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[athelind]

Charlotte Weaver (a.k.a. silkspider) noted in her last entry that Julia Roberts was going to voice her namesake in the upcoming live action/CGI remake of Charlotte's Web. Strangely, I can see -- or hear -- Ms. Roberts providing the voice of FurryMUCK's Charlotte even more than I can the literary Charlotte.

Which brings to mind Ms. Weaver's favorite question from her days of playing "Truth or Dare" on the MUCK:


When they make FurryMUCK: The Motion Picture, who should provide the voice for your character?

I dithered about this one for many years, but his recent selection to play Doctor Henry Philip McCoy in the upcoming feature film has finally won Kelsey Grammer the honor of voicing Your Obedient Serpent.

(For those of you who don't frequent FurryMUCK, please substitute your alter-ego's preferred habitat.)

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[gruffgoat.livejournal.com]

Kurt Russell, 'specially when he's doin' his John Wayne riff as Jack Burton in Big Trouble In Little China.

[araquan.livejournal.com]

Hmm. *chin-rub* I can see that.

[farran-ciat.livejournal.com]

I can't say I have a 'voice actress' exactly.

Just imagine my voice as deep and throaty with the hints of a Scottish accent. Something powerful but feminine, really.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Beatrice Arthur, perhaps?

[rancourt.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased to report that Rupert Everett has signed on to play Dusty Rancourt. While he's going to have to reduce his rather genuine accent to a 'I affect a hint of this because it makes me sound more mysterious,' his command of the almost-smile-in-his-voice-tone was too perfect to pass up for casting.

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

Okay, yeah, I can see that. Either him, or Alan Cumming, whom some called "The new Tim Curry".

[aliciaretban.livejournal.com]

Ehee.. I'd have to say that Cynthia Martinez (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993426/) does a wonderfully sugar-laden little girl voice. She's an anime VA, so she's a little obscure.. but generally it's an upbeat, somewhat hoarse tone. I like it a lot.

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

Whew. You got the better of the two english Lina's.

If you said 'Lisa Ortz' we could no longer be friends.

[breimh.livejournal.com]

If there were someone who had a voice like Orson Wells, today; but with a softer, quieter edge to it, that would be me.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Maurice LaMarche, who voiced Brain in Pinky and the Brain -- and Orson Wells in Ed Wood.

[bluerain.livejournal.com]

Sarah Vowell.

[shavastak.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Let's see.

I could almost say Jirris has *two* slightly difference voice actors. When he's looking/acting all bad-ass, he'd sound pretty masculine. When he's around girls/trips over something/generally makes an idiot out of himself, he'd have a nerdier voice.

[breimh.livejournal.com]

Sort of like Vla Kilmer in The Saint, or more like Brendan Fraser, in general?

Hmmm...

[viggen-zebra.livejournal.com]

I somehow gravitate towards Annie Lennox.

When not gravitating towards enormously stuffed dragons.

Re: Hmmm...

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Urp?

hmm

[iridium-wolf.livejournal.com]

I can't decide between GI Jane era Demi Moore or first season JL Maria Canals.

Erf. :)

Re: hmm

[iridium-wolf.livejournal.com]

Or maybe even Julie Caitlynn Brown, aka first season B5 Na'Toth. :) I liked her.

[shavastak.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'm willing to take suggestions. Some woman with a deepish voice, but neither sultry nor hoarse.

[breimh.livejournal.com]

Mira Furlan, maybe? Though she can add sultry elements to her voice, when she speaks plainly, she doesn't necissarily sound like she's trying to undress you with her voice alone.

Another choice might be Linda Forentino.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Hm. As far as fictional characters go, my alt character sounds a lot like the hero of Trainspotting, or possibly Dave Lister from Red Dwarf. Paka himself is more of a Sean Bean type really.

[araquan.livejournal.com]

As you know, that choice has already been made for some of my personae. But for the golden one... Hmm. Jim Cummings, halfway between Bonkers Bobcat and Darkwing Duck. Processed so as to have that ringing metallic resonance I'm supposed to have.

