Sometimes, studios do stupid things for no good reason. I was listening to a podcast that was reviewing Space Jam 2, and they mentioned that the studio recorded and then replaced a professional VO actress for a non-VO actress.
From IMDB, ((Kath Soucie had been set to reprise her role as Lola Bunny, and had all of her dialogue recorded. But for unknown reasons, she was replaced by Zendaya during late post-production.))
What was the point of bringing in a new actress for the part? WB actually had the original actress from the first movie, played her from then on to record the movie…fully, and then replaced her with Zendaya. Kath Soucie originated the new character of Lola Bunny in the first movie and played her since.
You can recast all you want. Almost the entire Space Jam 2 cast consists of different VO actors. However, why hire and pay Soucie and replace her, hiring another actress? Basically, you paid for the voice of Lola Bunny twice. Just hire Zendaya from the get-go and go from there.
BTW, the old Lola is completely different from the one in the new movie design-wise. Maybe that was the reason for the recasting. But, why hire Soucie in the first place?
It sort of reminds me of the Jetsons: The Movie recasting.
Side Note: Good move not to have R Kelly do another version of his song for the second movie. Then again, he was in jail, awaiting trial.
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