YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY EPISODE 25: Debra Wilson

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY

Listen up everyone! This episode I had the pleasure to be joined by the lovely Debra Wilson. She is a voice acting powerhouse best known from her roles as Amanda Waller in Telltale’s Batman, Savathun from Destiny, Okoye in Marvel’s Avengers in War for Wakanda, Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Shelda from Bugsnax. We discuss some of her most memorable roles, blackness in video games, magical voice recording sessions and Debra shares her love for scorpions and tarantulas. Please enjoy.

Time – Topic Discussed:

0:00 - Intro

02:33 - Debra’s scorpions and tarantulas

12:16 - What franchise made her say the craziest names?

13:41 - The process of a recording session

19:10 - Being typecast as a voice actor

24:32 - Returning to a role

29:24 - Preparation for a arole

32:26 - Blackness in video games

36:18 - Recording alone vs. being in a group

39:10 - Casting white voice actors to voice black characters

54:15 - Debra’s incredible face collage shirts

58:30 - What makes a good voice acting director?

01:02:50 - Tips for improving the vocabulary

01:04:09 - Debra on Cameo

01:05:35 - Outro

Things mentioned on the show:

Video about temp music (The Marvel Symphonic Universe)

The gray area of casting for characters of color in games by Alan Wen

Nicolas Cage Face Collage Shirt

Social Media:

Debra Wilson

Debra Wilson on Cameo

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Intro/Outro by FreshMcZone

Artwork by Thomas Martin (Instagram: @thomas.martin.martin)