Wilhelm Von Homburg Speaks As Vigo
First time I ever read about this.
Sorry Mr Wilhem, but Max gave Vigo the best voice.
Thanks for sharing!!
Von Homburg was a German boxer and no professional actor, so I had some doubts we hear his real voice in GB2. I think hearsay became fact that von Sydow did the voice in GB2. Maybe Forsche just picked that up – or was he really involved in the post production (editing, sounds etc.)? We need a word from von Sydow or Ivan Reitman.
Andy – Max von Sydow has a pretty distinctive voice, which naturally sounds very much like Vigo. I don’t think this is a case of hearsay becoming fact.
Yeah, maybe. A comment from a guy named ‘Nathan’:
“I asked [Michael C. Gross on Facebook] about max Von sydow […]. he said sydow didn’t voice Vigo but then someone else who worked on the production said it was him and Michael said he was too busy in post to remember who did what”
It’s interesting to see how misdirection affects perception here: listening to Max von Sydow’s voice (and knowing that it is Mr. von Sydow speaking), it’s impossible not to recognize his distinctive voice in the comparison audio clip. And yet, even though I’ve seen the movie several times, I would never have put his voice to the visual image of “Vigo” at the time—simply because I wasn’t expecting it.
I know exactly what you mean, Paul. I closed my eyes and listened to Max’s dialog in the movie Shutter Island, and all I heard was Vigo! There was no doubt in my mind, once I took the visuals out of the equation, that I was hearing Vigo’s voice in that film.
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