Chernobyl has officially been rated as the highest-rated TV show of all time on IMDb.
It has been praised continuously by both fans and critics.
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The 'Chernobyl' Director Revealed Why The Cast Doesn't Use Russian Accents
'Chernobyl' is the best rated show of all time.
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Game of Thrones is gone, but HBO has quickly replaced it with an even better, and even higher rated show.
Chernobyl has taken the TV world by storm, and with good reason.
A lot when into telling the tale of the disastrous event.
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In 1986 there was a nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl.
It was a horrific tragedy that took the lives of many people.
A lot of care had to go into telling the story.
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Considering it's a very sensitive topic, the showrunners wanted to handle it with compassion.
Craig Mazin had to make some adjustments to the show, and that included changing some accents.
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It was a very interesting move to make, but it may have been for the best.
He explained it all on their official podcast.
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"The decision not to use Russian accents was a big one that we made early on. We had an initial thought that we didn’t want to do the ‘Boris and Natasha’ cliched accent because the Russian accent can turn comic very easily." he said.
He felt that using accents took away from the acting.
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He continued with, "We were losing everything about these people that we loved. Honestly, I think after maybe one or two auditions we said ‘Ok, new rule. We’re not doing that anymore.’
But, of course, Twitter made fun of it anyway.
Twitter will always find a way, don't you worry about that.
It is an interesting thing to have changed.
In all honesty, it shouldn't be that hard to look past the accents.
The story is being told well, so shouldn't that be all that matters?
On the other hand...they could have made it a show that was shot with people from there.
What do you think?
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