#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