• Jo Miran
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    44 days ago

    All I can think of is Jim Dale’s reading of the Harry Potter books. Fucking epic.

    • Echo Dot
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      23 days ago

      What, no way, they did not replace Steven Fry.

      • Jo Miran
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        13 days ago

        They didn’t replace Fry. When the Audiobooks were released in the US, they were read by Jim Dale. Fry was for the rest of the English language releases. During the run, Jim Dale broke the world record for the most character voices performed by a single actor in an audiobook (146).

        • LordWarfire
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          13 days ago

          That award was rescinded and given to Roy Dotrice for A Game of Thrones (2004) where he voiced 224 characters. I believe Jim Dale did hold the record before that though with 134 voices for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.