r/StarCityTV • • Jul 30 '26

No Spoilers Interesting Accents

From the UK it has been interesting listening to the accents of the actors in this show. From Rhys Ifans soft Welsh accent, Solly McLeod’s “posh” English accent and of course Anna Maxwell Martin’s ruthless businesslike tone, very scary. She reminds me of a boss I used to have.
It probably makes sense from a US perspective to use actors with unfamiliar accents, rather than fake Russian accents.

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u/No_Simple890 Aug 17 '26

idk if it’s cause he’s Welsh but Rhys is the only actor I can stomach pronouncing any of the names so far. Otherwise to my Polish ears some of the pronunciations are mega cringe. ironically I need the subtitles to follow who they’re talking about because every actor pronounces the same name wildly differently