Mad Man mystery of A Single Man

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A tiny incidental pleasure in a movie that could use a few more of them is the Mystery Telephone Voice in Tom Ford’s directorial debut, A Single Man. It’s the moment when college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) gets some… er… very bad news over the phone.

If the voice of the unseen caller should sound uncannily reminiscent of Mad Men’s Don Draper, that’s because it is indeed MM matinee idol Jon Hamm on the line. It seems that Ford asked Hamm to do it without consulting his agent, who flew into a rage when he found out because he doesn’t want Hamm doing voice-only work for some reason. Hence Hamm doesn’t get a screen credit, but his secret is out.

Watch Tom Ford denying all knowledge

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