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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alexi Duggins

Gromit finally gets a voice … and it’s Martin Freeman

Gromit, a claymation figure, standing by a mic and a pair of real-life headphones (they are twice his height)
‘Who could possibly be the voice of a character everyone feels they know, but nobody’s actually heard?’ Photograph: PR

He has been on screen for 37 years, but he has never uttered a word. Now, Gromit will speak for the first time – with the voice of the Hobbit star Martin Freeman.

The claymation dog, who has partnered with his eccentric inventor-owner Wallace in a series of Oscar-winning films including The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, is releasing an autobiography this month – including an audiobook edition.

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