EA denied all of Marlon Brando's voice work for the new Godfather game was unusable last month, but new reports have it that the company have indeed dropped the recordings and an impersonator is lined up to provide the voice of Vito Corleone.Apparently the oxygen tank the actor was using during the recording sessions hampered his voice so much the recordings were unusable:
Brando attended a recording session in the months leading up to his death last year (01JUL04), but the use of an oxygen tank to aid his breathing diminished the quality of his voice.
A video game insider tells British newspaper The Independent, "(EA) only had him in for one session and didn't get through all the lines. Then most of what they did manage to record isn't useable because of an oxygen tank that he was breathing through at the time."
The source adds that EA's Brando impersonator does a competent job: "He's not bad but then who can't do a decent impression of The Godfather?"
BRANDO'S VOICE 'UNUSABLE' IN VIDEO GAME via Joystiq
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