Brittany Murphy is voice of Disney's Tinker Bell

[crazy4wdw]

Brittany Murphy is voice of Disney's Tinker Bell
Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:00am ET

LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co on Tuesday said "Just Married" actress Brittany Murphy will provide the voice for the fairy Tinker Bell in an upcoming animated film, the first in the new Disney Fairies line.

Murphy, 28, provides the voice for the character Luanne Platter on the animated TV show "King of the Hill." Her voice will be the first ever to emanate from the mouth of Peter Pan's feisty sidekick in a Disney animated film. The direct-to-video film is due out in 2007.

Disney's Fairy franchise rolled out last fall and follows on the success of the company's Princess line, which has grossed $3 billion in fiscal 2005.

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[Tink's Tormentor]

Brittany Murphy will now forver go down in Disney history and the first ever voice for Tink.... Nothing against Brittany, but I wonder if she was the first choice or a fall back option....

[dbm20th]

I freely admit that I am VERY un-hip, but can someone tell me who this person is?

[tmt martins]

I freely admit that I am VERY un-hip, but can someone tell me who this person is?


Some of her work

2006 Happy Feet Gloria (voice)
2005 Sin City Shellie
2004 Little Black Book Stacy
2003 Uptown Girls Molly Gunn
2003 Spun Nikki limited release
2003 Just Married Sarah McNerney
2002 8 Mile Alex
2001 Sidewalks of New York Ashley
2001 Don't Say a Word Elisabeth Burrows
2001 Summer Catch Dede Mulligan
1999 Girl, Interrupted Daisy Randone supporting role
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Lisa Swensen supporting role
1999 The Devil's Arithmetic Hannah (Eve)
1995 Clueless Tai Fraiser supporting role


I liked her in 8 mile ,Uptown girls and Just married.

[DVCconvert]

IMHO....this will be a good thing.

[ChrisFL]

from Sin City to Tinkerbell...what a switch

[WebmasterCricket]

The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before.

I think the question we should be asking is why are they allowing Tink to talk to us at all.

[erikthewise]

Some of her work

2006 Happy Feet Gloria (voice)
2005 Sin City Shellie
2004 Little Black Book Stacy
2003 Uptown Girls Molly Gunn
2003 Spun Nikki limited release
2003 Just Married Sarah McNerney
2002 8 Mile Alex
2001 Sidewalks of New York Ashley
2001 Don't Say a Word Elisabeth Burrows
2001 Summer Catch Dede Mulligan
1999 Girl, Interrupted Daisy Randone supporting role
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Lisa Swensen supporting role
1999 The Devil's Arithmetic Hannah (Eve)
1995 Clueless Tai Fraiser supporting role


I liked her in 8 mile ,Uptown girls and Just married.

Strangely, this doesn't help me at all.

Tink can talk now?! Who does she think she is, Clarabelle?

Should be interesting.

[dbm20th]

tmt, thank you very much for the effort. I don't know what any of that is, but I assume it is a list of tv shows or movies or something. Man, I am getting old :badpc:

[tmt martins]

tmt, thank you very much for the effort. I don't know what any of that is, but I assume it is a list of tv shows or movies or something. Man, I am getting old :badpc:


Yes it's the Date > Movie >Who she was in the movie.

[Luv2Roam]

I only know her as the voice of Luanne Platter on King of the Hill (Fox cartoon). I knew I recognized her name.

[SarahandPaul]

http://topcelebrity8.free.fr/brittany8.jpg

[tmt martins]

http://topcelebrity8.free.fr/brittany8.jpg


:thumbsup2 From that to This yea I can see it now :lmao:

http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c284/tballtaz/th_tinker.gif

[SoCalKDG]

I think the question we should be asking is why are they allowing Tink to talk to us at all.She talks in J. M. Barrie's novel. Why not?

[MJMcBride]

http://topcelebrity8.free.fr/brittany8.jpg

Hey this is a family board. Welcome to the family. :banana:

Was she in that Eminem movie?

