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Old 04-13-2009, 11:09 AM   #1
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Jeremy Irons. No contest.
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Old 04-13-2009, 02:09 PM   #2
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Jeremy Irons. No contest.
If they did pick him, I'd have a hard time not thinking of a huge mane of hair for Smaug.
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If they did pick him, I'd have a hard time not thinking of a huge mane of hair for Smaug.
Seconded!

I don't like dragons so obviously I wouldn't want a dragon to have Scar's voice.

Tim Curry or Bruno Ganz might be good.
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Old 04-13-2009, 06:25 PM   #4
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Seconded!

I don't like dragons so obviously I wouldn't want a dragon to have Scar's voice.
But Smaug is pretty much the coolest bad guy in Tolkien's corpus, if not beyond. And his chief competitor is another dragon, Glaurung!

Maybe if Jeremy Irons were Smaug's voice, this fact would cause you to like dragons.

Personally, Jeremy Irons as Smaug would be considered an awesome thing.
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Old 04-13-2009, 06:51 PM   #5
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But Smaug is pretty much the coolest bad guy in Tolkien's corpus, if not beyond.
I prefer Saruman. <3

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Maybe if Jeremy Irons were Smaug's voice, this fact would cause you to like dragons.
No, it might lead to me not wanting to see the Hobbit film at all in fear of losing my ability to watch the Lion King without thinking of dragons.

But yeah Jeremy Irons' voice anywhere is an awesome thing.
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Tuor, you skipped my suggestion on TORn:

Pee-wee Herman.

That would throw everyone off.
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Old 04-13-2009, 07:43 PM   #7
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Tuor, you skipped my suggestion on TORn:

Pee-wee Herman.

That would throw everyone off.
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:55 AM   #8
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Jeremy Irons. No contest.
Exactly!A "quiet" voice,with a really cunning note...
Shhh,makes my hair go up!
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Old 04-25-2009, 02:52 PM   #9
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Hmmmm... how about Christopher Plummer?

(Full disclosure: Plummer was my fantasy casting for Denethor- Peter Cushing and Basil Rathbone being permanently unavailable).
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Old 06-07-2009, 05:39 AM   #10
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Terry Gilliam?
Okay, that made me chuckle!

Smaug needs to have a raspy voice! Raspy, and NOT American!
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I wonder if an American accent could work, though...Smaug is essentially an Yankee businessman: individualistic, pragmatic, and ruthless. With the right actor, it could work.
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I Take Exception with that description of Americans, really that's EVERY business man so really using that logic ANY accent would work.

Sorry, just found that comment offensive.
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An American accent could indeed work. What about Dustin Hoffman?

(Smaug describing his aeronautical abilities)
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An American accent could indeed work. What about Dustin Hoffman?

(Smaug describing his aeronautical abilities)
Or Al Pacino? Not subtle enough, maybe?
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I Take Exception with that description of Americans, really that's EVERY business man so really using that logic ANY accent would work.

Sorry, just found that comment offensive.
As an American myself, I can say things like that about my countryfolk if I want to.
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I wonder if an American accent could work, though...Smaug is essentially an Yankee businessman: individualistic, pragmatic, and ruthless. With the right actor, it could work.
Watch it there. I the New Yorker of the forum.

Anyway here is a suggestion. John Noble. He played Denethor in Return of the King. The actor is from New Zealand but he usually uses an American accent for his roles.
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Well,recycling is really effective when it comes to nature,but imagine what is going to happen if his voice is iddentified

"oh,here comes the psyco-dude again!"
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lance henricksn admiral hackett from mass effect is AWESOME

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