James in Thomas and The Magic Railroad
Susan Roman voiced James in the film, Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Originally, he was played by current UK TV Series narrator Michael Angelis, who was also to voice Percy and perhaps Gordon. Unfortunately, test audiences said he sounded "too old", so Susan Roman replaced him. But she made James sound too feminine, something fans have strongly disliked.
In the film, James was briefly threatened by the evil Diesel 10 and almost pushed back into a smelting pit before being teleported out by Mr Conductor Junior (Michael E. Rodgers). At the beginning the fly annoying James was a reference to the original Awdry story, Buzz, Buzz.
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