H i K a r i , w e l c o m e t o V E N T S ! H o w h a v e y o u b e e n ? a l r e a d y r e l e a s e d f i l m s / c l a s s i c s l i k e D o r o t h y a n d
t h e W i z a r d o f O z - d i d y o u r e w a t c h t h e o r i g i n a l t o
Great, thanks! Very busy, which is always nice.
g e t i n t o t h e m o o d ?
I've seen the movie MANY times! I'm from a small
W i t h p e o p l e t h a t u s u a l l y g e t i n t o a c t i n g , n o r m a l l y town in Kansas originally, so it's almost a rite of
t h e y d o l i v e a c t i o n r a t h e r t h a n v o i c e - w h a t l e d y o u passage to watch the "Wizard of Oz!".
i n t o t h i s p a r t i c u l a r w o r l d ?
I always knew I wanted voiceover to be part of my W h a t w a s i t l i k e t o v o i c e s u c h a n i c o n i c c h a r a c t e r
career. I loved cartoons growing up, and I knew a s D o r o t h y ?
that someone was doing the voices behind them. I I was absolutely thrilled to get that part. In fact, it
moved to Los Angeles with the idea that I would was pretty emotional for me when it was finally
do both on-camera and voiceover work, and I released. When I moved to Los Angeles, people
have, but the voiceover side just took off in a way would find out I was from Kansas and call me
I didn't expect.
"Dorothy" all the time. Somehow it felt like coming
full circ le to get to play her in the cartoon.
Y o u h a v e b e e n f e a t u r e d i n a w i d e r a n g e o f s e r i e s ,
e a c h w i t h i n t h e i r o w n g e n r e a n d s t y l e - d o e s i t g e t D i d y o u t r y t o i m i t a t e J u d y G a r l a n d ' s v o i c e o r d i d
e a s i e r t o v o i c e d i f f e r e n t c h a r a c t e r s r a t h e r t h a n y o u t h r o w i n y o u r o w n s p i n ?
p l a y i n g i t i n p e r s o n ?
Our Dorothy is younger than Judy Garland's
I think that is the beauty of VO work: I get to play portrayal, so it's not really an imitation of her.
so many different characters that I would never There's a wholesome, scrappy quality that both of
get to play on-camera, and I think I feel a freedom them share, but I think that's just the essence of
behind the microphone that I don't feel anywhere Dorothy's character.
else. I can be silly and ridiculous and sultry and
heroic...sometimes all in one day!
A n o t h e r c l a s s i c s h o w y o u a r e r e t u r n i n g t o i s R i c k
a n d M o r t y - a r e y o u r e p r i s i n g y o u r r o l e a s
H o w d o y o u n o r m a l l y f i n d t h e " v o i c e " f o r w h a t e v e r J e s s i c a ?
c h a r a c t e r y o u a r e p l a y i n g a t t h e t i m e ? D o y o u Any plans we will get to see a relationship
b a s e i t o n s o m e p a r t i c u l a r e l e m e n t ?
between her and Morty building up somewhere?
I use whatever I'm given to get a feel for the Yes, I'll be coming back as Jessica (and other
character. Artwork, the script, pre-existing source roles) in season three. Let's just say that fans
material if there is any... all of that goes into shouldn't expect things to go smoothly... or
finding the voice. The misconception is that it's all normally... for them.
about putting on a funny voice, and it's actually
much more about creating a believable character. W h a t e l s e i s h a p p e n i n g n e x t i n K a r i W a h l g r e n ' s
w o r l d ?
D o e s y o u r a p p r o a c h t e n d t o c h a n g e i f y o u a r e "Niko and the Sword of Light" just launched on
v o i c i n g a c h a r a c t e r i n a v i d e o g a m e r a t h e r t h a n a Amazon Prime, and I'm pretty excited to be
T V s e r i e s ?
playing Lyra in that cartoon. It's kind of a family-
Not really... I think the overall tone of the project is friendly Avatar meets Lord of the Rings show...
more important. I'll change my approach for a Aside from that, there are a number of new
Skylanders game versus Injustice 2, for projects in the works. Fans can follow me on
example... Disney has a much different feel than Twitter
@KariWahlgren
or
Instagram
Cartoon Network. So sometimes that will @kari_wahlgren to get updates on future things
influence my choices.
coming out. Now, if I could just squeeze in a
vacation, things would be perfect!
Y o u h a v e s o m e s h o w s c o m i n g u p b a s e d o n