A few years ago, there was much talk (which fortunately didn’t come to fruition) that there was going to be an American version of the British comedy “Absolutely Fabulous.” While on the set of “Babylon 5” at the time, I noted that Claudia Christian–when just hanging with the crew–had a lot of the same mannerisms as Jennifer Saunders, and told her that–if the show were a go–she should make a serious push for it. Claudia immediately launched into a spot on, full blown Jennifer Saunders impression, repleat with twitches and “Sweetie Darlings.”
So Ariel and I are now playing the “Shrek II” video game on X-Box. And I’m being all impressed that they got all the original voice actors for the game, until I read the credits in the instruction book and discover that it’s a group of actors doing some amazingly spot-on imitations of the originals.
And who’s voicing “Fairy Godmother,” originally voiced by Jennifer Saunders?
Yup. Claudia Christian.
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