- Bar ber a ▁Produ ctions ▁in ▁which ▁both ▁films ▁would ▁be ▁distributed ▁by ▁Param ount ▁Pictures ; ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁films ▁being ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web . ▁Ar ound ▁that ▁same ▁time , ▁Joe ▁Bar ber a ▁had ▁visited ▁White ▁at ▁his ▁residence ▁in ▁Maine , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁author ▁highlight ed ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁change , ▁and ▁parts ▁that ▁were ▁" subject ▁to ▁discussion ." ▁ ▁Cast ing ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁Henry ▁Gib son , ▁Deb bie ▁Reyn olds , ▁and ▁Tony ▁Rand all ▁had ▁signed ▁on ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁voices ▁of ▁Wil bur , ▁Charlotte , ▁and ▁Temple ton . ▁Writing ▁in ▁his ▁aut obi ography , ▁Bar ber a ▁wrote ▁that ▁ ▁Reyn olds ▁had ▁called ▁him ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁project ▁even ▁without ▁being ▁paid . ▁Although ▁Rand all ▁had ▁completed ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁voice work , ▁co - direct or ▁I wa o ▁Tak am oto ▁wrote ▁that ▁" his ▁read ings ▁just ▁went ▁flat , ▁which ▁surprised ▁all ▁of ▁us . ▁Tony ' s ▁delivery ▁was ▁a ▁bit ▁too ▁s oph istic ated ▁and ▁his ▁singing ▁was ▁too ▁oper atic . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁enough ▁of ▁that ▁ra unch y ▁feeling ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁required ." ▁Bar ber a ▁felt ▁Rand all ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁replaced , ▁and ▁approached ▁Paul ▁Ly nde , ▁who ▁was ▁vo icing ▁characters ▁in ▁The ▁Per ils ▁of ▁Pen el