#65 - Linda Young Interview (Dragonball Z, Frieza, Voice Acting, Comic-Con, Funimation etc.)

Linda Young is a voice actor for Funimation who is well known for playing the villainous Frieza from Dragonball Z during its original English Dub.

Twitter - @LindaYoungVA

Instagram - @lindasorta

 

TIMESTAMPS

 

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - How Covid-19 Has Affected Linda’s Work

02:03 - Working With An Agent/Comic-Con

05:00 - Singing In A Band

06:04 - Linda Always Wanted To Be An Actor & Singer/Linda Didn’t Know What Anime Was

07:10 - How Linda Got The Role Of Frieza

08:14 - First Day Of Work As Frieza/The Direction Frieza Got For The Character

11:02 - Process Of Recording Voice/Vocals Recorded One Line At A Time

13:15 - Yelling And Not Hurting Vocal Chords

15:10 - Losing Your Voice Well Your Recording/How To Keep Your Vocal Chords Clear

16:52 - Avoiding Foods That Affect The Voice/Linda’s Allergies

18:58 - Linda Tells Story Of Losing Her Voice And Getting A Steroid Shot

20:15 - Recording With The Script

21:13 - Repeating Lines Over And Over

22:02 - Different Variations Of Frieza’s Voice From Transformations

23:08 - Funimation Are Great At Directing Voice Actors

26:00 - Enunciating With Voice Acting

27:02 - Alternating Between Baba & Frieza/Set Times At Work

29:05 - Particular Scenes Linda Remembers From DBZ/Lines Linda Would Mess Up All The Time

31:09 - Linda Never Believed Frieza Was Dead After Goku Killed Him/Baba Voice

32:10 - Why Linda Stopped Doing Frieza’s Voice From DBZ KAI Going Forward/Linda Was Sad When This Happened

33:25 - Comic Con Came Up After Stopping Frieza Role/Reece Wants To Try Get Linda To NZ

34:50 - Signings/Strange Fans

39:18 - A Lot Of Linda’s Friends Didn’t Know She Did The Voice Of Frieza/Linda Doesn’t Really Talk About Herself

43:21 - Linda’s Hobbies

44:52 - Mass Exodus From California To Texas/Funimation Primarily Based In Texas

46:40 - Evolution Of Funimation

48:04 - You Always Voice Record By Yourself

50:05 - Difference Between Original Dub And DVD Dub In Terms Of Linda Redubbing

52:13 - Memory/Same Process From Show To Show

54:00 - Linda Doesn’t Audition Much These Days/Fanmail

57:14 - Linda Would Like To Do Some Voice Work For Disney/Lobbying For Acting Roles In L.A.

59:05 - Linda Speaks About Her Kids

1:00:27 - Normality Has Returned To NZ As Covid Isn’t In The Community

1:01:30 - Where To Follow Linda Young On Social Media/Twitter

1:03:33 - Linda Does The Frieza Accent Thanking Kiwi Talkz 

1:04:11 - Fans Putting DB Super Scenes With Lindas Voice/Dedication Of Fans

1:06:00 - Reece Plans To Visit Dallas At Some Point