Who would make the best "Blaine" voice?

[LittleRedKing]

Since Blaine the Mono was one of my all time favorite SK villains, I have often thought about this. Even outside of an movie attempt, I found myself reading all of his lines and hearing them in various voices. The first time I had an idea of what Blaine was really about, Robin Williams came to mind. Maybe it was the whole cowboy/pardner thing he had goin' on, I just imagined Robin W. doing an over the top John Wayne.

Subsequently when I read it, I couldnt help but think of Kevin Spacey. He is one of my favorite actors and has a way of speaking that makes you think he is smirking, even if you can't actually see the smirk.

Does anyone else come to mind when you read Blaines voice?

[TBlack]

Pee Wee Herman!

[rjt65]

Haha good thought-thread---

Gilbert Godfried or Adam Sandler.... in their contemtuous little boy voices...

[Scoutabout]

Dennis Leary keeps jumping into my head but I think not.
Kevin Spacey sounds like a great idea.

[Lencho_of_the_Apes]

The first voice that springs to MY mind is...drum roll... Crispin Glover. I might want to test him first and see if it worked...

We all float down here...

[Tery]

Christopher Walken?

But Kevin Spacey would be great!

[LongWalker]

John Malkovich! He has that smart-alecky but intelligent voice.

[scratchesass]

Moi!

[Patricia A]

Dennis Leary keeps jumping into my head but I think not.
Kevin Spacey sounds like a great idea.
God I hate it when Dennis Leary jumps into my head, it's rude and he always leaves a mess. Yeah and once he starts doing it, it's like forever before he stops.
Seriously though that's a good question, I think Kevin Spacey would be good choice. He could probably pull off a really good bad John Wayne impression.
Maybe Joaquin Phoenix.

[Lencho_of_the_Apes]

Pee Wee Herman's a great choice too!

We all float down here...

[Prince of Darkness]

Hi,

I always thought a generic computer voice would work, IMO.

Very basic and dull, but any human voice would inject the possibility of personality and compassion into Blaine, which would defeat his character.

Also, I never did like computer-generated voices. :oo:

Long days and pleasant nights

[Jax]

John Malkovich! He has that smart-alecky but intelligent voice.

I think he would be a very good choice.

[jenboxer77]

I like the idea of a computer generated voice. I don't know why but the voice of the Captain robot on Walle really disturbed me for some reason. It just sounded evil. The SOUNDS that came out of that movie were TOP OF THE LINE! If you haven't watched the special features on the Walle DVD, you should! You will not be disappointed! Very futuristic! Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt has created some of the most iconic noises in science fiction and is famed for bringing natural sounds to the distinctly unnatural realm of sci-fi. He did work with Star Wars and ET.

[sknut70]

what about Jack Nicholson? He would be good, Or the voice of Hal from 2001 who was that?

[LittleRedKing]

Wow glad to see some interest in this, and some great thoughts...


Haha good thought-thread---

Gilbert Godfried or Adam Sandler.... in their contemtuous little boy voices...

Whoa...I gotta say neither of those two ever occured to me. *scratches head*

:biggrin2:


The first voice that springs to MY mind is...drum roll... Crispin Glover. I might want to test him first and see if it worked...

We all float down here...

Now THAT is a great idea...he is just whacky enough to pull it off I bet.


John Malkovich! He has that smart-alecky but intelligent voice.


Another great call! Nobody does ticked off like Malkovich. :biggrin2:


Hi,

I always thought a generic computer voice would work, IMO.

Very basic and dull, but any human voice would inject the possibility of personality and compassion into Blaine, which would defeat his character.



Ah, but Blaine *did* have a lot of personality. I don't know about compassion, and some of the voices mentioned would be great at leaving that hint of compassion out.

Maybe one of these voices synthesized a bit to sound computer generated yet still a little recognizable.

[bookworm101]

Stephen King...it could be his cameo.

[tillyn]

john Goodman, Robin Williams(ya i could imagine that!) Will Arnet, he has a very unique voice.

[pandora]

Vincent Price. Man, is that a blast from the past !!!!

[daffyrocks]

Ooooohhh, Jack Nicholson!! I was thinking Jeremy Irons..??

[rose key]

Jim Carrey. I can hear the John Wayne impersonation now.

[tess4da]

To this post, I was going to suggest Clint Eastwood, but John Malkovich is also terrific. However, his delivery is not playful, or taunting, enough, as Blaine is at first. My best guess would be Tim Curry, he of "Rocky Horror Picture Show' fame, and 'It'. He has the ability, voice-wise, to go from all of the above to pure rage and frustration in an instant. H'm, never thought of him in that way. Have to look him up.

[Robert Gray]

Stephen Colbert

[Nero]

Hugo Weaving

[cuthbertallgood_m249]

yea nero
i was thinking hugo weaving too
"mr.anderson!"
kevin spacey would be good too

[LittleRedKing]

Hugo Weaving

:eyebrow:

"Thankee Sai, Miiissssttterrrr. Anders....Deschain."

