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Alexandra Boyd aka Elaine from Monkey Island

CaptKevinKIDCaptKevinKID
edited November 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
http://vimeo.com/1320991

Here is Alexandra Boyd in some of her acting roles both in the US and UK tv.



Forget Elaine vs Morgan, how about Elaine vs Liz McDonald from Corrie
corriemain540612a.jpg Alexandra Boyd on the right of the picture.
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http://www.alexandraboyd.co.uk/www.alexandraboyd.co.uk/Home.html

INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Alexandra Boyd
http://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2009/07/24/interview-in-conversation-with-alexandra-boyd/

Alexandra Boyd Twitter
http://twitter.com/ecowarrioress

Comments

  • upperchuckupperchuck
    edited November 2009
    Isn't that guy with the glasses at the beginning the guy from JAWS?
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    Richard Dreyfus
  • MermaidMermaid
    edited November 2009
    I watched some of the "Coronation Street" episodes and although I could tell that it's Elaine's voice I'm hearing I was surprised at how different it sounded.

    I found that a lot of British women speak in a certain high pitched singsong and we can hear that when listening to Elaine.

    Still, I could imagine that Alex was told to make Elaine's voice sound a little "higher pitched" to match the comic style of the character? I was surprised at how sexy and quite low pitched Alexandra can make her voice sound (there's this scene when she's on top of Harry on the couch after they spent the night together.) It's a shame that she couldn't give Elaine's voice that sexy touch (or maybe she just interpreted the character differently).
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited November 2009
    I watch corry all the time but didnt notice
  • TurokTurok
    edited November 2009
    I didn't know that she was in Titanic. But that just shows what a brilliant actress she is, unless someone points it out or you look it up then your not gonna know that its Elaine from MI.

    I'm glad that she was chosen to voice Elaine though, I remember thinking the first time I played CMI how perfect Elaines voice was for Elaine. I missed her in EMI, but i'm glad TT & LA brought her back and I hope they keep her on for future Monkey related media.
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited November 2009
    She does sound pretty different in those videos, at first I couldn't even tell it was Elaine's voice, only after a while of listening to her. I like how she voices Elaine, though, even if her voice is a little high-pitched, but it really fits. I loved Elaine's voice in CMI already, and when I first listened to Elaine's new voice in EMI, I was very disappointed.
  • mrschaatsbergenmrschaatsbergen
    edited November 2009
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    I loved Elaine's voice in CMI already, and when I first listened to Elaine's new voice in EMI, I was very disappointed.

    Me too. Elaine in EMI, as you all may know, is voiced by Charity James (a shame if you ask me, because IMHO Alexandra "is" Elaine to my ears... with all respect to Charity James of course). Don't know why LucasArts decided this back then, because the voice director was the same person who did CMI too.

    Having worked with voice actors/actresses for a couple of years now myself (I'm a sound designer), I've always noticed how well they can change their voice when they are "in character". When we talk outside the recording sessions or even between them, they can change their voice back quite easy. So this is the reason why Alexandra may sound different in movies / tv series.

    But Alexandra Boyd always does a magnificent job, and I love her voice with the Elaine character.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2009
    Fun fact: Charity James is the voice of Grace on Gabriel Knight 3.
  • MatakuMataku
    edited November 2009
    I was watching Disney's 'Tarzan' the other night, and noticed how Minnie Driver's dub of Jane was very reminiscence of Boyd's Elaine. There's that one part in particular when she talks about 'all the monkeys' where you can literally put Elaine on screen lip syncing to that, and it would seem like it's really her.
  • The CommissionerThe Commissioner
    edited November 2009
    I loved the Titanic bit. Stunning portrayal of "FIRST CLASS WOMAN"! It's funny when a character doesn't have a name.
  • StansCoffinsStansCoffins
    edited November 2009
    To be honest I think she's bloody awful in Curse, but she's much much better at it in Tales. She's particularly good at the Poxed Elaine, you can really tell she's enjoying herself there.
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, I was in love with her poxed voice, it was awesomely done. When you show her the wedding ring in court I got pretty scared!
  • Dan2593Dan2593
    edited November 2009
    Wow great research on Alexandra Boyd. Could you do the rest of the cast?
  • The CommissionerThe Commissioner
    edited November 2009
    t3-silberman.jpg

    Here's Earl Boen in Terminator 3. That makes both he and Arnie some of the only characters to appear in 3 Terminator films played by the original actor.
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