10 Replacements for Don Lafontaine In Movie Trailers
September 04, 2008 - 12:00 pm | PermalinkSo the movie trailer voice-over guy, Don Lafontaine, passed away. He was well known for his distinctive voice that was most commonly used in the most dramatic of movie trailers, best showcased in the trailer for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
With his passing however, the movie trailer world is left without a distinctive, charasmatic, unique voice to overdramatize the action, drama, and intensity that draws in movie-goers and makes us want to see the advertised movie. We decided to have a look at other distinctive voices that could possibly fill in until the next big movie-trailer voice is found... we'll tell you where you know them from, and give you a sample of their audition tape.
The sample audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone...against impossible odds...there is only one way to do things. His way. Now...One man...one mission...one...way...OUT. Coming soon...to a warzone near you...ACTION MOVIE!"
Samuel L. Jackson
You know him as the intense, loud mouthed, no nonsense tough guy from movies such as Pulp Fiction, Shaft, Snakes on a Plane, and the upcoming Christmas movie, The Spirit.
Audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone...against IMPOSSIBLE ODDS! THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO DO THINGS!! MY WAY, MUTHAFUCKA!! NOW HAND ME MY GUN! IT'S MY MISSION, AN' I'M GONNA KILL 'EM ALL!! THEY DESERVE TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!!!!
Vin Diesel
You know him as the gravely voiced anti-hero Riddick in Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, as well as the recently released sci-fi actioner Babylon A.D.
Audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone...against impossible odds.................there is....only....grmmb grmmmbl...brg...grmmmble brmm...way. Now...one man...one...grummm....grmm brlmm..mmm grmm. Grmmmmmbll....grmm warzone near grmm...ACTION GRMMM!
James Earl Jones
You know him best as the voice for Darth Vader, Mufasa from the Lion King, and the CNN ads... his voice is one of the most recognizable in voice-over work.
Audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone...against impossible odds...There is only ONE WAY to do things. HIS WAY. Now...One MAN...ONE MISSION...One...way OUT. Coming soon...to a warzone near you...ACTION MOVIE...I am your father, Simba, on CNN..."
Kiefer Sutherland
You know him best as Jack Bauer from 24, but also as the creepy voice from the movie Phone Booth.
Audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone...against impossible odds...There is only one way to do things.........and we don't have time to do it any other way! NOW GO SEE THIS MOVIE!! THE FATE OF THE FREE WORLD IS AT STAKE!!!! Don't make me torture you to get you to see it...It's coming...it's coming soon, man, and if you don't go see it, I may have to do something drastic...something they might FROWN UPON!!! ACTION MOVIE!!! GO! NOW!!"
Will Arnett
You know him best from Arrested Development, and from last year's comedy smash hit Blades of Glory.
Audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone...against impossible odds...like pulling off a threesome with the Olson Twins...There is only one way to do things...like choosing between adoption and abortion...but I digress. Yes...One man...one mission...to pull off multiple abortions at once and impress Mary Kate and Ashley...mmmmmmmm...all this talk about abortions is making me super wet...I'm comin' Mary KATE!!!"
David Duchovny
You know him as Mulder from the X-Files, and from a Showtime series called Californication.
Audition:
"In a world where one man stands alone... with his pants undone... a woman enters his life... and his ass. Are we done here, 'cuz my ass really hurts."
Hugo Weaving
You know him as Agent Smith from The Matrix, Elrond from LOTR, and the voice of Megatron in the Transformers movie.
Audition:
"In a world where one man...stands alone...against...impossible oddddddsssss...There...is...only one wayyyyy...to do things. His way... Now...one...man...one mission...One...way...out. Coming soon to...a...warzone.........near....you. Action Movie!!"
Jeff Goldblum
You know him as the smart guy in movies such as Jurassic Park, Independence Day, and The Fly.
Audition:
"In a world, where, you know, things happen and can't be explained except by chaos theory, which isn't really chaotic when you think about it, but that's how it all works, y'see, it's one of those things that makes perfect sense in its lack of sense...just like when i stepped into that chamber to test out my teleportation device but instead turned into a hideous fly-human hybrid that had to be killed...or when I returned to...you know...fight dinosaurs on that island and determined that nature would find a way to help the dinosaur abominations we made reproduce by...um...the frog DNA they used to uh, bridge the gap in the DNA sequencing...so...you know, it's like...insane how that all works..." (goes on for 13 more minutes)
Christopher Walken
You know him as the most evil man in America, from a myriad of roles ranging from The Prophecy to Pulp Fiction to Wayne's World.
Audition:
"In a world, ssss, you have, you know, a man. Ohhh, and that man, well, boom, he wants to dance. YEAAAHHH! More cowbell!"
Jean Claude Van Damme
You know him as a semi-washed up martial artist who kicked ass in the '90's in movies such as Double Impact, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, and fell from grace with the mess that was Street Fighter: The Movie.
Audition:
"Een a world, where won mahn...stahnds alone...aginst...eempossble ahds!! There iz..only one WAY...to do theengs!! Now who wants to go home...an' who WAN' TA GO WIT ME?!?"
William Shatner
You know him as Captain James T. Kirk and that guy from the Priceline.com commercials.
Audition:
"In. A. World...where one man........stands alone. AGAINST. Im...........possible odds there....is....only one way to...do....things...His. Way. Now...one....man....one......mission...one...way out. Coming soon to a....warzone...near you...ACTION. MOVIE."
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