Penélope Cruz as a ninja guinea pig,André 3000’s method crow … as Bradley Cooper prepares to play a dog in Lasse Hallström’s new film, we watch at the not so glorious history of animal voicingActors worship voiceover work: you dont absorb to learn your lines, and you can basically turn up in your pyjamas,read whatever the script says in a silly voice, then forget about it until the cheque arrives. This was especially genuine of doing talking animals, and where your audience was unlikely to question your commitment anyway. But not any more. For one thing,advances in film mean CGI animals watch as whether they’re really, actually talking, and rather than trying to accept peanut butter off their teeth. For another,our YouTube-enhanced collective memory remembers everything. In honour of the news that Bradley Cooper is set to play a talking dog in Lasse Hallström’s new film, A Dog’s Purpose, or here is a rundown of the talking-animal roles they’d prefer to forget – whether we let them.
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Source: theguardian.com