When Rodrigues hears the voice of God at the end as he's about to apostatize, who was the actor that voiced God? They're not listed in the credits or on the IMDB page that I could find...and it didn't sound like any of the other actors. I tried going to Google, but I kept getting Bible verses about the voice of God being in small and silent places, which was not helpful...
Any insight would be most appreciated.
Sounded like Ciarán Hinds to me.
shareI was wondering if it was Liam Neeson, myself, though that could be because he was Aslan in the Narnia pictures.
I think if it was Neeson or Hinds or any of the other actors in the film, whoever it was, it would be an interesting thing to know what choice was made regarding the actor.
It definitely wasn't Liam Neeson. Between Narnia and Ponyo (especially Ponyo, as I have a two year old), I've listened to his voice acting a lot. I feel pretty confident in saying that I would have recognized his voice. Especially since I was specifically listening to see if it was him as that thought occurred to me while watching the film. Hines is a possibility. I don't know his voice as well. Hopefully it will be revealed in the special features on the blu ray or dvd.
shareHines is the only credited actor that I could picture it being. Though, if it was another uncredited actor, I would be incredibly interested to know why they didn't list them.
shareI think the reason they didn't list the actor, whether they were double-cast or not, is this: if you don't know who the voice of God is, it adds an ambiguity as to what this voice means to Rodriguez.
Giving the voice to a cast member would kind of elevate that actor's character's status - essentially equating their viewpoint with God's. It might (though, not necessarily) also suggest that God's voice is a hallucination. If Hinds supplied the voice, it might indicate that Rodriguez isn't hearing God, just pretending his boss/father is comforting him.
So, I think maybe they've kept the voice of God in the dark so as not to impose anything on the event. We just have to interpret what's going on with these events (just as Rodriguez has to take in what he sees/hears and just process it).
Makes sense. I was also thinking they might have purposely not listed it in the credits so that someone casually scrolling through on IMDB wouldn't see that there's a character listed as "God" or "The Voice of God". If I happened to come across that before I saw the film, my viewing of it would have been incredibly skewed.
shareThat makes a lot of sense, too. You wouldn't want to broadcast that God makes an appearance before He shows up.
shareThat makes a lot of sense, too. You wouldn't want to broadcast that God makes an appearance before He shows up.
Would there be no possibility of a contract allowing for an uncredited or unadvertised appearance? Especially a guy like Scorsese, there might be some wiggle room, right?
shareI wondered if it was Ciarán Hinds or Neeson.
I would have to watch it again to listen more closely
and I am NOT watching it again...... once was enough
I thought it was Ciaran Hinds immediately, which was a bit jarring as he's already in the movie. If it is Hinds, it surely must be for a reason, like how Rodrigues was not hearing the voice of God, but imagining what he wanted to hear in someone's voice that he still thought of as a good Christian.
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