Also, more cookies to you.

[nicodemusrat.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, tough. I'd nominate the following possible Nicodemus voices, in order of preference:

Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon in the HP films; Slartibartfast in the 3rd Hitchhiker's Guide radio series)
Maurice LaMarche (Brain of "Pinky and the" fame; and, more aptly, Kif Kroker from Futurama)

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

Alas, the ideal choice has been dead for a few years. There was just something wonderfully laid-back and feline about Lorenzo's voice, even without Jim Davis' personal Liberty Valence.

For my more meow-ha-ha moments, I think I'd like Tim Curry. Hell, I'd just like to have his voice, period. So wonderfully over the top. But then the animators would have to give me The Eyebrows Of Dooooom, so it's a tradeoff.

[iceraptoress.livejournal.com]

I always wanted Eleanor Audley, who voiced Disney's Maleficent and the evil stepmother in Cindrella, among others, to play Jenn the Ice Raptoress. Alas, that great lady is long gone now. Those two characters both had lovely smooth and obviously untrustworthy tones to their voices when speaking normally, and very savage angry voices.

[ssthisto.livejournal.com]

Well, Athe, it was you that pointed me in the right direction...

Ssthisto would have to be voiced in the same manner as Dog-God Moro... by Gillian Anderson.

[ssthisto.livejournal.com]

That is, if she wasn't voiced by someone talented playing an ungodly hybrid between an oboe and a bagpipe, with the reverb-and-hiss quotient of an entirety of club remix tapes.

Geez,

[animakitty.livejournal.com]

I never considered this. I guess... Hmm. Gene Wilder! Too bad he's dead. I think his voice would suit me, even if it should logically be lower to suit a big panfer.

Re: Geez,

[phallavixen.livejournal.com]

Erm, unless something's happened in the last couple of days, he's still around.

[phallavixen.livejournal.com]

Hmm...who should have the honor of voicing my illustrious personage?

Now, keep in mind that I'm thinking in terms of CGI or hand-drawn animation here.

Just off the top of my head, I'm thinking either Dixie "Julia Sugarbaker" Carter or Betty White.

No, not the Betty White that most people know, the "adorably" naive Rose Nylund from The Golden Girls.

Oh, no. I want the nasty Betty White. Sue Ann Nivens, with a healthy dose of Ms. White's character from Lake Placid -- the one with such ugly lines.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

I have a WAV file of that, if you'd like it.

If I can't be my own voice

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

(Since I've done some voiceacting in my time), then I want either James Earl Jones or Judi Dench to voice Ursula. Because both can do Big And Scary quite effectively.

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

David Hyde Pierce?

[niktopolion.livejournal.com]

Funny, I was going to suggest him for me.

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Richard Dean Anderson should do mine!

"Aww for cryin out loud!"

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

David Wenham for me. He has the right Aussie accent. Steve Irwin is far too obvious to be a real choice. 8)

[drakegrey.livejournal.com]

First choice (suggested originally by and credit to magnavixen): Ben Stiller

As she put it, the perfect combo of laid back California duuuuuuude with easily flusterable, insecure male. :)

Second Choice: Tom Hanks - but ONLY in his Splash/early career/before he was a serious actor days of... again... being easily flusterable.

Third Choice: Bob Denver - but again ONLY if and only in one particular mode and role...

And that is, of course, as Maynard G. Krebs. "Work??!!" :)

--Drake

... and a late breaking update from Variety -

[drakegrey.livejournal.com]

And for when I'm in motormouth obnoxious shut-the-hell-up-Drake mode?

Chris Tucker

Because, you know, he's so... you know. Obnoxious.

--Drake

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

For Raff, I vote for Curtis Armstrong.

[luxatos.livejournal.com]

Well, IF I were on Furry MU...

Hmm... someone kinda understated with the ability to be goofy, but not too much... maybe Hank Azaria. Or Matthew Broderick. Or Keanu Reeves. Ack! Never mind, the thought of Keanu voiceacting ANY role is not very pleasant.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Whoa.