The Cartoon Cipher | We NEED to Talk About Celebrity Voice Casting @TheCartoonCipher | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
(Oops, forgot to mention that updates/corrections will be in the Pinned Comment this time).
We’re no TMZ analysts but it’s hard to ignore the presence of live-action celebrities in US animated films. And while they’re popular, a lot of people are understandably getting fed-up with the trend, especially when it looks like they prioritize name power over creating interesting characters through voice acting. But does celebrity voiceover HAVE to be like this? Most famous actors are famous with good reason, right? If celebrities are going to stick around in animation anyway, how would we *want* them to be involved?
This is more of a casual video than normal looking back through our experiences with celebrity voice acting, from our childhood to whatever the heck the Mario movie will be. Apologies that we’re not as specific with the history of things in this video, but we still try looking at things from a few different angles to keep things interesting.
If you like what you saw or heard, please consider supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/TheCartoonCipher
Or follow The Cartoon Cipher on Twitter: twitter.com/CartoonCipher
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:24 Chris Pratt as Mario
3:43 Robin Williams as The Genie
6:52 DreamWorks, Shrek, and beyond
9:23 Marketing and Plausible Deniability
12:42 Zendaya as Lola Bunny
13:59 Workaday voice actors
17:18 Celebrities can be good, though
18:59 brief Shirobako tangeant
20:16 What could the future be?
21:17 Combining talent streams
23:22 Why casting matters
25:34 Endcard
Articles featured/extras:
Lindsay Ellis on Robin Williams: youtube.com/watch?v=nyiBdccfNkg
Billy West on Space Jam: avclub.com/billy-west-1798208513
Celebrities in French voice-acting (by Hugo Amizet): youtube.com/watch?v=6LKejgHS3w8
Celebrities taking over animated films: theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481
theconversation.com/celebrities-are-silencing-career-pros-in-animation-voice-work-28543
Moviestar billing: denofgeek.com/movies/the-dark-arts-of-poster-billing
Crispin Freeman: voiceactingmastery.com/vam-059-the-differences-between-voice-acting-in-animation-video-games-and-anime
One of the few pro-celebrity article we could actually find: debbiegrattan.com/blog/voice-over-community-losing-to-celebs
Akio Ohtsuka: seiyuuplus.wordpress.com/seiyuu-tamashii/3-5-whats-wrong-with-entertainers-getting-into-voice-acting
Jim Sterling: youtube.com/watch?v=oiQ9kdPLXJw
The full Shirobako episode 14 clip: twitter.com/CartoonCipher/status/1441870203193724931?s=20&t=t91DjGyTYaHeSEA9shafSg
Funimation actors: indiewire.com/2021/05/funimation-asian-american-voice-actors-discrimination-1234639320/amp
The Robin Williams debacle: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html
vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/ferngully-making-of
buzzfeed.com/benarmson90/famous-voice-actors-roles
cinemablend.com/news/1651751/why-disney-was-annoyed-about-ferngully-the-last-rainforest
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/15/robin-williams-almost-didnt-make-aladdin-and-a-generation-of-children-are-grateful-that-he-did
huffpost.com/entry/how-eric-goldberg-created_b_8285678
Written and narrated by Eric (@MrAJCosplay)
Edited by @MrNiesGuy and Abhi (@RBKapoor1)
Cartoon Cipher visual assets by @jermacattack
End-screen/Thumbnail visuals by @MrNiesGuy
#chrispratt #TomHolland #Mario
(Oops, forgot to mention that updates/corrections will be in the Pinned Comment this time).
We’re no TMZ analysts but it’s hard to ignore the presence of live-action celebrities in US animated films. And while they’re popular, a lot of people are understandably getting fed-up with the trend, especially when it looks like they prioritize name power over creating interesting characters through voice acting. But does celebrity voiceover HAVE to be like this? Most famous actors are famous with good reason, right? If celebrities are going to stick around in animation anyway, how would we *want* them to be involved?
This is more of a casual video than normal looking back through our experiences with celebrity voice acting, from our childhood to whatever the heck the Mario movie will be. Apologies that we’re not as specific with the history of things in this video, but we still try looking at things from a few different angles to keep things interesting.
If you like what you saw or heard, please consider supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/TheCartoonCipher
Or follow The Cartoon Cipher on Twitter: twitter.com/CartoonCipher
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:24 Chris Pratt as Mario
3:43 Robin Williams as The Genie
6:52 DreamWorks, Shrek, and beyond
9:23 Marketing and Plausible Deniability
12:42 Zendaya as Lola Bunny
13:59 Workaday voice actors
17:18 Celebrities can be good, though
18:59 brief Shirobako tangeant
20:16 What could the future be?
21:17 Combining talent streams
23:22 Why casting matters
25:34 Endcard
Articles featured/extras:
Lindsay Ellis on Robin Williams: youtube.com/watch?v=nyiBdccfNkg
Billy West on Space Jam: avclub.com/billy-west-1798208513
Celebrities in French voice-acting (by Hugo Amizet): youtube.com/watch?v=6LKejgHS3w8
Celebrities taking over animated films: theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481
theconversation.com/celebrities-are-silencing-career-pros-in-animation-voice-work-28543
Moviestar billing: denofgeek.com/movies/the-dark-arts-of-poster-billing
Crispin Freeman: voiceactingmastery.com/vam-059-the-differences-between-voice-acting-in-animation-video-games-and-anime
One of the few pro-celebrity article we could actually find: debbiegrattan.com/blog/voice-over-community-losing-to-celebs
Akio Ohtsuka: seiyuuplus.wordpress.com/seiyuu-tamashii/3-5-whats-wrong-with-entertainers-getting-into-voice-acting
Jim Sterling: youtube.com/watch?v=oiQ9kdPLXJw
The full Shirobako episode 14 clip: twitter.com/CartoonCipher/status/1441870203193724931?s=20&t=t91DjGyTYaHeSEA9shafSg
Funimation actors: indiewire.com/2021/05/funimation-asian-american-voice-actors-discrimination-1234639320/amp
The Robin Williams debacle: latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html
vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/ferngully-making-of
buzzfeed.com/benarmson90/famous-voice-actors-roles
cinemablend.com/news/1651751/why-disney-was-annoyed-about-ferngully-the-last-rainforest
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/15/robin-williams-almost-didnt-make-aladdin-and-a-generation-of-children-are-grateful-that-he-did
huffpost.com/entry/how-eric-goldberg-created_b_8285678
Written and narrated by Eric (@MrAJCosplay)
Edited by @MrNiesGuy and Abhi (@RBKapoor1)
Cartoon Cipher visual assets by @jermacattack
End-screen/Thumbnail visuals by @MrNiesGuy
#chrispratt #TomHolland #Mario
