I've heard AA in other roles, and she pretty much sounded like Fred, but less Southern. I haven't heard her as herself, though to me it seemed that her Fred was more of an exaggeration of her regular voice, like Willow is for AH.
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
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Madrigal Costello - May 17, 2004 6:56:09 am PDT #285 of 3531
It's a remora, dimwit.
bon bon - May 17, 2004 7:06:46 am PDT #286 of 3531
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'd think one's voice on DVD commentaries would be a little bit deeper, since one is just sitting and commenting to a mike. You don't have to project, you're not excited or moving around-- all things that, IME, makes one's voice a bit higher.
[classic mix of second and third person. jebus.]
Lilty Cash - May 17, 2004 7:12:02 am PDT #287 of 3531
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Hmm. It's time for me to make time for those commentaries, methinks. And, didn't Fred's southern-ness seem to taper off a bit (with the exception of Fred!Illyria in TGIQ)? Maybe it didn't, but I missed most of Season 3 due to college and such, and started watching regularly again Season 4. When I watched the S3 dvds, I realized that she had a Southern accent and either A) I had never noticed, or B) It had been largely phased out by S4.
Madrigal Costello - May 17, 2004 7:15:28 am PDT #288 of 3531
It's a remora, dimwit.
AA tends to vary the Texan accent - I think it's a personal choice, since it seems strongest in flashbacks and when talking to her parents.
tommyrot - May 17, 2004 7:15:45 am PDT #289 of 3531
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Shouldn't Fred have had a Pylean Cow accent?
edit: Well I suppose she didn't talk much to other cows while in Pylea.
Madrigal Costello - May 17, 2004 7:17:22 am PDT #290 of 3531
It's a remora, dimwit.
I'd assume she might have a Cow accent when she speaks Pylean - though I don't know if they've had her use the language - but they did show that she understands it, with her injoke with Lorne about hedgehogs.
victor infante - May 17, 2004 7:36:38 am PDT #291 of 3531
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
You don't have to project, you're not excited or moving around
Unless, of course, you're Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk, and then Lord knows what silliness is going on.
AA tends to vary the Texan accent - I think it's a personal choice, since it seems strongest in flashbacks and when talking to her parents.
People DO tend tend to smooth out their accents over time when they move, and it tends to re-emerge when the person is around family or such, so I can buy that.
Madrigal Costello - May 17, 2004 7:40:10 am PDT #292 of 3531
It's a remora, dimwit.
I could see Fred trying to tone down the accent while she was in college - anything to keep from seeming like a naive hick from the sticks. Plus they do change over time depending on surroundings. For me the curiosity about actors' voices would be what AD sounds like without the British accent. I keep expecting sort of a prissy Steven Wright kind of thing.
P.M. Marc - May 17, 2004 7:41:00 am PDT #293 of 3531
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
People DO tend tend to smooth out their accents over time when they move, and it tends to re-emerge when the person is around family or such, so I can buy that.
Or after a couple of glasses of wine, or when tired... yeah.
Paul's the only one of his family without a trace of Texas when he speaks, as he was a toddler when they left. The rest of them vary according to time of day, amount of alcohol, and location in relation to other Texans.
I'm also finding that as age dulls their hearing, my folks are sounding more and more Canadian.
P.M. Marc - May 17, 2004 7:43:55 am PDT #294 of 3531
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
For me the curiosity about actors' voices would be what AD sounds like without the British accent. I keep expecting sort of a prissy Steven Wright kind of thing.
Freaking weird and kind of fey.
It's higher, lighter, and not *quite* American. Were you there during the AD movie fest last year? Any of the stuff he did pre-AtS where he was supposed to be playing an American, he sounded like someone faking an American accent (see: KB in Dead Again).