Martin Freeman lends voice to Gromit for audiobook edition of his autobiography

Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park said Martin Freeman (pictured) was ‘the obvious choice’ (James Manning/PA)PA WireSean O'Grady5 minutes agoThe Weekender

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Martin Freeman will give voice to Gromit for the audiobook edition of the beloved character’s upcoming autobiography.

Grand: The Autobiography Of Gromit, as told to Nick Park, will see the famously mute dog finally “break his silence.”

He will tell his story to Park, the creator of Wallace & Gromit.

Park said: “When you create a character who has no voice, and whose facial expressions are everything, what do you do when your publisher reminds you there’ll be an audiobook?

Grand: The Autobiography of Gromit: as told to Nick Park, will see the famously mute dog finally “break his silence” (Penguin Audio)“Who could possibly be the voice of a character everyone feels they know, but nobody’s actually heard?

“The more I thought about it, the more I realised Martin Freeman was the obvious choice really. I was genuinely thrilled and honoured when he said yes.”

Park added: “Martin is not doing a Gromit ‘voice’ as such, he’s reading Gromit’s story as Gromit put it; his inner thoughts, his candid insights and endless witticisms, bringing to them his usual colour, thoughtfulness and wry humour.”

Wallace & Gromit is a claymation comedy franchise centring around Wallace, a good-natured bachelor inventor, and his dog, Gromit.

It consists of four short films, two feature films and several TV adaptations and spin-offs.

Freeman first found fame playing Tim Canterbury in The Office and later starred as John Watson in crime drama Sherlock (Ian West/PA)PA ArchiveFreeman first found fame playing Tim Canterbury in The Office (2001-2003) and later starred as John Watson in crime drama Sherlock (2010-2017).

He is also known for playing a young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy and he has portrayed Everett K Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2016.

The audiobook edition of Grand: The Autobiography Of Gromit is out on October 22 and is available to preorder now.