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Veronika Kovach!? /nitpicky rant/

posted 6 years ago by MinaVladimir (4077)
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Ok, they go to all the trouble of hiring a Bulgarian actress. They go to all the trouble of shooting in Bulgaria. And they name the character Kovach!? A last name, in all my 30 years in this country, I've yet to meet a female with.

I know our names must be super difficult to wrap one's head around, but it takes 5 seconds to Google. Or better yet, ask a Bulgarian. Oh, look, you have one in your cast!

- How would that be in Bulgarian, Anjela?
- Oh, just add an -eva at the end. It becomes Kovacheva. Easy.
- Righto!

Rant over.

Carry on!

[–] bobbynynex (1505) 6 years ago

what was the purpose of that character?

[–] pepetoony (1536) 4 years ago

Um...to give the guys a dose of their own medicine at the end? She also allowed Renton/Simon/Spud the opportunity to rehash shit for the viewer who may not have seen the first film (or who simply forgot), as they all at some point dump their past stories and experiences on her.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yeah, Kovach sounds more like a Croatian surname. Or some other ex-Yu country, we have some same surnames. But Kovač is quite regular surname in Croatia.