( Sorry, he will always be Agent Smith to me )

:biggrin2:

[RandomMan]

Anthony Hopkins or John Malkovich would be my choices...both would be disturbingly spooky!!!

[LadyHitchhiker]

How about Robert O'Brien? :wub:

[Nero]

:eyebrow:

"Thankee Sai, Miiissssttterrrr. Anders....Deschain."

( Sorry, he will always be Agent Smith to me )

:biggrin2:

See his work as Elrond in Lord of the Rings trilogy

or for his voiceover work, his work as Megatron in 07's Transformers

[kisun]

James Earl Jones?

[Terry B]

what about Jack Nicholson? He would be good, Or the voice of Hal from 2001 who was that?

That would be Canadian Actor Douglas Rain but he's 81 years old and it's doubtful he's still doing voices. Good choice though. William Daniels (the original voice of KITT in Knight Rider) is now 82 years old. Val Kilmer is now doing the voice of KITT and he would be good as Blaine. I think Gilbert Gottfried would be too harsh.

[Danivan]

I like the Jim Carrey idea. He has the range and tone of voice to go from serious to insane in an instant and it's believable. I'm reminded of his role as The Riddler/Edward Nigma in the Batman film with Val Kilmer.

[Lien]

To me Blaine sounds like darth vader :biggrin2:

[md10pc]

Kiefer Sutherland. He was in a movie called "Phonebooth" and we didn't get to see him until the end of the movie--he was just this voice on the phone issuing orders.

[Neil W]

Or the voice of Hal from 2001 who was that?

Douglas Rain, and he reprised it in 2010.

Alan Tudyk had a very similar quality in I, Robot.

[Matthew.Degnan]

I think Spacey can put on basically any voice in the known universe lol

[karend3]

Actually Dennis Leary would be a good one as he can throw a temper tantrum well. Plus I don't remember the actors name but he plays an autistic lawyer on Boston Legal. He can throw a rant every now and then.

[Damaja]

Jeremy Piven...

I can totally hear Blaine telling the Gunslingers to "hug it out"

hahaha, just jokes... I think Hugo weaving would be good actually.. or I can definatley agree with Robin Williams, he can pull off any kinda voice.

[JackTheRipper]

To me, the master of voices: Rich Little

[knarf]

I am not sure why..but i could for sure see Dane Cook doing it. like i have never seen him "act" that angry but think about when he like flips out while he is doing his stand up. as Blaine talks i can hear him talking with that little bit of insanity in Danes' voice. hopefully this is not just me that sees this! lol

[Bluey Lunger]

ronald reagan. but only if he can throw in one of those 'now there you go again...pilgrim!' i think his voice would bump the movie rating up, maybe get a "g" out of it, all warm and fuzzy.

[dav]

Oh if only the master...Vincent Price were still around to do the voice:wow:

[Sammy-Baby]

Morgan Freeman. or perhaps Hugh Laurie

[Nutty Bavarian]

Malcolm McDowell. Hands down my pick. He's got that sophisticated accent and he pull the John Wayne off IMO. I can just hear him getting annoyed to death by Eddie now.

He did alot of voice acting in the game Fallout3 where he played a demented computer that was trying to take over post-apocalyptic America. Coincidence? I think not. :smile2:

[M-O-O-N SPELLS MY NAME]

KEVIN SPACEY EXCELLENT CHOICE.....WHAT ABOUT JIM CARREY? CASTING THE VOICE FOR A SCHIZO TRAIN, I THINK OF A SCHIZO ACTOR (INA GOOD WAY)...ALSO CARREY DID PLAY THE RIDDLER :smile2:

[su_joaninhas]

Jim Carrey when blaine goes crazy... and the guy from Hellraiser (Pinhead, can´t remember his real name), before...

[pluce01]

Man I didn't even think of Kevin Spacey, thats really off the wall and perfect if you think about it. Someone mentioned Jim Carrey, I almost think he would make a better Walter. He can be really creepy if he needs to be.

[Autumnlyn]

The guy that did Darth Vader...whats his name...Mufasa...ohhh James Earl Jones.

http://www.movieeye.com/celebrity_addresses/upl_images/scans/59377/James_Earl_Jones-r177278.jpg

A POWERFUL VOICE! Recognizeable and Great.

[scratchesass]

Dave Chappelle!

[johnny39]

I think if you recognized the voice, it would make the whole thing a little comical, or at least take you out of the scene.

[bookworm101]

Ben Stein.

[Bryan James]

It can't be easily recognizable. That pinches the fanny of the fantasy if half the audience instantly says "Oh, that's So-and-So!"

There have been several good suggestions already, but considering the character and origin of Blaine, ya know, logic and all that stuff...I'd offer up Leonard Nemoy with a mild digital distortion filter for the parts when Blaine gets mad.

~BJS

~BJS

[Ma Kin]

Steven Tyler! He has an awesome speaking voice and can be as nutty insane as anyone out there. Sorry..would just like my Steves to work together.

