DawnPapuga.com — Reality 101

Yesterday Scott started a conversation on Twitter and then his blog that got me thinking.  Well, a lot of people, really.  He posed the question, “If you could have someone narrate your life, who would it be?”  There were some interesting responses from some friends–Jennie said she’d have Sigourny Weaver narrate her life, and Dave threw his lot in with Morgan Freeman.  Scott himself claimed Mike Rowe–the narrator for Deadliest Catch.  Considering the way my life goes, I’d need someone who has a range of emotion in their voice.  I need someone who can carry the weight of history and yet manage to be touching. 

My gut response was immediately Cate Blanchett.  She has a range in her voice that can shift from serious and severe to soft and touching in the span of a sentence, and that seems to be me in a nutshell.  As Scott asked, I included a clip below.  I’m sure all of you are familiar with this particular snippit, and I considered using one from one of the Elizabeth movies, but this happens to be my favorite part of LOTR, so why not? 

It’s not just her work on LOTR that impresses me.  Obviously her performances in both Elizabeth films were impressive, and she showed an even more down to earth side in Notes on a Scandal.  I’m still impressed with her rendition of Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator.  In fact, I can’t wait to see what she does in the new Indiana Jones film, too.