Have you ever noticed how common an English accent is in movies? Although the actors themselves are usually American, they speak with an accent if the film is set in a foreign country or if the character being portrayed is a villain.
Instead of speaking Italian for a film set in Italy or Russian for a film set in Russia, they actors speak with an English accent, as if that is supposed to clue us in as to their native language. What happens when this Italian immigrant goes to London? Do they all speak with the same accent? Does the immigrant hold up subtitles?
What type of stereotype is being compounded by having only villains speak with an accent? I don't get it.
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