Treebeard

[Dave]

So, John Rhys-Davies will be the voice of Treebeard. He is good with voices (among his credits are a Woolie Mammoth in 'Cats Don't Dance', 'Gargoyles', and various voices in 'The Fantastic Four'.) I could only see a voice like his or Brian Blessed as Treebeard. James Earl Jones is suggested here:

SCIFI WIRE -- Rhys-Davies Out On A Limb
John Rhys-Davies told SCI FI Wire that he didn't ask Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson if he could play both the dwarf Gimli and Treebeard in the upcoming second Rings film, The Two Towers. "I certainly would not be as impertinent as to ask," Rhys-Davies said in an interview. "P.J. came up one day and said, 'John, [co-screenwriter] Fran [Walsh] and I were just talking. Would you mind taking a shot at doing Treebeard, the voice of Treebeard?'"

Rhys-Davies, who over the years has provided voices for several animated features and numerous TV cartoon shows, eagerly accepted Jackson's offer. "I thought, 'Oh good, a bit more money. Yes, fine, I'll do it.' And then my nightmares began," Rhys-Davies said. "I've had more cold sweats, more waking up in the middle of the night thinking, 'God, how do I play this bloody thing?' than you can imagine. I've had more problems with this than any three or four other parts put together. How the hell do you make a walking and talking tree work? What does a tree sound like? I asked this question to a talk-show host in New York City. He had three friends who were Tolkien experts and he faxed them the question, 'How does a tree talk?' They each sent back a letter. Every one of them disagreed with my own instinctive way of doing it. And one of them actually said that the only person who really could do this was James Earl Jones. And with that I concur utterly. But you've got to try these things."

Which actor do you think would have made the best Treebeard?

[ray gower]

I can think of a couple who would have been good, if they had still been 'in the circuit':-

John Le-Meserre(sp?)- sadly dead, but his laid back voice would have been perfect.
Jon Pertwee:- Had a great range of accents that could cover the needs perfectly.

Otherwise how about Windsor Davies or Tom Baker. Both can rumble slow

[FeedMeTV]

I have to say that Rhys-Davies doing the voice for Treebeard sort of spoiled it slightly because it just sounded like Gimli, sometimes I forgot it was him and then he became Treebeard but other times it was simply Gimli speaking slowly.

[Legolas]

he did sound a lot like Gimli at times, and I was disappointed about the big lack of hoom-hooming. But I think the character design is brilliant, I never imagined them in my head to have such long legs!
:flash:

[FeedMeTV]

I never imagined the legs to be that long either, I thought they'd be more body than leg so there'd be more of a trunk. They were very well done though, considering that the Ents are great big, walking, talking trees I think the graphics people did a wonderful job!

[Kitty]

i love the ents

they go, walky walky walky, oops i squashed an orc, and another one, aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! i'm on fire, i'll just stick my head in the river.

sooooooo cooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arwen]

I think it didn't really give a different effect to the movie. Overall, you weren't thinking about who was speaking as Treebeard, it was more what Treebeard the character was saying

[Neo]

well he pulls it off with flying colurs...

the nets are just fab...

[ray gower]

Treebeard was not come over quite as I expected. Always imaginrd them to be mild in nature and quite amused by the Hobbits.
In the film Treebeard seemed like quite a sour cuss.