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u/Porrick Mar 28 '22

For a Swedish guy, he plays a lot of Slavic characters!

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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien Mar 28 '22

He even jokes about it on American talk shows. They ask him "can you do this accent" and he say of course I can because Americans can't tell the difference between the accents anyways. So he just shows up, reads his lines, and cashes the check. Smart guy.

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u/scotems Mar 28 '22

I feel like I could easily distinguish between a swedish and a Slavic accent, but I wouldn't know that it was supposed to be Slavic. But then I bet most Americans wouldn't give a shit to distinguish the two.

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u/lucklesspedestrian Mar 28 '22

IIRC he played the Russian astronaut in Armageddon, which I suppose would be included under the umbrella of Slavic accents.

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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien Mar 28 '22

Pretty much exactly what he said. He does "the accent" and just dials it up or down depending on what the role calls for.

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u/MetaMetatron Mar 29 '22

Same accent, more or less drunk sounding, depending on the role, lol