Discuss amongst yourselves: gizmodo.com/voice-acting-c…
My take as someone who’s directed celebs. A lot of celebs are great. They bring a uniqueness to the role & the confidence to make the part their own. Not all celebs are versatile tho, so if you’re gonna use them, please cast appropriately, instead of just casting them for clout
@stephaniesheh There is a lot of nuance to this subject. But here is something to chew on. Not a lot of folk know Mona Marshall, who has voiced Digimon's Izzy. Yet I was able to live recognize her voice say a single line as one of the crowd of kids on the boat in Ponyo.
@stephaniesheh I disagree with the original author of this article but agree with @stephaniesheh. Don't cast well known actors for clout: whether they're popular in screen actors or popular voice actors,though using well-known actors is a marketing strategy. Just get the best for the job
@stephaniesheh I honestly feel like animated movies should have a fair balance between regular voice actors and celebrity voice actors. One animated movie that actually had said balance really well was TMNT (2007)
@stephaniesheh I heard back in the old days of Saturday Morning cartoons, it was kind of a tradition to have at least one celebrity doing a voice in each show. Scatman Crothers for Hong Kong Phooey. Marty Ingels for Pac Man. Gary Owens for Yogi's Space Race. And Soupy Sales for Donkey Kong.
@stephaniesheh <running into the horizon!> a powder keg this one is
@stephaniesheh I can’t stand that all these celebs that aren’t voice actors, get these roles. Professional voice actors, should be getting these roles. Besides Disney and Pixar can stand on their own, without big names attached to them.
@stephaniesheh I have absolutely nothing against celebrities voicing characters in any form of media. Problems arise whenever they only have them in there to push sales just because of their fame rather than actually giving them a role they really fit in.
@stephaniesheh To be fair every single aspect of voice acting in general needs to evolve because if I hear Matt Mercer or any of the critical role folks ever again I'm going to stop consuming any form of media.
@stephaniesheh @bauzilla Personally, I would prefer an all professional voice actor cast instead of an all star celebrity cast.