One suffered a brutal on-screen beheading while another was blown up by Darth Vadar and now a pair of Hollywood actors are lending their voices to the new Black Watch Museum in Perth.
Dundee-born Ron Donachie, who played Ser Rodrik Cassel in hit fantasy series Game of Thrones and Angus MacInnes, from Star Wars, are two of the voiceover artists who will play key roles in new interactive displays when the museum opens later this year.
Ron, who also appeared in Titanic, Downton Abbey and Rebus, will be the main “voice” of the attraction. Angus played Gold Leader in the original Star Wars and has been in a host of other films, including Enigma and the Black Dahlia.
He will voice a Canadian soldier in a “letters from the trenches” First World War segment.
Museum manager, Emma Halford-Forbes, said: “It seems the voiceover business is an exotic world and we were given a number of people to choose from.
“It was only after we picked them, we looked them up and found out who they were and now we’re giddy about it. Ron Donachie was picked because we liked his voice but we then saw his picture and realised he had been in loads of things.
“He is doing the voiceover for the introduction audio description and film. He has a nice Scottish voice but his accent is not too thick and he’s from the regimental area, which is important.”
“We have another Scottish guy, Jimmy Harrison, who is from the area, and a Canadian, Angus MacInnes, who are doing the “letters from the trenches”.
“We worked with (production company) Freakworks and they do the recordings with the actors and then they can put the sound effects on.
“They are amazing. They are designed to sound like they’re talking down the phone or from far away.” Work to renovate, refurbish and extend the museum at Balhousie Castle is ongoing following a massive fundraising appeal.”