Zheng Xiaolong was stunned for a long time before saying, "If your acting is this good, and your voice acting is also so amazing, I'm running out of words to praise you. It looks like I'll have to trouble you with the role of the Empress as well."
Jiang Ling smiled faintly, "No problem, leave it to me!"
In her past life, when she first entered the entertainment industry, she worked as a voice actor.
Later, a director from a film crew discovered that her facial expressions were exceptionally vivid and animated when she was voice acting. Any still frame could be turned into an emoji. So, he tried casting her in a role.
As it turned out, once she started acting, there was no stopping her. She transitioned from behind the scenes to the front, becoming a full-fledged actress.
Although she became a legitimate artist, Jiang Ling never forgot her original profession. Every time she filmed, she used her own voice and rarely relied on voice actors.
Except for a very small number of roles, such as when she played twins, a sister and brother, where the sister would voice herself. To differentiate the two characters, she would then find a male voice actor to help voice the brother.
Speaking of voice acting, it is undoubtedly one of the most grueling professions in the entertainment industry.
It's comparable to retouchers who meticulously edit photos frame by frame for popular young stars or middle-aged women, truly the cream of the crop in their respective fields.
Their salaries are not even a tenth of that of actors, yet their workload is immense.
An acclaimed voice actor revealed in the past that the entertainment industry is vast, and anyone can become an actor, which places immense pressure on behind-the-scenes voice actors. Many actors, confident in the availability of voice dubbing, often speak nonsensically during filming.
He also disclosed that he had encountered several popular idols who, during filming, would not recite their lines. Instead, they would first recite a numerical poem by Qianlong, such as "one piece after another, another piece, two pieces, three pieces, four or five pieces," and after finishing that, they would repeatedly recite numbers like 12345677654321. It was truly exasperating, and he lamented that the work of voice actors was like "carving flowers from dung."
What's even more grueling is that when the actors are unprofessional, the voice actors do their best to compensate in the voice-over lines.
Yet, after the drama aired, it was met with a flood of criticism. The fans of that popular idol would then turn around and blame the voice actors for poor dubbing, claiming it had dragged down their beloved idol, which was utterly bewildering.
In summary, the voice acting profession entails doing the hardest work, earning the least money, and enduring the most criticism.
Only a select few fortunate individuals, like Jiang Ling, can transition from behind the scenes to the forefront, becoming true actors and eventually winning Best Actress awards through their own efforts.
Despite its hardships, it must be said that voice acting is a truly fascinating profession.
By skillfully manipulating their vocal cords, they can easily imitate various classic film and television characters, such as Wang Xifeng, Lin Daiyu, Huang Rong, the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom, Grandma Jia, Rong Mo Mo, and so on, with astonishing accuracy and almost no repetition.
Upon hearing them, audiences invariably exclaim, "Voice actors are monsters!"
In "Chun Yuan Xiang Xiang Zhuan," every character is a classic. Even a mere maid could be repeatedly mentioned by the audience.
For instance, Cui Guo, who could beat people until their mouths were bruised; Sang Er, who ran the fastest; and Bin Er, the harbinger of plague, wherever she went, death rays followed...
After finishing her role as Consort Hua, Jiang Ling felt she hadn't had enough. She had been considering finding a role to voice-act for fun.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Xiaolong wanted to find her to voice the lines for the Empress's character. It was truly a case of falling asleep and having a pillow delivered.
In Jiang Ling's opinion, voice acting is also a part of acting.
Good voice acting can enrich a character's depth and add brilliance to the entire drama.