Oddly Specific Tropes Famous Directors Slip In Every Movie. In Mc. Tiernans first movie, Nomads, Pierce Brosnan attempts a French accent that sounds less like a Frenchman talking than it does a Frenchman trying to tie a scarf using only his farts. Mc. Tiernan then decided to cast two of the most distinctly English sounding actors alive, Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons, to play German brothers in Die Hards one and three. Most movies have the actors work with a vocal coach to perfect their accent before filming, but it seems Rickman and Irons were handed a can of Wolfgang Puck tomato basil bisque and told to talk like it. John Mc. Tiernan cared so little about linguistics that he didnt even bother to get German speaking extras to play the German terrorists. When the actors in the movie speak German, its actually vaguely Germanish gibberish. Century FoxHasta la vista, Comrade. Cut perfectMc. Tiernan also directed The Hunt For Red October, wherein Sam Neill and Tim Curry play Russian submariners with accents like sarcastic Russian actors doing over the top Sam Neill and Tim Curry impressions. But at least they tried. Their captain, Sean Connery, filmed the entire movie in his normal speaking voice. I Want To Watch The Full Movie Of Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem more. In fact, if anything, it seems like he was trying to sound three times more like Sean Connery. John Mc. Tiernan doesnt give a shit if his Russian submarine captain sounds like a drunk Scotsman trying to talk your panties off. Mc. Tiernan doesnt just hire actors who arent great with accents. He hires actors with the most distinct voices possible. If he needs to fill the role of a West Virginia lawyer, he calls Jean Claude Van Damme, Chewbacca, and no one else. In Predator, he gave the role of an American soldier named Dutch to an Austrian man who pronounces every word like two seals having an argument. In The 1. 3th Warrior, the role of Arabian Scribe was given to Antonio Banderas, who was apparently told to make his voice as sexy and Spanish as he could. Its as if every John Mc. Tiernan movie hired a casting director who couldnt tell when he was being sarcastic. Touchstone PicturesAlright, put your sombrero on and lets shoot this. Stanley Kubrick had a reputation for being one of the most difficult directors to work with. He had a maniacal attention to detail and, as Shelley Duvall can tell you, he didnt have a problem with torturing actors to get the results he was looking for. But aside from all the actor abuse, hes known mainly for creating psychotic, menacing characters. And oddly enough, each of them menace psychotically in the exact same way. Here, well show you Warner Bros., Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Menace. MENACE. MENAAAAACE The Kubrick Stare is made up of two distinct movements. First, you tilt your head slightly down. Then, look up at the world from beneath your eyebrows. Try it at home On the bus It works with all kinds of activities sharpening knives, masturbation, taking notes for your boss. Kubrick movie. General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove, Jack Torrance in The Shining, whatever Tom Cruise was called in Eyes Wide Shut. And its pretty easy to figure out where Kubrick came up with the move. According to every photo taken of him, its the only face he has ever made. Warner Bros., Metro Goldwyn Mayer. MENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE Its as if the only note he ever gave an actor was, Just look at the camera the way I look at fucking everything. You pig fucker hack. Were all lucky. If he was known for his cheery, beaming smile, it would have made a whole lot of those murder scenes even more terrifying. Barry Scott is a new contributor to Cracked and has a blog for all his petty thoughts, check it out at. For other things youll never be able to not notice in movies from now on, check out 5 Meh Directors Who Do One Thing Better Than Anyone Else and 5 Bizarre Celebrity Quirks You Can Never Unsee. Subscribe to our You. Tube channel, and check out 4 Directors Who Do the Same Thing in Every Movie, and other videos you wont see on the siteFollow us on Facebook, and well follow you everywhere.