Michael Idov

Rolling R Update: Cate Killin' It

There are only a few days left to vote (via comments right here, on YouTube, or, if you’re a big shot, on the password-protected Snob website) in our Rolling R poll, which will bestow the coveted award “For General Excellence in Acting Russian” on one of the five Hollywood performances of 2008. Let’s see which way the public opinion is leaning in the meantime.

• CATE BLANCHETT, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, “Doctorr Dzhouns”: 66.5%
• OLEK KRUPA, Burn After Reading, “PC or Mac”: 26.5%
• BEN KINGSLEY, Transsiberian, “Ya milicioner!”: 7%
• ERIC GODON, In Bruges, “Doom-dooms”: 0%

Our condolences to Mr. Godon, but come on, people, there has to be an untapped reserve of Kingsley-love somewhere. Obligatory disclaimer: in the end, we will still give this thing to whomever we feel like. This is, what's the word, a sovereign democracy.

Earlier: Introducing Rolling R Nominees [ReadRussia]


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