#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