Star Trek Actors Heat Up The Screen With Hot Voices
May 26, 2009
Have you seen the most recent Star Trek movie? If you have, chances are you noticed dashing good looks, the almost eerily similarities between the original cast and their younger counterparts, and their updated starship, but did you hear anything of note in particular?
The new cast of J.J. Abrams Star Trek is filled to the brim with outstanding talent that not only look the part and act the part, they sound the part.
Voice has become one of the more important elements in casting on-camera roles of late, demonstrated by the vocal qualities cast in leading roles, for example, Chris Pine’s exuberant take on James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto’s amazing work as Spock, an adventurous dialect switch for Simon Pegg’s Scotty, and the dead-on Bones McCoy voice performed by New Zealander, Karl Urban.
Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood, who played Captain Christopher Pike, was also a hit. His voice was splendid in the trailers when used and gave a warm, authoritative presence to the film in a fatherly way.
Quinto, using his voice talent for more than just the film, recorded the Star Trek movie novel adaptation written by Alan Dean Foster, based on Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman’s screenplay, an 8.5 hour long audiobook.
Suffice to say, attention to casting where voices are concerned in film has come a long way, baby!
Source: VOX Daily
Mickey Mouse Voice Caretaker, Wayne Allwine, Gone at 62
May 26, 2009
Wayne Allwine, the most recent voice of Mickey Mouse, passed away on May 18, 2009 due to complications from diabetes at the age of 62. He and his wife Russi Taylor, the current voice of Minnie Mouse, met in studio over 20 years ago and were inseparable.
Although the two made quite a pair voicing the Disney icons (named as Disney Legends in 2008), they never lost sight of the fact that they were merely the stewards of a legacy, entrusted with taking care of Mickey and Minnie, humbly doing their work in the service of others to keep Walt Disney’s dream, and the spirit of the characters, alive.
Allwine was the voice of Mickey Mouse for 32 years, and enjoyed working on all kinds of projects with the voice cast, including the “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse“.
