Steve Jobs Once Asked Jeff Goldblum to Be 'the Voice of Apple'

[MacRumors]

Steve Jobs once tried to convince Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum to become "the voice of Apple," it emerged yesterday.

Goldblum disclosed his contact with the late Apple co-founder during an interview on the Today Show in Australia, according to CNET.

"Steve Jobs called me up a few decades ago to be the voice of Apple," said Goldblum. "That was early on, and I did not know it was Steve Jobs."

The star of movies like Jurassic Park and The Fly offered no further details on the timing of the phone conversation with Jobs, but Goldblum did appear in a short series of "Think Different" Apple ads in the late 90s.

CNET suggested Jobs may have seen a role for Goldblum as the voice of Siri, but Apple didn't purchase the company responsible for the virtual assistant until 2010, making the suggestion seem unlikely.

Goldblum is currently in Australia to promote Menulog, a new food ordering app in the same vein as Seamless and DoorDash.

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[fpsBeaTt]

Of course, you'd use that image on the tweet.

 

[smacdonald]

Step 1: Phone Jeff Goldblum.
Step 2: Get him to be the voice of Apple.
Step 3: There's no step three!

 

[keysofanxiety]

Maybe Tim can pump Goldblum's laugh whenever somebody complains about the Mac Pro.

 

[farewelwilliams]

steve jobs would have never...

oh wait...yes he did.

 

[TomaxXamot]

I loved his voice in the Think Different ads. They should bring him back. The Titanium PowerBook ads stand out in particular.

 

[orbital~debris]

Jeff would be a pretty great Siri.

But I'm thinking this might have been more along the lines of Sean Bean's multi-year work with O2.

 

[BaccaBossMC]

That would have been awesome, why did he have to say no! Especially now, his speech, "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they couod they didn't stop to think whether or not they should" applies to Apple and Tim Crook.

 

[RowellE]

The way he talks is so annoying. Every acting gig he does, he talks in a weird way. Those apartments commercials he does are insufferable.

 

[dude-x]

I was pretty neutral towards Apple when the Goldblum commercials came out, but I always hated how smug he sounded when he said "there is no step 3!" in that commercial. If he was the official spokes "voice" for Apple, it would have ruined my perception of the company.

That being said I like Jeff Goldblum in the movies he has been in.

 

[WWPD]

"ahh...yes, I would uhh like you to turn left on 5th street?"

 

[Telos101]

Jeff Goldblum always plays himself in every role he gets! Noticed that?

What an easy life.

 

[arkitect]

Jeff Goldblum always plays himself in every role he gets!

Exactly! He is, IMHO, not any great shakes as an actor. He's just a pleasant personality and when he is cast in a role, people know what they are going to get. No surprises.
Still, kudos to him for nailing the bumbling, fumbling, stuttering, funny guy with (usually) glasses).

 

[jacjustjac]

I present to you, The voice of Jeff Goldblum

 

[tcphoto1]

I can hear it now, Buy a Mac and change the World!

 

[5105973]

That commercial...for the price of three pizzas...gosh, how many pizzas do we need to skip now? ...?

 

[rhett7660]

Didn't he also do one of the Mac Pro ads? It was the one where the computer was so fast it blew through the house and landed on tree or something along those lines? I vaguely remember it.

 

[8692574]

A classic!! BEST iPod Commercial ever! Those were the days!!!

 

[Avieshek]

Scarlett Johansson & Shakira would be suitable voices.

 

[SeattleMoose]

Goldblum is weird. Wrong guy for Apple.
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Scarlett Johansson & Shakira would be pretty.

She is also a rabid Feminist. That would turn a lot of people off as the Feminist movement is seen as a joke by Millenials.

 

[BeefCake 15]

Jeff would be a pretty great Siri.

But I'm thinking this might have been more along the lines of Sean Bean's multi-year work with O2.

Gilbert Gottfried for Siri?

 

[macduke]

 

[orbital~debris]

Goldblum is weird. Wrong guy for Apple.
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She is also a rabid Feminist. That would turn a lot of people off as the Feminist movement is seen as a joke by Millenials.

What's weird is that proclamation; feminism is extremely important, relevant to all and decidedly not a joke.

 

[RightMACatU]

Morgan Freeman not available? I want that guy

 

[4jasontv]

Goldblum is weird. Wrong guy for Apple.
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She is also a rabid Feminist. That would turn a lot of people off as the Feminist movement is seen as a joke by Millenials.

So many things to say about This! Oh my, which to go with?!??! I don't want all the fun so I'll limit myself with Scarlett Johansson & Shakira are not one person.