If you decided, so flippantly, to blow off watching the Kids Choice Award that Kevin James hosted Sunday, you missed a new IRON MAN 2 spot that’s got some things many fans have been itching to see. In addition to more footage of War Machine in action and Tony Stark chilling in a giant doughnut, this spot’s got Scarlett Johannson speaking for the first time as Black Widow. And, if my ear serves me true, she doesn’t have a Russian accent! 
 

                                                                                                   * GASP * 
 

You know, as we’ve been leading up to this, I’ve thought it would be funny if Marvel ended up approaching the accent the same way the Russian’s accent was approached in the Thomas Jane PUNISHER. See, “Big Daddy Cool” Kevin Nash isn’t a trained actor. I’ll always know and love him as Diesel, but something tells me the guy wasn’t about to take classes to learn how to talk like comrade outta St. Petersburg. So that left the filmmakers with a dilemma, right? Do you try to make Nash speak with a Russian accent? Do you make a character called “The Russian” speak like a good ol’ boy from the U S of A? What do you do?

In that case, they just didn’t let the man talk. Obviously, that approach would be HORRIBLE for the Black Widow here, but the prospect tickles me, never-the-less. Imagine all the hype, all the hoopla, and she doesn't say a word.
 

Considering that this was dropped at an award show, I was fooled for a second - - just an itty bitty second - - into thinking that the whole thing started with Shellhead dropping down onto the Kids Choice stage and presenting it himself. That would make the audiences go nuts, wouldn’t it? Again, I can’t help but further the connections to pro-wrestling and recall that one WCW event where ROBOCOP stomped up to the ring and gave Sting some illegal assistance. What do you think? Would that work on a May episode of Raw? Just have War Machine pop out from under the ring to give the Undertaker a steel chair shot?

Alright, enough of my blather. Enjoy the TV spot…  
 
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Does she have a russian accent? because her sentence was too short to hear it properly

Ha she already said more lines then Ryan Reynolds did in Wolverine

 Why can't Scarlet Johannson say things in Russian? Isn't that why they are called actors.

BOOOOO! No accent! Lazy Acting!

Either she doesn't need it or this is all an elaborate and sexy rouse by Scarlett.  In any case is this a reason for us nerds to get our feathers ruffled?   
I did wish Kevin Nash got to say "The Russian will do the killing and you do the driving then we go for milkshakes, yes?"

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I really don't see the big deal about Black Widow NOT sounding like she's just landed in America with a heavy accent. More than half the time accents on film turn out like horrible impressions anyway. "

I might get some crap for this, I am really excited for the film, but this TV spot didn't make the film look all that amazing IMO. Not like the trailers anyway...I thought this made it look downright corny!

I knew ScarJo would screw Black Widow up. ¬_¬  she sounds so 'common' and skanky.  
I wouldn't have even minded a British Accent for BW if Emily Blunt had played her.  (YES, I'M STILL BITTER.)

Maybe she TRIED a Russian accent and failed at it...then by the time she revealed she can't talk in an accent they were all "Well crap we already signed the contracts and everything...can't replace her now..." so they just had to deal with it. Honestly, I'm upset about it HOWEVER I would rather have an American accent over a BAD Russian accent. Would you agree?

When Iron Man 2 was presented at ComicCon last year, Scarlett Johansson was asked if Black Widow would have a Russian accent.

Her exact response was this: "I will say that she is covert, and that she blends in, you know, it's not like she comes onto the scene and they're like: 'who's that Russian chick?' No. I think that would be a little bit of a dead giveaway. I don't know how covert you would be if you were tolkeen likah dees. [Laughs] But I would've if I had to have."

Which, you know, is easy for the production - not having to worry about getting it a certain way, and isn't TOO much of a cop-out considering she IS a trained SHIELD agent. I'm sure at some point in the movie there may or may not be a dub when she does speak in actual Russian.

@AngelFrost:
"Looks like the fight's coming to you." How does that sound "skanky?" You're not too wild about Scarlett Johansson, obviously, but that's a little hateful, don't you think? And after seeing Wolfman, I'm pretty sure Emily Blunt wouldn't have given a better performance.

If they did not give Black Widow a Russian accent, I would be disappointed.

" It sounded like she had a liiiiittle of an accent at the end of the sentence , but it didn't sound like a great Russian accent.  I tell what really disappointed me was when Colossus in the X-Men films didn'a have an accent at all. They got the perfect guy for Pieter , but when he didn't have that accent it bummed me out. It's not like it's a hard accent to pull off either. Just like Pyro not having an Aussie accent in the films .Storm had in accent in the first one , but yet then loses it in the next ones ?? Lol - Grant it it sounded like crap , but still lol "

most likely a russian accent throughout the movie just not in that one clip

B to the U to the L to the L to the $#@%!!!!!!!

" Maybe she TRIED a Russian accent and failed at it...then by the time she revealed she can't talk in an accent they were all "Well crap we already signed the contracts and everything...can't replace her now..." so they just had to deal with it. Honestly, I'm upset about it HOWEVER I would rather have an American accent over a BAD Russian accent. Would you agree? "

"I knew ScarJo would screw Black Widow up. ¬_¬  she sounds so 'common' and skanky.   I wouldn't have even minded a British Accent for BW if Emily Blunt had played her.  (YES, I'M STILL BITTER.) "

rhodie is using 2 armors in these tv spot

She would be the worst spy in the world if she could not hide her accent. Should American spies that went to Germany in WWII keep their southern aww shucks toe-kickin' accent when trying to pass as a German factory worker? A particular scene in Inglorious Bastards with Brad Pitt comes to mind when thinking of such a thing.  
 
If Scarlett had an accent in the movie, it would be stupid. Plus, I am not even sure that Black Widow has an accent in the comics anyway. I certainly would not think so for her undercover years. 

I dont want to see anymore SPoilers... AKA Trailers...

"If they did not give Black Widow a Russian accent, I would be disappointed. "

well she is a spy so she could be trained to have a perfect american accent at least thats how i would explain it in the movie

  Hey  Doc Ock, Storm, and Colossus didn't have accents.......so NOW its gonna start making Marvel movies suck?    

i think she could have learned a ruskie accident. dialect coaches can work you through each scene if the need to. 
 but at the same time, i always find it lame that spies dont drop the one thing that can trace them all the way back to their exact foreign town, so this COULD be there way of saying shes a bad ass spy.
 ...but its probably just laziness. no one seems to think like i do...