|
Post by lizardgirl on Jul 20, 2008 11:22:45 GMT -5
Yeah, Randall's accent is Hoosier but Steve's is sort of New York/Brooklyn-y.
|
|
|
Post by pitbulllady on Jul 20, 2008 13:38:21 GMT -5
I thought Steve Buscemi was a New Yorker though... or is it that his modified voice to suit Randall makes him sound like a Hoosier? Steve Buscemi IS a native Brooklyner(is that a word?), and in speaking with his normal voice, THAT is very obvious, lol! BUT, being a very versitile actor, he's able to speak with many different accents, convincingly. I've heard him sound as Southern as I do(I'm a native South Carolinian), or with Randall's Indiana-Midwestern accent, or with little distinguishable accent at all. From what I've read, he puts a LOT of research into a role before filming or voice-overs starts, so he gets it right, even to the extent of living in the area in which a movie is supposed to take place so as to absorb some of the local dialectic "flavor" and sound authentic. For Randall's voice, he not only wanted to give Randall a Midwestern accent, perhaps to avoid having him sound like the stereotypical New York tough guy(Randall was originally supposed to have been IRISH, by the way, and speak with a brogue), but he also wanted Randall to sound stressed-out, so Steve did things like deprive HIMSELF of sleep, and go to hockey games and yell and scream to strain his voice. That's pretty in-depth, more than most people would go through just to voice an animated character. pitbulllady
|
|
|
Post by sympathetic on Jul 30, 2008 3:05:20 GMT -5
LOL - as luck would have it, Billy Crystal, the guy who voiced Mike Wazowski, is also a native New Yorker. Interesting how both of their accents differed so much in the movie though.
|
|
|
Post by RandallBoggs on Jul 30, 2008 18:55:50 GMT -5
You mean how Randall's voice is swave and Wazowski's is annoying? ^0^ ^0^
|
|
|
Post by sympathetic on Aug 6, 2008 8:07:49 GMT -5
Precisely. Couldn't have said it better. XD
|
|
|
Post by RandallBoggs on Aug 6, 2008 19:35:03 GMT -5
Tah ^0^
|
|
Weasel Freak
Randall's Skivvy (0-299)
Revenge, is so very very sweet..
Posts: 218
|
Post by Weasel Freak on Aug 12, 2008 22:13:53 GMT -5
Just in case it isn't possible to see his page unless you're a friend of his, I thought I'd copy and paste some of the information that 'Randall' has posted on his page. Q: Is it a coincidence that your birthday's on the same day all the events in the movie occurred? (Thanks to Laura G for this one.) A: Yes, it is. To be honest, no one really cared about my birthday up till I got this new job in the human world. If anything, I was actually bothered more often on my birthday than any other day of the year. On the plus side, the people at work threw me a party last year - the first one I've had in my thirty-one years of being alive. And here's what it says on his profile- I spent the first twenty-five years of my life unsuccessfully trying to find my place in this world, to grasp hold of something many others took for granted. At the age of thirty-one, I am finally at peace. Please either leave all love letters, hate mail, and other personal messages on my wall, or send them to my inbox. I will do my best to address any questions or comments you may have. Photos and videos are also accepted, but inappropriate material is not permitted as this profile may also be viewed by younger fans. Random fact: I like having my fronds stroked. *strokes his fronds* ;D ;D ;D
|
|