To be fair to Robin Williams, it wasn’t for a lack of effort that he’s been put on our “bad” list: the renowned method actor is said to have learned Russian for his role as a Soviet circus musician who defected to America. We are, after all, suspending our disbelief the moment we see the iconic actor wearing an ushanka, and like director Kathryn Bigelow once remarked: "If it was completely authentic, they would be speaking Russian.". So what gives? 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves wasn't exactly lauded when it first came out. According to the actor, it's all intentional. Pronouncing his “i”s exactly the way you would in English? However, having received only 26 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s unlikely to change the Russian accent game in movies too much. Not bad for a foreigner. Still, Leydon was quick to praise Pitt's accent as "really solid." Ford plays main man and submarine captain Alexei Vostrikov in historical drama K-19: The Widowmaker, but he delivers an extremely questionable Russian accent in the 2002 film. Good effort, lads. Much like Rourke, the Danish superstar went to great lengths to prepare for his role as gangster Nikolai Luzhov in mafia thriller Eastern Promises, spending a month prior to filming unaccompanied in Siberia to absorb the local accent. According to costar Matt Damon, the film crew burst into applause the first time Malkovich debuted his atrociously harsh accent, prompting the Emmy Award-winning actor to secretly confess to Damon that he's "a terrible actor.". However, the only critique that can be given to Micky Rourke here is that his accent sounds somewhat less credible once he actually starts speaking in Russian. The 65-year-old actor, who recently starred in Netflix film Bird Box alongside Sandra Bullock, revived his incredible Monsieur Pascale Sauvage accent as he took on the role of Poirot in the three-part series based on Agatha Christie’s novel. 84% Upvoted. Unfortunately, he doesn't get to play Scottish characters as much as he'd like, making for some awkward attempts at sounding American. Alongside co-star Gary Oldman, Child 44 is, at the very least, free of cringey Russian accents. So maybe I wasn't as critical of him, but that's because I like him personally so much. They ask what part of England I was meant to be from, and I say it was a little shire in the north where most of the people were from Ohio.". In fact, she doesn't sound much like a New Yorker either. ), Francis Ford Coppola blames himself for the famously poor performance in the 1992 drama. I see John Malkovich's accent has changed since Johnny English ? #TheABCMurders, — Jordan Green (@JoddersGreen) December 26, 2018, John Malkovich is doing the same accent for Poirot as he did in Johnny English ? ", At the time, however, van Dyke didn't know how far off he really was. John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, and fashion designer. We all know about Hardy’s chameleon-like versatility, and his performance in this film about the Stalin-era purges is no exception. Malkovich is fluent in French and for nearly 10 years, lived and worked in a theatre in southern France.French influence on an upper-class Illinois accent, coupled with Malkovich's time living in Cambridge, Mass, produces an aristocratic drawl to vowels, a halting, intentional sound to consonants, and a French clatter to hard digraph sounds. Obviously this didn’t escape viewers’ attention and they had a right old laugh on Twitter. With every exclamation of “a-kyey” (instead of “okay”) and every slurped over-palatalization of some word, Malkovich sounds more and more like a man who got bored halfway through Russian accent training and said to his coach, “I’ll take it from here.” Don’t get me wrong, it’s a highly entertaining, albeit excruciating, watch – at least, you’d never expect a Hollywood Russian accent impersonation to come out sounding like Slavoj Zizek, would you? Whether you've been watching Game of Thrones from the beginning or recently binged-watched the entire series, you've probably noticed there's something fishy with Littlefinger—and we're not just talking about his dastardly deeds. All ancient Greeks, that is, except Alexander's mother, Olympia. This is also an incredibly cheesy scene where the cast starts reciting the Declaration of Independence in a New York diner. 7 comments. Besides the accent, John’s Poirot also debuted a brand new look – a grey goatee rather than the iconic black moustache. Colin Farrell plays the 2004 film's titular hero and, as noted by The Guardian, speaks with his native Irish accent. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Tom Hardy (R) with co-star Gary Oldman (L). For example, when asked if she's up for a grand finale at the end of antagonist Bill the Butcher's knife-throwing performance, Diaz delivers an all-American and entirely lilt-less "maybe when you're throwing a little straighter." She pretty much just sounds like Cameron Diaz. At best, it’s a woolly attempt at a Russian accent. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. #ABCMurders, I cannot watch John Malkovich without thinking of Pascal Sauvage. "I think a little bit more has been made of that than it warrants," he told Den of Geek! She said it was because I was working so hard. David Suchet as … Mortensen really looked the part too, as he visited a Russian criminologist to get himself decked out in mafia tattoos – the look was apparently so realistic that he silenced terrified diners upon entering a Russian restaurant in London. Am expecting Rowan Atkinson to jump round the corner at any moment! So which actors successfully exuded the aura of a fearsome Russian? Let’s find out. Red Heat actually ended up making a loss at the box office, with Schwarzenegger’s efforts probably doing little to bolster the film’s reception. Perhaps the worst part of Graham's atrociously bad accent in From Hell is that she just can't seem to decide which version to use. Cries of ‘John Malkovich’s accent as Poirot is straight out of Johnny English,’ and ‘I cannot watch John Malkovich without thinking of Pascal Sauvage,’ filled up the timeline as audiences watched Poirot receive letters threatening murder. This unforgettable scene is home to what is without a doubt the worst Russian accent you’ll ever hear; so much so that Malkovich allegedly admitted mid-scene to co-star Matt Damon: “I’m a terrible actor.”