by glumPuddle » December 15th, 2007, 9:34 pm
In a book, people can't actually see the characters, so it's necessary to remind the reader from time to time that Reepicheep is a small mouse. Same with a radio drama. Reep's voice in the FotF is pretty high, because in a radio drama, that's all you get, so the sound of his voice alone has to communicate that he's a small mouse.
In a movie, we can see Reep, so it isn't necessary that he have this tiny shrill voice. His voice still has to be a believable mouse voice of course, but it doesn't have to be too high.
Izzard sounds like a great balance of "valiant Reepicheep" and "but he's still a mouse after all." And that balance is one of the things that makes the character so much fun in the book.
All the Narnia audio books say "Reep-ee-cheep." And I've always imagined it that way. We can always call him Reep though, haha.
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