Complex sentence: For the role, De Montemas was asked to acquire an accent and he explained that the director preferred that he did not have a thick eastern European accent since Alek had been educated in England and had lived in the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: For the role, De Montemas was asked to acquire an accent. He explained that the director preferred that he did not have a thick eastern European accent since Alek had been educated in England and had lived in the United States.