From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Shatner sick of Star Trek feuds   
      
   Quadibloc wrote:   
   Wickeddoll wrote:   
   >    
   >> But did you hear about people saying the new Chekov (Anton) sounded phony!   
   >>   
   >> The guy really *is* Russian! LOL   
   >    
   > But maybe he decided to deliberately imitate Walter Koenig instead of   
   > doing a real Russian accent for consistency with the TV series...   
   > although I did see the movie in the theatre, I don't really remember   
   > now _what_ his accent was like, although I probably noticed one way or   
   > the other at the time.   
   >    
   > Helen Mirren (also Russian) did a very good Russian accent (despite   
   > usually speaking English without one) in 2010, of course.   
   >    
   > John Savard   
      
   Good theory about Anton Yelchin - if he sounded *too* authentic, he    
   might not have been accepted by the fans.   
      
   Natalie   
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