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Damn, Nintendo be micromanaging the hell out of the voice actors.

posted 2 years ago by VectorOfTheMoon (183)
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Just found out about this the other day.

Apparently, plot details were kept secret from the actors during recording. According to Charlie Day, he mentioned that he had to record his dialogue in many different ways, after which the directors selected the version they believed would be best suited for the scene.

No wonder why Chris Pratt looked so tired during that clip shown right before the new trailer last week. Might be the reason why his voice sounds the way it does. With him having to do several takes over and over, and then they finally pick which one they think is perfect for the scene. Must be an absolute pain to do when you're voicing the main character like Mario, and you're in pretty much every scene.

I understand Nintendo wants this movie to be good, but they need to chill out.

SEGA does what Nintendon't... and allows their actors to do their job and voice act. Seriously, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles sound great in the movies, but Nintendo is too scared to trust in the people they got in their roles?

Micromanaging sucks because it's usually always about not even trusting people to do their jobs correctly. I had a job like that last year, it really sucked. With them constantly looking over your shoulder and ready to pounce for even the smallest mistake.

[–] pepetoony (1744) a year ago

I'm pretty sure that's normal to give the editors multiple takes to work with. I don't see how that equates to hiding plot details from the actors? I can't recall what the plot of this movie even was but I'm willing to bet it involved saving the princess. Massive spoiler alert!

Also Nintendo (along with all other animation companies) should hire voice actors based on talent--not their big names. I roll my eyes every time I see some famous actor being used for voice work. Half the time you can't even tell it's them, so why waste the money?

[–] TandyMan (11096) a year ago

I remember watching behind the scenes footage of the Ice Age voice recordings and they were having an absolute blast. Everybody in the sound booth just goofing around and having a good time. Didn't look stressful at all. Definitely looked more like the voice talent was dictating the action rather than the other way around.