Phoenix is great but in my book Mark Hamill is the Joker (from Batman the Animated Series). God, I miss Kevin Conroy sooo much. November 10th will mark second anniversary of his passing. I got a voice acting background and his voice was an inspiration for me since BtAS.The vocal training was tough, without noticeable results but actors like them re a great impulse to not give up: was almost Leon in new RE games :)
The engineer with Shatner was just doing his job, not “overstepping his bounds.” They are trained to get as many variations on a take as possible, so that it doesn’t have to be re-recorded. It’s infuriating to musicians to have to do the same piece over and over with small changes to each one, but in the end, the results are worth it.