Re: Gilmore Bits 12-11-07

>Voice-overs are something actors will do if they can get them, whether or
>not they have a steady gig.  Doing two voice-overs so shortly after GG
>ended doesn't indicate that LG is pissed at anyone (Ooh, I'm so mad at
you
>I'm going to go out and make money), 
No it doesn't mean she is pissed at (fill in the blank) actor.   It
means she has this nasty habbit of liking to eat and have a
roof over her head.

The actor has to pay the mortgage while ASP works out her
future plans.





>or that she more prescient than others
>about the WGA strike (and exactly how prescient did anyone in the
industry
>have to be last spring to see it coming).  It just indicates that her
agent
>managed to line up some voice-work for her.  It's the sort of work she
>could do even if GG continued this season.
When is the WGA strike?  

Are the writers and the studios even talking now?  I thought
I heard they weren't even talking.

>And you don't appear on comera.  Actors who won't do commercials
on-camera
>will do voice-overs, and actors who can get voice-over work will do them
>even while they are in high profile series.  Patrick Stewart very
famously
>still did voice-over commercials while ST:TNG was on the air.  The big
>advantages are that you don't appear on-camera, which could compete with
>your regular gig, and they usually just take a few hours in a sound
studio
>to do, so they don't interfere with your regular gig.  Oh, and they make
>you money.
I would poimt out many of the actors on ST:TNG did voice over work
on Video games related to the show too.