everyone talks ab the campers going up and down the Olympus elevator while 'Stayin' Alive' plays but can we talk about ethan nakamura in that elevator with kronos
during the ball at the beginning of the episode, when the doctor is meeting with the guests and ruby is being awesome, i SWEAR i heard a classical cover of Bad Guy by Billie Eillish playing in the background. I’m FREAKING OUT
I need everyone obsessed with casting well known names to voice acting roles to go to hell. The best VA/VO performances over the past few years have been done almost exclusively by people who do VA/VO performances, with a few exceptions for people who both live action act AND are seasoned voice actors (JK Simmons, Jason Isaacs, as examples; Mark Hamill is also in this category but I’m focused on pandemic on).
Like look me in the eye and tell me having well known live action actors play animated or VO characters works. Look me in the eye and tell me that we should continue to make movies flooded with big “traditional” actors rather than people whose specialty and skill lies in voice acting. Look me in the eye and tell me we have to use big names because otherwise who will come to our sad little animated movie or play our video game wahhhh.
People did not go see Spiderverse because Oscar Isaac was in it. People did not play BG3 because JK Simmons was in it. People did not watch Arcane because Hailee Steinfeld was in it. (I will admit some exceptions, but that wasn’t the draw). Good content brings people in much more effectively than flashy names and I’m so sick of everything defaulting to the biggest name over the highest quality. Longevity and audience reaction relies on quality.
And when the voice acting is particularly phenomenal, the actor becomes just as well known as a “traditional” actor. Look at frickin Neil Newbon. Dude is EVERYWHERE.