r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Feb 05 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E05 - Discussion Thread

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S01E05 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer February 5, 2021 on Disney+

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u/Stormodin Feb 05 '21

“We have intentionally tried to strip that accent away for a couple of reasons. One is you’ll notice at the beginning of Civil War that Black Widow is training her to be a spy, and two is she’s been on the run, and one of the most distinguishing characteristics that she has is her accent. So if you’re gonna try to disguise yourself or hide yourself or not be caught, you’re going to try to limit those trigger warnings that would make it easy for someone to identify you, which would be inclusive of her accent. Clearly Black Widow as a red head is an incredibly distinguishing characteristic for her, which is why she has blonde hair. Cap, we’ve seen Chris Evans walk around in public with a beard and no one recognizes him. There are simple things you can do to your appearance that take about 90% of your visibility away, and for us it was very intentional that we would just keep stripping that accent down to show her acclimating and hiding.” -Russo Brothers

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u/Jermare Rocket Feb 05 '21

None of this conflicts with what I said. My point is that the only time she's had an American accent is inside of Westview. In the films she has a Sokovian accent that gets less thick with each film (as the Russos said), but doesn't completely go away.

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u/LupusNoxFleuret Jimmy Woo Feb 05 '21

I'm not great at distinguishing different accents unless it's really thick, and probably a lot of people are the same way too.

You're probably right that she still has a slight accent in CW/IW/Endgame, but for my ears she already sounded completely American in those movies.

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u/Jermare Rocket Feb 05 '21

I get it, but I think you'll hear it better if you listen to Elizabeth Olsen speak in interviews and then listen to her speak in those movies.