Yup, I was impressed they were real actresses and not just voice actresses, too (it's not like Japan, where there's a cult around anime voice actors and actresses and you therefore have appropriately amazing voices in the industry rising to the top).
i am listening to "an inspector calls" now. While it is true that Morven Christie is not a particularly big-name actress, I think she is going to make a drop-dead FABULOUS Verity.
Interesting comment about the voice actresses. It is true we don't have that anime culture, but we do have a strong and thriving culture of radio drama, which doesn't hold anywhere near as important a place in US performance art nowadays as it used to. I hadn't actually thought about it but it's a definite advantage.
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Date: 2011-12-20 05:58 pm (UTC)I have downloaded a BBC radio play version of "An Inspector Calls" which has Morven Christie in it but I haven't listened to it yet.
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Date: 2011-12-20 07:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-20 07:54 pm (UTC)Interesting comment about the voice actresses. It is true we don't have that anime culture, but we do have a strong and thriving culture of radio drama, which doesn't hold anywhere near as important a place in US performance art nowadays as it used to. I hadn't actually thought about it but it's a definite advantage.