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I had many unforgettable experiences during my trip to DreamWorks Animation Studios, including the chance to lend my voice to a cartoon! After I watched an advance screening of Voltron: Legendary Defender, I was invited into the recording studio with showrunners Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery to record a voiceover. Being able to go behind the scenes and have the very creators of the show record my voice for their character was an opportunity you don’t get every day!
My Voltron lines
I was given my lines for the clip — I played the part of Shiro. The segment had already been recorded with the real Shiro’s voice actor, Josh Keaton, so I was instructed to listen for a series of beeps and say my lines at the same time as his. I was so excited to get into the booth for my cartoon debut!
Stepping into the recording booth
I stepped into the recording booth with my lines and donned a pair of headphones so that I could listen for my cue. Trying to say the lines while I heard the same words simultaneously through the headphones was disorienting to me, and I missed the timing and jumbled up the words on my first couple of tries. When I was given my instructions for the re-take, Dos Santos joked, “We’re going to have you do it again, and this time, we’ll have you say ‘Form Voltron’ instead of ‘Firm vermin’!” I laughed that since the 1980s Voltron was overdubbed from a Japanese cartoon, I was just trying to recreate the original by making sure my dialogue didn’t match the mouth. 😉
Recording my Voltron lines
Recording my lines was such a blast – what could be more fun than getting a chance to be Shiro and command Voltron, if only for a moment? So without further ado, here is my world premiere as a cartoon character:
What a once in a lifetime experience! I would be so happy to try this myself! Very fun!
Sounds like you had an amazing time! I just canceled my Netflix, won’t be able to see this show
So cool! I did a bit of acting when I was younger so I would love an opportunity like this!
This is so cool! What a unique opportunity. I know my kids like this show.
See now that’s a fun day. perks like this make hours and hours and hours of blogging so worth it. 🙂
That is an awesome experience. I would love to be able to experience something like this one day. I keep believing bc dreams do come true.
That is so cool and how exciting. My son watches the cartoon but I could never get into it. I’m still more a Transformer fan. 🙂
Omg, How cool is this looks like I want to experience it.
Wow! How exciting to be a part of spectacular movie!
That must have been an amazing experience. That’s really neat that they let you do that. How fun! You did such a great job!
Wow, what a great experienced you had! I love to see this show, I am a fan back on my childhood days.
omg that is so cool! very lucky that you had a chance to experience this!
I watched this when I was a kid and I am so glad that I can share it with my son!
That was so awesome! I love your voice over. That must have been so much fun.
So cool. You did an amazing job. I can only imagine how fun it must have been to hear your voice coming out of screen.
What an awesome experience that must have been. Seeing this post made me nostalgic, I’m glad they’re bringing back Voltron. I’m sure a lot of little kids will enjoy watching this show!