Avengers: Infinity War was an extraordinary film for many different reasons. However, one of its few flaws was a glaring one: the absence of Wanda Maximoff’s thick Sokovian accent. It sounded like a combination of Romanian and Russian, and made the Scarlet Witch character feel much more authentic .
So why was it completely absent in the latest film? The Russo brothers recently explained:
“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.”
It’s a bit of a thin excuse, but it looks like it’s the only one we’re going to get. It does make sense that she would try to cover it to seem less conspicuous. However, losing it entirely in the space of a couple years just isn’t very realistic. The logical thing to do would have been to have her drop it in public, but still use it around her fellow Avengers. Either way, at least there’s a reason for it, and it wasn’t because Elizabeth Olsen just wasn’t doing it.
What do think of the explanation? Does it make sense, or is a weak excuse? Tell us in the comments!