January 16, 2023 • 35 mins
Jenna Davis the voice of M3GAN joins Will and Christy talking about the secret behind the movie's dominance in theaters, how she captured the horror in her voice and how the film even scares her. Jenna shares what it's like trying to keep the balance of the success of the film as well as her popularity on TikTok, YouTube, IG at such a young age.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, Christie, Hey Will, how are you. Oh, I'm doing great.
How are you? I'm doing wonderful. And as I've said
before we even started recording, I don't know how it happened,
but right now, for the people who can't see me,
my hair looks fabulous. It actually really does. It does
it is fully and wonderful. No, I don't know what
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it is, but I maybe washing it once a month
has been doing it. Good for you. Thank you to
keep up on your you know, procedures. Yes, exactly. I'm
pretty excited. Man. You have a very you have a
very good hairline. I just want to think you point
that out. I appreciate. That's very sweet, and I don't
hear that enough if I'm honest. Um, No, I'm excited
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about my hair, but I'm way more excited for today's
guest because today's guest has been rushing it. Her film
has been rushing it. Have you seen this? I have,
I mean I haven't seen the movie. I haven't yet either,
one of the few. Yeah, we're two of the few
who haven't this. But her movie is is became second
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to Avatar like killing crushing, It absolutely crushing, and I
can't wait to talk to her, because it's a whole
different world when you are doing a voice in a
major motion picture that is now you know, blanketing the world.
So that's pretty cool. Yeah. And also I've heard her
voice very prominently just from the get go of the
you know, from the trailers and everything. I mean, sometimes
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the voice can be just as iconic as the visual,
you know, absolutely, you think about that with with you know,
Chucky and all the other kind of you know, especially
in the horror genre. But then she's also known for
her voice because she's a singer, and I mean she's
huge on the YouTube, the toptics and all the other
I mean, her socials are huge, the the later Grams,
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the top tics, yes, all that kind of stuff. So yes,
I can't wait. She's also she's also a Disney Channel
girl too, so she is a Disney Channel girl. We
have we have a total connection. I want to get
into that with with all that good stuff, because we've
got some some really cool things, uh, that we can
talk about. Because yeah, great guest today. Yeah, when you've
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got when when This is what I love about our
guests is when you have one of the biggest movies,
one of biggest films, in the world right now. And
that's just one of the things you're going to talk about.
That's pretty awesome, right, that leads to good stuff, that's
totally does I agree? We are blessed with really great guests. Yeah,
we want to talk about her movie, her you know,
her social presence, her music, and what she thinks of
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my hair of your hair. And our contest of course,
which is doing really well. Yeah, which is a good
way right off the top to tell you that we
are in fact live and up and running with the
super awesome contest to become the next big voice actor.
We've got a good amount of submissions already. That's pretty exciting.
We've already got a bunch of submissions, so we're really happy.
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We're hearing it's starting to become a little bit of
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So yes, as Christie said, Christie is has really opened
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my eyes to all the especially the talent on the
top Tic. Yeah, I've sent him lots of I sent
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And it's real and it's really cool because it does
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We want them to enter the contest. We're going to
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hear Voices at I Radio dot com. We cannot wait
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who's gonna win a whole bunch of really cool stuff.
But that's not why we're here today. Well, I mean
it's partially what we're here today. We are here to
talk about my hair. No no, no, no, to talk
to our amazing guests. It's Jenna Davis. Everybody, Yes, Jenna
Davis from the hit movie Megan, which is out there
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killing it no pun intended. We cannot wait to get
into this, so please welcome Jenna Davis. Thank you for
joining us. Yeah, thank you, thank you so much. We
know you're busy right now because your movie is, as
they say, doing amazingly. Well, yes, killing, Yes, they're using
all they're using all the the the horror superlatives. It's slaying,
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it's killing, it's crushing, crushing, murdering. All that is amazing. Congratulations,
Thank you so much. It feels unreal for sure, but
I'm happy everybody is enjoying it. For sure. They scare me.
We're gonna jump right into a Jenna, let's jump in
to his fear. And they scare me. The horror movies
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they scared, especially James wan Ones right, Oh, I know,
it's insane. I was always very fearful and scared of
scary movies, so the fact that I am a villain
in one is kind of surreal. Well, I guess if
you're doing the scaring, maybe it's a little bit different
than than getting scared in a horror movie. Does that
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Does that change how you feel about the fear of
the horror movie when you know you're the one causing
the fear. I feel like it definitely does, because going
into Megan and seeing the final of it, I realized
I knew everything that was happening, so it was less scary,
but for everybody else around me was hysterical to watch
their re actions because I was just watching them get
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scared the entire time, and I was like, I don't
know exactly what's gonna happen. So I think it was
more comical to see everybody else's reactions then watch the
movie myself, because you know, I worked on it, I
knew see what happened, so it's definitely fun to scare
everybody else, So I would I would have did you
did you gotta do a video for your YouTube? Obviously
Jenna's You're huge on YouTube, and I feel like that's
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so fun. If you did like any kind of videos
of like pranking my you know, poor old grandma watching Mark. No,
for sure, I it's been fun. I had to keep
the project super secret for a really long time, so
it feels almost it feels weird to talk about it.
