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worst fake russian accent ever


that tall blond guy performed the worst fake russian accent I've ever heard

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Exactly how many fake Russian accents have you heard,,,give or take 20.

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over 100, there are lots of films with russian characters played by non-russian actors

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How many Russians do you know? What makes you such an expert on how a Russian accent "should" sound? In the real world, it often depends on how old they were when they first started to learn English, and how and where they learned it.

I met a Dane who sounded like he was from Tyneside, when he spoke English, because that's where he learned it. Would you say he had "the worst fake English accent", then?

Did you ever hear David McCallum's "Russian accent" in the TV show? He made a feeble attempt in the first season or two, and then gave up the effort entirely. I think Armie did a great job on it, copying REAL Russian accents he'd heard on the Internet.

(In the '60s, of course, they would never have hired a real Russian actor for the role, because people were too paranoid that he would be a spy. At least Armie has Russian ancestry.)

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I have a russian girlfriend :) In my country lots of russian people live and visit

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Just out of curiosity, who do you think does a good Russian accent?

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Rade Serbedzija - Boris the Blade (Snatch - 2000)

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I don't think I've seen that in ages. I'll have to take another look (and listen).

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Rade Serbedzija is Croatian so he's half way there. His accent is going to sound suitably 'East European/Russian' to our ears anyway...

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Was it worse than the accent in the original TV series?

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Worst fake American accent ever!

Cavill really shouldn't play anything but Englishmen. He's not fluent in American.

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Hi German accent was actually terrible contrary to what Gaby says in the film! Hers was barely better, though.

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Can I ask if Michael Fassbender has an authentic German accent?

I mean his parents are German, and he can speak German on screen with what seems to be reasonable fluency, but of course I can't tell a thing about his accent.

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No, his accent sounds like a good American speaker but by no means native German.

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I have to agree.

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