. For what it's worth, his Irish accent in P.S. ", Still, van Dyke keeps a positive attitude about the whole thing, despite actual Brits never letting him forget it. Click here to find out more. In fact, for a character supposed to resemble a threatening KGB infiltrator, Grant instead comes across as a decidedly weedy-looking chap with a definite mad scientist vibe about him. John Malkovich’s French accent threw The ABC Murders viewers right back to Johnny English as they tuned into the first episode tonight. In this very nineties throwback movie, Gary Oldman was tasked with playing just your average Russian-speaking Kazakh communist plane hijacker. He’s the strongest contender for the new pope, and it’s easy to see why. "Nearly everyone in the Mary Poppins cast was a Brit, but no one said anything. Nor does she sound like she's from 1863. Costner's rendition of the benevolent thief, however, sounds more like a West Coast dude indulging in the SoCal sun. To play a bad guy in a Hollywood movie, you’ll probably need a Russian accent – however, it’s not as easy as it looks! His foreign accent is even more evident when paired alongside all-American sweetheart Jennifer Aniston in the film. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. In fact, sometimes it seems like she's barely even trying—sounding more like an actress from Hollywood than a prostitute from Whitechapel. The Russian accent is not flawless, coming across a little nasal and overdone at times, but he more than makes up for it with a calm, ominous persona that a real Russian army general would strive for. Not only was Reeves' acting not quite up to snuff, his attempt at sounding like a highly educated 19th-century English solicitor is downright laughable. Just because you once starred alongside Austin Powers doesn't mean you can pull off playing an actual British person—a fact proven by Heather Graham. John Malkovich in 'Rounders' Kinopoisk To play a bad guy in a Hollywood movie, you’ll probably need a Russian accent – however, it’s not as easy as it looks! Not even a spoonful of sugar can make Dick van Dyke's attempt at Cockney English more palatable. In a period piece about Englishmen and Irishmen battling it out in the streets, it helps to have authentic-sounding accents. To be fair, the accent wasn’t bad at all, opting for a more deceptively softly spoken, slippery demeanor than the usual Russian villain. John Malkovich played Poirot in tonight’s The ABC Murders (Picture: BBC) John Malkovich’s French accent threw The ABC Murders viewers right back to … Who needs accents when you have The Macleod Longsword, anyway? Get the week's best stories straight to your inbox. She pronounces "working" just like you'd expect, while Butler immediately follows it up with a "werrkinn'." He received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Places in the Heart (1984) and In the Line of Fire (1993). I Love You isn't much better. He does, however, sound a lot like Sean Connery. Say what you want about him, but you can’t knock the late actor’s hustle. Christopher Lambert's fake Scottish accent in 1986's Highlander is undoubtedly one of the worst to ever hit the big screen—far worse than Mel Gibson's noble attempt in Braveheart. With any luck, Tom Hardy’s recent release will be a sign that Hollywood directors are starting to care more about how well Russian accents come out in their films. It might just make you harder to read. To be honest, if you started watching K-19 halfway through, you’d be entirely forgiven for assuming that Harrison Ford’s character Captain Alexei Vostrikov is Scottish. Given that Arnie was handed an $8 million paycheck for what was the first foreign film given permission to shoot on Red Square, you’d think he’d have spent just a little bit more time finessing this very questionable Russian accent. #abcmurders, — Elizabeth Munday (@liz_munday) December 26, 2018, John Malkovich’s accent as Poirot is straight out of Johnny English #ABCMurders, Watching #ABCMurders and cannot take John Malkovich’s French accent seriously as last time I heard it it was coming from Pascal Sauvage in Johnny English, — Mary Palmer (@marycpalmer) December 26, 2018, I can’t take John Malkovich seriously as Poirot when he’s doing his French accent from Johnny English ? Watch it, by all means, just make sure you mentally prepare yourself: the cringe factor is very high. Now he is back putting on a French/Belgian accent playing Poirot. #TheABCMurders, — mr father christmas sir ? The Hollywood heartthrob noticeably fails to properly implement that patented Irish lilt, making his fresh-off-the-plane character sound like a fraud. We commend the effort nonetheless. The Dublin actor's accent has bounced around from "Oirish" to some kind of British to sounding a lot like Tom Hardy's Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t even know where to begin – the non-rolled “r”s? However, there’s just something ever so slightly off about the whole thing – director Wolfgang Petersen claimed that he told Oldman to be “as menacing as possible,” yet something about him just seems, well, too nice. Originally intending to "sound patriarchal, like John Huston in Chinatown or a bit Hammer Horror," Littlefinger switches to a distinctly different delivery by the time we get to the show's fourth season. It was also probably not the directing decision of the century to have Williams do a Russian-language scene with a real Russian actor – hopefully it’s not too much of a spoiler to say he gets shown up quite badly. save hide report. In fact, we're not even sure he delivers a British accent at all. BBC News apologises over botched graphics in Boris Johnson’s lockdown address, WWE star Zelina Vega launches OnlyFans account, Jeannie Mai forced to quit Dancing With the Stars after being rushed to hospital: ‘I require surgery’, The Bridge’s Julie crowned winner – and she splits £40K prize fund with Sly.

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