"Jayne Wisener's voice was simply angelic. I read her bio and this is the first major performance she has ever done. My understanding is that Burton wanted an "unknown" in the role.
When Ms. Wisener started to receive vocal lessons, her instructor made the remark of something to the effect that she had the best voice of any student he had ever had. I feel she has great potential. Being so young, she can only get better.
I was just wondering what others here who have seen the film think of her. My first thought on seeing her sitting by the window was "she looks like a porcelain doll". When she hit the high note it came me chills."
"Her voice was so thin and whipsy. There was no meat behind it. She's singing a song about how she is trapped, and how she wishes she could adapt, but just cannot... She wants to escape. Her voice certainly did not lead me to believe that. It was way too soft. A song like that should be sung in a much more passionate way. She just sat there and barely sang it, with the same expression on her face the whole time. After seeing her performace, I'm glad that they cut the bulk of the Anthony/Johanna subplot."
this is a fansite dedicated to the irish actor and singer Jayne Wisener. Her first movie was Sweeney Todd in the role of Johanna, but she has done numbers of musicals, her voice is heaven and she plays the piano and trumpet.