During a press conference for his 1995 autobiography 'Long Walk to Freedom,' Nelson Mandela said Morgan Freeman was his choice for lead actor for any potential adaptations. In 2009, Freeman told The Gri o that was the moment he 'warmly accepted' that he would eventually play Mandela. Making 'Invictus' was a journey Freeman started almost 15 years earlier. The lower your voice is, the better you sound.' But he was a little bit more open six years earlier while doing press for 'Dolphin Tale.' Freeman said that if you want your voice to sound more impressive, you've got to 'yawn a lot.' Pressed a bit further, Freeman explained, 'It relaxes your vocal chords, and once they're relaxed, the tone drops. When Jimmy Kimmel asked Freeman about the secret to his voice in 2016, the actor said he didn't have any kind of special technique, simply citing his voice and diction lessons in college. ' He went on to narrate films like 2011's 'Conan the Barbarian' and 2018's 'Alpha.' His voice has been used on the Waze navigation app, and it replaced Walter Cronkite's voice in the introduction for 'CBS Evening News' in 2010. That year he narrated the PBS docu-series 'Slavery and the Making of America ,' the documentary film 'March of the Penguins ,' and Steven Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds. After 'The Shawshank Redemption,' Freeman's voice was in high demand, and 2005 proved a particularly busy year for Freeman in the sound booth.

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