Ray Winstone\u2019s Russian Accent Revealed<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no secret that I love a terrible accent, but in a movie filled with questionable Russian accents, Ray Winstone\u2019s reigns supreme in Black Widow<\/a>. Landing somewhere between Cockney and South African instead of any kind of Russian dialect, it\u2019s clear that Winstone might have ordered his accent from Temu, and we were all left to deal with the consequences.<\/p>\n As the villainous overseer of the Red Room, Winstone\u2019s turn as Dreykov is aurally challenging, to say the least, but while everyone was chuckling at his efforts to portray the Russian general we\u2019d been hearing about since the first Avengers movie, he had a surprising supporter in dialect coach Adrienne Nelson, who seemed to enjoy it regardless. \u201cDreykov, his acting was so mesmerizing that the dialect issues became not so much a distraction as a curiosity,\u201d she told Slate<\/a>. \u201cI wondered if the British and Russian colors I was hearing had to do with his backstory.\u201d<\/p>\n The British colors? Certainly not a part of Dreykov\u2019s backstory in the MCU, no, but the accent itself is so much fun! How can you stay mad at it? And though I should mention that Russell Crowe later gave Winstone a run for his money in Phase 4\u2019s Thor: Love and Thunder, the latter\u2019s Russian efforts win out as the best worst accent in MCU history.<\/p>\n Harry Styles Arrives<\/p>\n Eternals had a lot of problems, but its most enduring one was being the first Phase 4 movie to have a post-credits scene<\/a> that was set to go absolutely nowhere. It took the cake because it briefly introduced Starfox, Thanos\u2019s adopted brother, who was a prince and a space outlaw or something. It doesn\u2019t really matter, let\u2019s be honest. He never came back, nor did the Eternals<\/a> themselves.<\/p>\n