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Mamma Mia 2: every actor's singing, ranked from worst to best

24 July 2018, 17:43 | Updated: 25 July 2018, 09:32

From those who've mastered vocal acrobatics to barking animals (oh Pierce, we could never hateful you), nosotros've ranked all the famous actors in 'Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Go Again' from worst to best, according to their singing abilities.

Following the much discussed release of Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Go Once again, we've analysed every major grapheme's singing, and ranked them in social club of greatness.

Warning: Article contains spoilers

Stellan Skarsgård – Bill

Stellan Skarsgård described his singing in the get-go flick as "horrible" and "really painful". His singing time has been drastically cut downwardly in the 2nd picture show, and then nosotros only get to hear the odd croak from older Beak.

Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Pic: Rex
Pierce Brosnan – Sam

Critics were non kind to Pierce Brosnan later on his attempts to sing in the first film. The player has since told the Radio Times he was "very relieved" to take his singing time radically reduced in Hither We Go Once again. As were we all, Pierce (kidding-non-kidding).

Only what Pierce lacks in singing time, he more than makes upwards for in sentimentality. His toned-down, solo version of 'SOS' is – although still a little barky – quite poignant, as the widowed Sam Carmichael.
Andy Garcia – Fernando

"Andy Garcia's grapheme was invented and then that Cher could sing 'Fernando'," said screenwriter/manager Ol Parker. "I started from the Fernando joke and worked backward trying to figure out what Andy was doing there."

But understandably, Garcia sadly gets a bit lost next to the '90s diva and voice of such popular hits equally 'Believe' and 'I Got You Baby'.
Colin Firth – Harry

"They didn't audition me, and I idea, 'They're being reckless here. What do they retrieve they're doing?'," Firth said at the time of the showtime film. "They bandage me, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård without request whatever of us if we could sing. Then I figured they didn't care if we couldn't."

We saw less singing and more than of Firth's (admittedly first-rate) trip the light fantastic moves in the sequel – so for now, permit'south reminisce over his sweet, vulnerable vocals in 'One Last Summertime', featuring some questionable French pronunciation.
Dominic Cooper – Sky

In Here We Go Once again, Cooper makes a valiant endeavour at a tricky ABBA song – but his part in '1 of Us' is a scrap disengaged, with talk-singing reminiscent of Brosnan'due south attempts in the beginning picture show.

After being asked to sing in the start flick, LAMDA-trained Dominic Cooper told Vanity Fair that singing was "part of my training; I'd washed it. I simply didn't have confidence in it."
Hugh Skinner – Young Harry

The comedy geeks amongst you volition recognise Skinner from Fleabag – just Skinner was also around on the musicals scene not too long ago, playing Joly in Les Misérables (2015) alongside Amanda Seyfried.

Another LAMDA-trained actor, Skinner gives a very entertaining performance of 'Waterloo', in which he attempts to sweep Lily James (the young Donna) off her feet. If loving the sight of a young 'Colin Firth' dancing in a tiny, kid-sized leather jacket in a French restaurant is incorrect, we don't want to be correct.
Alexa Davies – Young Rosie

Previously seen in Television receiver comedies Detectorists and Raised by Wolves, Davies wasn't known for her singing earlier Here We Go Over again. It might, therefore, seem similar a daunting prospect to sing the championship song, 'Mamma Mia!', every bit the young Julie Walters (aka Rosie). But aslope James and Jessica Keenan Wynn in their band Donna and the Dynamos, she more than holds her ain.
Jeremy Irvine – Young Sam

Irvine gives a sweet performance of 'Knowing Me, Knowing Y'all'. His background is largely in screen drama, simply he proves his worth by singing through the part of young Sam with an endearing youthfulness. Unfortunately, he seems to lose it in his sometime historic period (deplorable, Pierce, we really do mean you this fourth dimension).

Lily James and Jeremy Irvine in Mamma Mia! Hither We Become Again. Picture: Rex
Jessica Keenan Wynn – Immature Tanya

Having previously starred in stage rock musical Heathers, Keenan Wynn is no newbie to musical theatre. She has plenty of singing fourth dimension with Davies and James in Here We Become Once more, equally part of the ring Donna and the Dynamos, and she sounds just great.
Julie Walters – Rosie

As ane of the near loved and qualified actors in the cast, Dame Julie Walters was always going to do a sensational chore every bit Rosie, the original third Dynamo. Her hilarious performance of 'Take a Chance on Me' in Mamma Mia! was, admittedly, a tough act to follow. Just this time, she still performs on a number of songs, including 'Angel Eyes'. As you lot'd await, she nails it similar the Dame she is.
Josh Dylan – Young Beak

As i of the youngest in the bandage, 24-yr-former Dylan was upwardly against some strong competition, from the likes of Firth and Brosnan. But he needn't have worried: his performance of 'Why Did Information technology Have to be Me?' is upwardly there with the original, and proves Dylan as 1 of the most competent male singers in the film.
Christine Baranski – Tanya

Juilliard-trained Baranski is no stranger to musicals, having won two Tony Awards for her Broadway appearances in Rumors and Tom Stoppard's The Real Affair. She almost stole the prove in the first Mamma Mia! motion-picture show with her risqué performance of 'Does Your Mother Know' – and she more than lives up to it with 'Angel Optics' and 'I've Been Waiting For You' in Here We Go Once again.
Meryl Streep – Donna

We might not get to come across every bit much of Donna equally we'd like in Mamma Mia 2, later on Streep said that when all is said and done, she couldn't hack doing a whole movie's worth of training again. But her fleeting appearances, including singing on 'My Love, My Life' and 'Super Trouper', are poignant and shiver-worthy. Take a listen to her harmonies with Amanda Seyfried on 'My Dear, My Life'. Our hearts.
Cher – Carmine Sheridan

Cher appears pretty about the end of the picture show as Sophie's grandmother, sings 'Fernando', and is purple as hell. She might exist 72 years one-time, merely this '90s powerhouse however has one heck of a chugalug on her. Y'all might not get as much Cher as y'all would like for your coin, merely you can't put a price on musical joy.

Plus, listen out for some archetype Cher-style autotuning in the final 30 seconds of 'Super Trouper'. It's top of the range.
Lily James – Young Donna

Lily James is the breakout star of Mamma Mia! Here We Get Again, playing the young Donna Sheridan – simply she's no newcomer. Trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, James starred every bit the title role in Cinderella (2015), likewise every bit playing Debora in Baby Driver (2017) terminal year.

Information technology'southward her coy rendition of 'Andante Andante', sung to the young Sam Carmichael, that steals the show in Mamma Mia 2. Her voice is sweet and husky in the verses, with the college notes of the chorus bringing out a lovely musical theatre twang in her vocals. We like, a lot.
Amanda Seyfried – Sophie

Ah, the sweetness vocals of the Seyfried. Once once again, Amanda takes on the role of Sophie in the sequel to Mamma Mia! – and somehow, she's even more impressive than the terminal time. Seyfried, who trained equally a singer earlier turning to acting, almost became an opera singer instead of an actress. In 2015, she told Celebs Now magazine: "[My biggest regret is] quitting opera-singing training when I was 17. That had been my passion before interim took over and I wish I had stuck with it."

So exercise we, Amanda, so do we. Her trembling voice cuts through beautifully in the penultimate chorus of 'My Love, My Life', and her harmonies with Meryl Streep on the line 'like reflections of your listen' are truly shiver-inducing. Endeavor not to cry… nosotros have already failed.

Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep. Flick: Rex