to Sir Sean Connery, and the James Bond star was happy to help out.

The pair sat down for dinner and practised the accent together before Mel was satisfied with his performance.

He said: "I had dinner with Sean one time and Hungarian goulash was on the menu. To hear Sean actually utter a word like 'goulash' is a lesson in itself."