MovieChat Forums > Chernobyl (2019) Discussion > Russians have English accents..

Russians have English accents..

posted 5 years ago by blisteringlogic (89)
11 replies | jump to latest

That strange choice to give the Russians English accents made me turn it off 15 minutes into the first episode. I couldn't get into the story with those accents

[–] Volley (3375) 5 years ago

That's unfortunate you can't enjoy an amazing television show because of an accent. I am enjoying this show quite a bit, and am very happy it wasn't subtitled with Russian speaking.

[–] Nirvana (271) 5 years ago

They should have got some Slavic actors speaking English with an accent. Or at the very least have some American speaking actors talking Murican. English accents only belong in James Bond they are annoying anywhere else. I wanted to watch this movie but after hearing about this I think I am gonna wait for it to hit the pirate bay

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 5 years ago

You're missing a really brilliant series, Nirvana. Sometimes you just have to overlook minor defects.

😎

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 5 years ago

I could have enjoyed it either way. It's a brilliant series.

😎

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 5 years ago

That is kind of odd, but it's still a brilliant series. Sometimes you just have to accept some minor defects.

😎

[–] Darren (1150) 5 years ago

Your loss. This is nothing new. "The Duellists" (1977), "The Fourth Protocol" (1987), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002), and many, many more feature English-speaking actors playing foreign characters who are understood to be speaking in those characters' native languages, and the actors deliver their lines in English, in their own real accents. Usually directors choose to do it that way because it can sound cartoonish, and detract from the story. I believe that was exactly the rational given for this miniseries. If you let a little thing like this bother you, you're letting a trivial detail deprive you of a lot of very good entertainment.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

Like the ancient Greeks, Romand and Hebrews ... all the classic Western civilizations must speak in a hoity-toity English accent. ;-)

I guess this now includes Russians.

[–] illnagas (457) 5 years ago

What difference does it make?

[–] Obifuntoknowme (1101) 5 years ago

Well then you’ve missed out big time! Brilliant series.

[–] SeussMyTub (226) 5 years ago

I agree, they should have had German accents instead.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Making the English actors use Russian accents would have sucked big time.

They made the right choice.