What’s Matt Berry’s best weird What We Do In The Shadows line reading?

From Tuscon, Arizon-ya to "New. York. Cit-ay," here are Laszlo Cravensworth's greatest hits

By William Hughes, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Emma Keates, Cindy White, Jack Smart, Saloni Gajjar | September 6, 2022 | 1:00pm

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What’s Matt Berry’s best weird What We Do In The Shadows line reading?

Matt Berry as Laszlo in What We Do In The Shadows (Photos: FX) Graphic: Karl Gustafson

As anyone who’s watched FX’s relentlessly funny vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows knows, there’s no one who attacks a line of dialogue quite like Laszlo Cravensworth/Jackie Daytona himself, veteran British comic actor Matt Berry. Words do bizarre things in Berry’s mouth, random syllables stretching and distorting, always in the most delightful of ways. And so, in honor of this week’s season finale, we’ve asked The A.V. Club staff a simple question: What’s your favorite weird Matt Berry line reading from What We Do In The Shadows?

Tuscon, Arizona (Season 2, Episode 6: “On The Run”)

Jackie Daytona: This is the way we talk in Tucson Arizonia.

My favorite line reading delivered by Matt Berry as Laszlo Cravensworth has to hail from featuring my man Jackie Daytona. “,” Laszlo (as Daytona) tells the naive Lucy when she questions his fancy “Europe-like” accent. This delivery is made all the better in the context of Lazlo’s alter ego, making him some regular Joe who can’t even pronounce his home state correctly. Laszlo can put on the blue jeans, plaid shirt, and stick in a toothpick, but god forbid he even consider changing his voice to match the origin story of his disguise. So silly, and so perfectly said. [Gabrielle Sanchez]

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