[WebmasterCricket]

She talks in J. M. Barrie's novel. Why not?

Oddly, after all of this, I began to read it again last night (up to the mermaid lagoon part just fyi) and you are correct. She has so far told the lost boys to kill Wendy without a translation from another character. I'm still not sure if we "ordinary children" can understand it ourselves or if it is a narrator's direct translation to us, but she is speaking out loud and not through other characters exclusively as I previously thought.



I was under the belief she didn't speak in some version of it. Was it the play I was thinking about? I know the novel was written after the play.



Also, now that I am reading the novel for the first time and not some illustrated kids version, Tink is sort of a risqué character isn't she? I always knew she was mischievous but she is downright nasty. :) I'm not sure if Ms. Murphy isn't a better choice than I had previously thought.

[erikthewise]

Also, now that I am reading the novel for the first time and not some illustrated kids version, Tink is sort of a risqué character isn't she? I always knew she was mischievous but she is downright nasty. :) I'm not sure if Ms. Murphy isn't a better choice than I had previously thought.

While I haven't read the novel, I'm not surprised. Even in the Disney version, she shows all the signs that one could reasonably expect in a Disney movie of being "a risqué character". Even the way she's drawn -- once you get past her size, Tink is stacked!

For what it's worth, the last part of my TF tag comes from once suggesting that the Tag Fairy is a lot like Tinkerbell, very cute and feisty.

[Luv2Roam]

Yes, rather than a princess as Tink is now compared to, she was rather a villianess. Because of her jealousy she wanted Wendy killed.

[VSL]

I just wish that Disney wasn't doing yet another spin-off.

[ainmama2001]

The new "Fairies" books have Tink talking in them. As far as I can tell, this movie is being based on the books, not the Peter Pan story or the JM Barrie novel. Tink is morphing, and I'm not too thrilled about it myself. :tink:

[MateasMom]

For those asking who Brittney Murphey is....I know someone already listed, but maybe a little more wordy discription would help some.

yes, she's the girl from the MNM movie

She was the 'ugly' girl in the 90s movie Clueless

She played opposide Ashton Kutcher in 'Just married' (the commercials had them squeezing into a tiny little Euro car) and she dated him for a while too IRL.

Most recently she did 'Uptown girl' a family drama w/commercials of her being bosed around by a snotty school aged rich child in NYC.

Anyways. As far as tink talking and Brittney supplying the voice. Being the mom of 5 and 7YO DD, the target demographic, I'm okay with tink talking (I think she can only be understood by the other fairies???). If well done, I'm sure my DDs will enjoy the books and cartoons. We'll have to give one of the books a try this summer.

As far as Brittneys voice. I think she is *perfect*. I can TOTALLY hear her voice 'being' tinkerbell. Similar to the luann (her King of the Hill character) voice, but a little less 'whine' and a little more pep. Perfect. Not that I want to see her interviewed on the next 'Mikes super short show', but I think her voice is a perfect fit.

[amw]

Anyways. As far as tink talking and Brittney supplying the voice. Being the mom of 5 and 7YO DD, the target demographic, I'm okay with tink talking (I think she can only be understood by the other fairies???). If well done, I'm sure my DDs will enjoy the books and cartoons. We'll have to give one of the books a try this summer.

Tink does talk in the Fairy books. They are an OK read. My DD6 loves them, although I have to read it to her. (weird... age-appropriate stories, but reading level required is much older?) I kind of feel like I'm reading the script of a cartoon though -- and there's probably a reason for that :teeth:

[Disneybag]

I think the question we should be asking is why are they allowing Tink to talk to us at all.

I agree. Garfield was ruined when they gave him a voice...and I'm talking about the cartoon, way before Bill Murray.
Dopey is next.

[pooksma]

No please. NOT Dopey!

I always found part of Tink's allure was her quiet nature. facial expressions were very powerful. Now its like the Julia Roberts fiasco all over again.

:tinker: :tinker: Long live Tink!!!