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Demi Moore as the voice of Esmeralda


Don't get me wrong. I have liked Demi Moore in movies, but with all the other great actors lending their voices to HoND I just feel that Demi's voice was not in the same league. If another actress did the role I think it would have added more depth to the character. When Heidi Mollenhauer sings in the role of Esmeralda it is such a difference and you can see how much better Esmeralda could have been with someone who did the speaking role besides Demi.

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I agree that Demi's acting can be a bit bad (even some of her lines as Esmeralda), but I also thought she did a surprisingly good job in some scenes. Also, I think it was a good choice to give her a husky, lower voice for a change from the usual high-pitched, singsong Disney Princess voice. It fits her character. I think Esmeralda would have seemed totally different (in a bad way) with a girly voice like Belle's.

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Yeah I think her raspy voice really fits with the edginess of Esmeralda, she's not a typical Disney girl,

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When Heidi Mollenhauer sings in the role of Esmeralda it is such a difference and you can see how much better Esmeralda could have been with someone who did the speaking role besides Demi.


I thought their voices were a perfect match. They both had that raspy, husky sound. In fact, I assumed it was Demi who also sang the role until the CD booklet told me otherwise.

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I thought they were a very good match as well. Disney did a good job of that - Judy Kuhn's voice sounds a lot, to me, like Irene Bedard's speaking voice, ditto Lea Salonga and whoever acted the part of Jasmine.

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Lately I have come to dislike Demi Moore's voice for Esmeralda as well, mostly due to my own dislike of Demi Moore, who I don't consider to be likable. It's not that Demi's job is bad, it's just that Esmeralda would've benefited from having a different voice from someone who's more likable than Demi.

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I think it’s just that Demi Moore is extremely pretty, and Esmerelda is supposed to be physically pretty. Have a pretty girl voice a pretty character.

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