[liya]

I think someone suggested Tim Curry, I think he'd be perfect!

[Kacee]

Paul Reubens, like in Flight of the Navigator.

Hugh Laurie would work too, I agree.

[brandon]

Patrick Stewart Comes to mind for me. He has a distinct and commanding voice and it is his best asset. The way he can effortlessly convey emotions (such as disdain, arrogance, rage, cheer, contemplation, etc.) is amazing. I dont know about the John Wayne (and others) imitation, but I would not be surprised to find he does them well. If not that would be easy to remedy

[Cowboy]

Kiefer Sutherland. He was in a movie called "Phonebooth" and we didn't get to see him until the end of the movie--he was just this voice on the phone issuing orders.

I like the idea of Kiefer Sutherland doing it, he was good in the Phonebooth movie, although I would give Ben Stein honorable mention.

[neiljules]

I think if you recognized the voice, it would make the whole thing a little comical, or at least take you out of the scene.

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[Smikes]

Honestly? Blaine the Mono...I originally thought of the voice from 2001, HAL the computer, with soundbytes from famous people thrown in during the appropriate moments, but Robin Williams or Dan Castellanetta would be great. Kevin Pollack would also be terrific (look him up if you don't know who he is...AWESOME comedian and impersonator, probably most famous for his Christopher Walken voice which is DEAD ON).

Live, love, laugh & be happy,
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[Jaedpact]

ok there are many people on here who have never heard Frank Muller read the books... there is no question that he was the best Blaine voice. Now that he has gone to the clearing at the end of the path I would say that Time Curry would suffice!

[thewordisnineteen]

Blaine? Perhaps the guy who voiced HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey -- Douglas Rain. If not him, then I agree that Kevin Spacey would be ideal.

[DoctorSwerve]

I think that Michael Cera would be fun.

[K4driver]

adam sandler would be good. Robin williams maybe. Christopher Walken no Doubt

[fishandChips]

Then who is going to play Stephen King?

[fishandChips]

I would like to see Andy Serkis be the voice of Blaine the train, I think he would be great. he's got that craziness that a actor needs. yes that's the guy who plays Gollum in the lord of the rings. but he's got such a strange vocal range. I just watched the trailer for his new film, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll looks really good and for some odd reason Blaine the train popped in my head.

[Ozymandas]

A lot of great ideas up there, including making it King's cameo. Curry, Spacey, Williams... how about Brent Spiner? Whoever's voice got used would have to be digitally filtered. It should sound cold and mechanical when not getting angry.

You know how NYC taxis play recorded messages by celebrities? Well - it would be a total departure from the book, but what do you think about doing that with Blaine? In that case, I'd say go with someone incongruous to the character, like Christopher Walken, Pee Wee Herman or maybe even a female voice, like Barbara Walters or Rachel Ray.

[Fran D'Amico]

In my minds eye there is no way the voice of Blaine could never have been a woman.I am afraid Robbin Williams would be over the top.Adam Sandler is not my favorite ,but he would be a good little Blaine.Jim Carey is great at insane but i could not see do the serious parts.I think kevin Spacey would be the one to really nail it. Would be perfect. His voice is scary when he's mad. He conveys contempt so well with his voice.

[Fran D'Amico]

I will have to agree with Kevin Spacey. Vincent Price would have been cool.

[Perse Jr.]

Right now I would make a great voice for Blaine (terrible head cold makes me sound like a raspy man).

I think Jeff Goldblum could do a great job. He can master sultry or crazy or angry or genius.

[Bryan James]

Kelsey Grammer or his brother on "Frasier."

Did I already post that? If not then, yes. Otherwise, George Bush...both of them, harmonized by a minor 5th.

~BJS

[SharonC]

Then who is going to play Stephen King?

I heard Peter Straub got that part!

[SharonC]

So many great suggestions. I'm leaning toward Kevin Spacey, with Jim Carey close second.

[BlaineThePain]

I never get Blaine down to just one voice, and it usually changes from reading to reading, even from line to line. Whenever he does John Wayne or whoever, I don't imagine someone doing an impression, I just imagine John Wayne's actual voice. I mean, he is a pretty darned sophisticated machine, he could probably get those impressions down to the point where it sounds exactly like them. I think it'd be neat, if they ever did some kind of movie, to have several voice actors for Blaine for each of his moods and impressions. For the impressions, just get someone who is really good at that particular impression, for the funny Blaine, someone like Jim Carrey or Michael Keaton (a la Beetlejuice), for introspective Blaine someone like Kevin Spacey, and angry/threatening Blaine...I'm still not sure about. I always hear a deep booming voice like Orson Welles' Unicron, but I've never liked that. I could never hear that voice just right.

[^Candy^]

What about Anthony Hopkins?

[TPG555]

How about Stephen King. He usually does cameos in his films and this would be good. His voice isn't bad and not many people would recognize it.