As we know, there is a huge number of dialects of English, varying regionally or socially, as well as according to other features of their speakers, like age, occupation, etc. The most widely known varieties, however, are probably the British received pronunciation (RP) and the general American (GA) dialects. (Note that “most widely known” does not necessarily mean “most widely spoken”: Hughes, Trudgill, and Watt even note that “RP is clearly a minority accent”, only a maximum of about 3-5 percent of the population in England speaks it, p. 4). As Hughes, Trudgill, and Watt (2013) remark, “[t]he label RP has acquired a rather dated – even negative – flavour in contemporary British society” (p. 3), this might be part of the reason why in several movies RP represents the antagonist. “RP became a self-fulfilling prophecy: generations have grown up hearing it in films spoken by evil characters and thus it became an icon of villainy”, claims Szentgyörgyi (2015), referring to such iconic movies as the Star Wars-trilogy, the original Robin Hood, and X-men. Probably connected to being the main evil character, it has been noticed that on the screen, RP is also often associated with power. “RP speaking characters are more powerful than the others. […] RP speaking characters give more orders and receive fewer orders than non-RP speaking characters.” They are also “more respected than non-RP speaking characters”, as they are praised on more, and criticised on less occasions than other characters (Achyutuni, 2020). She attributes this “to the background of the RP accent – it has always been spoken by those with greater power and superior education.” Szentgyörgyi (2021) also notes that there are some stereotypical characters with RP accents recurrent in Hollywood movies: the evil genius, the wise/mentor, fantasy creatures, or royals. Interestingly, these “traditions” are not simply a habitual approach to the representation of film characters, but it seems that there are particular expectations from the viewer’s side concerning aspects. “[A]udiences bring with them certain expectations with regard to how certain types of characters ought to sound”, explains Sonnesyn (2011, 55), in relation to the stir-up surrounding the movie Robin Hood caused by the fact that the actor who played Richard the Lionheart had a Scottish, and Robin Hood an American accent.