A lion's voice...

[eldritchhobbit]

The latest news from NarniaWeb is quite interesting:

The big news of the Biola Media Conference is that Brian Cox is no longer doing the voice of Aslan! Apparently he has lost some weight and his voice has changed.

Reportedly, Jason Isaacs, Timothy Dalton, Sean Bean, Gerard Butler, Ian McKellen, and Ralph Fiennes have all auditioned for the part. No choice has yet been made. Stay tuned as we’re covering this breaking story!

Having to make that choice would be... a pretty remarkable challenge, I would imagine.


And now, a quote for the day:

"I like them to talk nonsense. That's man's one privilege over all creation. Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen."

from Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Comments

[euclase.livejournal.com]

Yes! I saw this last night, and I posted it over at the Jason Isaacs forum for good measure... because you know who I'm rooting for. ;-)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

JI would be fantastic, wouldn't he? I don't blame you at all. He could carry a film with just his voice! Of all of these, Ralph Fiennes sticks out to me as the "which of these doesn't fit" option; no disrespect to him intended, for he is a very talented actor, but his voice doesn't strike me as his most powerful feature, or as being in the same league as these others'. But I may be wrong, who knows?

I really thought Brian Cox would do a terrific job, but this list softens the blow... LOL!