Bad Movie Accents: 10 Unconvincing Performances

Bad Movie Accents: 10 Unconvincing Performances

They got Keanu, Costner and other classics, but missed my favorite: Alan Cumming's preposterous Russian accent in Goldeneye. "I yam inwincable."

Note to actors for future reference: I'm not sure who started pronouncing "v" like "w" in Russian accents. Maybe in Star Trek or Bullwinkle? Whatever the explanation, it is downright silly. Russians can't pronounce the "w" sound at all (there is no such sound in Russian), so they are not likely to throw in extra ones. Real Russians (like my family) pronounce every "w" as if it were "v" - the exact opposite of the movie cliche.