Any thoughts on readers/voice actors for ASOIAF/GoT?
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:02 am
Since the passing of the late, great Roy Dotrice I've been thinking about voice actors who could carry the torch when hopefully WoW is published or if a radio dramatisation of ASOIAF were ever to be made. One possibility I considered was British voice actor Gabriel Woolf (not Gabriel Wolf - that is somebody completely different). Unfortunately I couldn't find anything on the internet of his reading of classics such as Far From the Madding Crowd or Boodenbrooks which I heard him read a long time ago. I found something about him reading some words of the Spanish guitarist Joaquin Rodrigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6W8rIl0e5g and in lighter vein, a bit silly really but it's kind of fun a comedy video of "Sutekh's post-Dr Who Career" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xnU2BNryo
I found it funny but it is quite British humour and British humour doesn't always travel well overseas.
Not a voice actor per se, but I liked the quality of the actor who played the part of Mr Ibis in American Gods. His name is Demore Barnes. Other than American Gods I can't recall seeing him in anything off hand.
I mentioned on one of the threads today that Tom Wlaschia had a voice that I thought would suit radio broadcasting, but I guess you could say that for a lot of the GoT actors (going by the History and Lore extras). I'm not a "gamer" but if a reading of ASOIAF books was ever recorded with different actors/actresses reading the POV characters (i.e. assigning a person to a POV character) I suppose one could consider voice-actors who provide the voiceovers in video games. There is a company called "Big Finish Productions" that does audio productions https://www.bigfinish.com/ - some of their actors are veterans but not exclusively - looks like they've got Walder Frey (David Bradley) voice-acting in an audio adaptation of the very early (1960s) Dr Who adventures in 2018. Maybe some of the actors that work for them might be suitable.
But those are just my thoughts. I've mostly gone with British people because I'm based in the UK and that's what I know but I'd be interested to know if any other people have any suggestions (not necessarily British actors).
I found it funny but it is quite British humour and British humour doesn't always travel well overseas.
Not a voice actor per se, but I liked the quality of the actor who played the part of Mr Ibis in American Gods. His name is Demore Barnes. Other than American Gods I can't recall seeing him in anything off hand.
I mentioned on one of the threads today that Tom Wlaschia had a voice that I thought would suit radio broadcasting, but I guess you could say that for a lot of the GoT actors (going by the History and Lore extras). I'm not a "gamer" but if a reading of ASOIAF books was ever recorded with different actors/actresses reading the POV characters (i.e. assigning a person to a POV character) I suppose one could consider voice-actors who provide the voiceovers in video games. There is a company called "Big Finish Productions" that does audio productions https://www.bigfinish.com/ - some of their actors are veterans but not exclusively - looks like they've got Walder Frey (David Bradley) voice-acting in an audio adaptation of the very early (1960s) Dr Who adventures in 2018. Maybe some of the actors that work for them might be suitable.
But those are just my thoughts. I've mostly gone with British people because I'm based in the UK and that's what I know but I'd be interested to know if any other people have any suggestions (not necessarily British actors).