If John Noble voiced Starswirl the Bearded

[Nit Pick 247]

John Noble (Walter from Fringe or Scarecrow from Batman Arkham Knight) was at a convention signing autographs. I presented him with a fan vector rendering of Starswirl the Bearded. I asked if he was interested in doing some voice acting for MLP and I showed him the picture. I was trying to be passive and said "it's up to you sir, it's cool if you're not interested". His handlers got him up to speed about the show in one sentence. In the end he said he would consider it so it's more 50/50 rather than a "I'd rather not" so I'm happy with that.
 
I have no proof other than the signature I got from Mr. Noble.
 

[Stormghost 136]

I think starswirl is discord, it fits

[Castle Bleck 19,455]

He responded to you like a boss.

[Daring_Do 552]

Can I see the pic you showed him? Considering exactly how Starswirl looks has kind of been all over the place, I'm curious to see which version of him you used. Also, I watched Fringe for a while; I liked Walter. He and Starswirl have a little in common, I think (by which I mean they're both kooky old men ).

[Dzastur 1,719]

That's pretty cool! John Noble has a great voice. Though, honestly, I see him more as being someone sinister, like he is in Sleepy Hollow. He ups the creep factor to 10+ with his character in that show.

 

I'm still partial to Patrick Stewart as Starswirl, though, because:

 

1. His voice would fit perfectly into that wizardly / mentor motif Starswirl has going on.

2. Patrick's been doing animation voiceovers for decades (I remember him in Plague Dogs).

3. He would absolutely do it.

4. I like to think that Starswirl and Discord know each other and, if they were on-screen at the same time, they'd almost certainly get into a Captain Picard / Q back-and-forth.

Edited September 13, 2015 by John Mellenclop

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

I think he'd be a good fit, but personally, I want Morgan Freeman to voice him.