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5. Russell Crowe Had To Also Perform His Scenes In His Gladiator Voice (Thor: Love And Thunder)
Sticking with the MCU's more recent showings, Russel Crowe actually recently revealed a rather intriguing detail about his time on the set of Thor: Love and Thunder; one that will likely leave you looking at his various Zeus appearances rather differently going forward.
In Crowe's mind, as he would note in an interview with Vanity Fair, the leader of the gods needed to boast a Greek accent due to the fact he was, well, a Greek god. But director Taika Waititi and the other folks behind-the-scenes felt that an accent closer to the one he possessed in Gladiator when playing Maximus was better suited.
Eventually the team agreed to let Crowe go fully Greek for the role, but only if he agreed to simultaneously shoot all of his scenes in his Gladiator voice, too. Getting to play with two different accents must have certainly been a unique experience for the acting legend, but this also meant that Crowe's working days on the film were effectively doubled.
In the end, the studio claimed that the version that got the biggest reaction during test screenings would make the final cut. And as promised, when Crowe's original choice smashed the English characterisation by "10 or 15 points", that was the version left in the film.
With that information now fresh in your mind, have fun imagining what Crowe going full Maximus in the role would've looked and sounded like during your next watch of Love and Thunder...