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I saw a made for television movie on We this afternoon and it was very well done. I'm not sure how long ago it aired originally, but you might want to keep an eye out for it.
Well,what are the alternatives?Have them talk in Russian,with English subtitles below?That would be too distracting.The alternative would be to copy from the HBO movie on Soviet dissidents Andrei Sakahrov and Yelena Bonner,payed by Jason Robard and Glenda Jackson.....who kept their own American and British accents throughout the film!!!What was that all about "(spoken with a cockney accent)Oy!I'm from the K. G. B.!"Tonichelle said:I saw it too! What bugged me the most was they were talking in English with Russian/Ukrainian accents. What's the point in that??? it's always been something that grates on me when I watch a movie like that.
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John King said:At least since Oksana has lived in the US long enough to speak English,and,yes,with a Russian accent,the actress's portrayal was not as loopy as if you heard,say, Catherine Zeta-Jones portray Anjelika Krylova,and keep her native Welsh accent!
Tonichelle said:no, I don't want the Russian spoken with subtitles, but if you're not going to do that drop the very fake and sometimes non-existant accents... either use it totally or not at all... the fact that not all of them did just annoyed me. It always has... but whatever
SkateFan4Life said:ROTFL Zeta-Jones and Krylova are lookalikes (to an extent), but I just can't imagine ZJ on skates, can you??
Actually, I read that ZJ wanted to be a figure skater growing up but there were no rinks (somehwere in Europe if memory serves) so she opted for dancing.
Glacierskater said:SkateFan4Life said:ROTFL Zeta-Jones and Krylova are lookalikes (to an extent), but I just can't imagine ZJ on skates, can you??
Actually, I read that ZJ wanted to be a figure skater growing up but there were no rinks (somehwere in Europe if memory serves) so she opted for dancing.
Zeta-Jones grew up in Wales, so perhaps there weren't any available skating facilities close to her home. She has certainly excelled as an actress, dancer, and, well, she certainly caught the eye of Michael Douglas!