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Listen To Fake Morgan Freeman Read From Fifty Shades
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 7, 2012
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Actor and comedian Josh Robert Thompson (whose voice you've likely heard before) does a pretty good Morgan Freeman voice—so he decided to narrate selections from the Fifty Shades series in it. It's a humorous and short listen, with Thompson even adding some of his own touches of improv while pushing through the ridiculous dialogue. But a warning to those still making their way through the trilogy, this is from Fifty Shades Darker, which is the second installment, and if you're reading it for the plotline (ha), there is a little mention of something you won't know about in the first book. We're told. By someone who read it that is definitely not the person typing this right now.
P.S. Morgan Freeman is still alive. [Boing Boing]
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