by Kallo » May 8th, 2017, 1:49 pm
As I said and was pointed out by others in the thread, it's not really Rob's voice as Simba that bothers me. It's that the performance is rather poor. Gary Anthony Williams doesn't sound that much like James Earl Jones (though I admit it's a very good impression considering Jones' unique voice), but he's still done a great job as Mufasa. Go ahead asking any voice actor, and they'll tell you it doesn't matter how many voices you can do, or if you can emulate another actor's voice. It's always a plus, but being able to get into the character and perform it well is the most important thing. I could easily get used into Simba having this older-sounding, more authoritative voice, as long as Rob actually gave us one line where doesn't sound confused about his own performance.