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Originally Posted by Scorpius51
This, of course, relates to HALs’ name, if I recall - although thought to be accidental!
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Hi John,
Indeed accidental. and Arthur C. Clark said it was meant to be
an acronym for Heuristic ALgorithmic.
The actor that at one point was cast to do HAL's voice was Martin Balsam.
I can't imagine it, so I am glad Kubrick found Douglas Rain.
Actor Gary Lockwood who plays Frank tells the anecdote that during
production, Stanley had his first assistant Director, Derek Cracknell,
read HAL's lines so the other actors could then have their parts filmed
when interacting with HAL. Kubrick said he would change the voice
during post production.
Well apparently Cracknell had a thick cockney accent which made this
super-intelligent computer sound hilarious so the actors did well not
to laugh.
Little wonder Red Dwarf chose "Holly".