Quite frankly that because I bawled it all up and
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I just kind of put it away. I didn't tell
anybody because I really couldn't. And now that it's out
there and I'm having these interviews and I'm talking to
great people like you guys, I it feels it feels
very crazy. I'm like, it almost feels like you're breaking
the rules. You're breaking the rules all of a sudden.
I know. Well, now there's a well it's my first question.
Then you said you've had to put it away for
a while. How long ago did you record the part?
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I started over a year ago? Really okay? Yes? And
now were you because you know and I hear voices
were the voice people, so we know that there's there's
you know, wonderful actors that are on camera and the
cast of your film is absolutely amazing. But to to
be doing the lead essentially in a movie, but it's
just your voice, what was that process, like where you
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because we've heard about, like, you know, the stop motion
kind of animation, and we've heard about kind of almost
video game animation where they're putting the electrodes on your
face and capture and everything, So how did you go
about this process? Sure? So my role was primarily off
camera because obviously Amy had the on camera presence with
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a fiscal body. So for me, it was difficult because
I didn't have that interaction on camera with the actors.
I was in the studio, so I really had to
dive deep into Megan and find her and grasp her
through just my voice. So it was very difficult, but
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it was also a very exciting challenge and it was
nerve racking. And now that the film's out and it's
I'm so blessed to hear that people are enjoying it
because it was nerve racking because I feel as though
it is me acting all throughout. I'm using my faces.
I'm just behind Mike. Sure, So it was very enjoyable,
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but definitely I would say a challenge, but I was
I was primarily it was me in the studio. Sometimes
I was in pajama, sometimes I was in nice clothes.
I had a great time with it, but it was
a challenge. But it was very collaborative with me and
the director Mr Gerard, and he's lovely and he knew
exactly what he wanted for her, and I knew what
I wanted for her, so we kind of collaborated our
visions and kind of made Megan what she is today.
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So a huge success, thank you. Yeah, I'm also curious.
This is really wonderful, as as Will had pointed out,
like we've talked to mo cap people who do video
games and like Call Duty and all that stuff, and
that's its own sort of experience. But I will say,
you know, when we were doing Impossible or any time
that we will do a new character, they'll they'll like
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bring in a video camera and kind of like try
to spot some of your likeness. Did they do anything
like that when you were in studio? Yeah, because because
you do kind of resemble the Megan c g I
face in some ways in the beauty of your beautiful
Thank you, thank you so much. Yes, every time I
did do a studio session, they would record my face. Interesting, Yes,
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so they did do that. So I was, I mean
I was, and that guess in that way on camera,
so they did see my facial reactions and things like that.
So I was I was recorded, yes, okay, So going
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back to where it all began. Yes, how did you
get into the industry? How? How did you know that
this is something that you wanted to do? Because I
know you're a singer and your huge on social media,
and we're going to get to the whole Disney channel
connection because we're all Disney kids, so we'll get to
all that stuff. But how did how did the whole
journey start for you? Sure? So I lived prior to California.
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I lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I started doing theater
there when I was around six years old. I have
always loved singing and acting and everything. My mom was
a piano and voice teacher, so I started off singing
primarily ever since I could talk, and it's always been
around in my life. My mom and I always joke
about me listening to music when I was in her
(10:27):
womb because she was teaching music when I was in
the womb. So primarily my whole life. So I started
off in musical theater and I loved that. I kept
on working. We get small parts and then in my
community theater. We had a production of Annie and my
mom and I were talking about auditioning for it, and
I told her I'm going to get Molly. And I was.
I think I was nine or ten and maybe I
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think eight or nine. At this point, my mom was saying, Jenna,
you know this would be your first big role. I
don't want you to like get your head in the
clouds and think that you're going to get this big
old role because there's a lot of people auditioning, and
I was I was not letting that be an answer.
And I went in there and I got it, and
my mom was saying wow, like she was really shocked
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because I was competing against all the other people that
have done theater, and you know, in my age category,
and I was other than doing small little parts like
being a club in Lion King and or whatever, I
never really did anything else. Um that was a lead.
So after getting that part, um, I performed and did that,
and people around our town we're saying, oh, Jen as
a great actress. My mom was saying, she is, Like
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my mom had no clue. It's almost conical. So we
joke about that all the time. But you know, I
did that show and then I started doing more professional
theater because in Minnesota they're very well known for professional theater.
So I started embarking on that. And then in the
middle of that, we got a manager out here and
came out here for our first pilot season. And our
original goal was to come out here see how I
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would do. If I did well, we would extend our stay.
If not I we would kind of head back home.
And in the first two weeks I booked a Disney
commercial and I was like, see dat, I already looked something.
I stny longer. So my dad was still in Minnesota,
my mom and I were out here, and we just
kept on extending our stay because it was a callback,
(12:18):
a producers session. This this industry is very unpredictable. You
have no clue what's going to happen. One day you're working,
one day you're not, so you never know. So it
just kept on. It just kept on going. And you know,
now we've been here for almost running on seven years.
How we bought a house here during COVID renovated the
entire thing, and I'd say, this is home now. So
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it was it was kind of just I guess something
that happened but I you can't do this industry anywhere else.
And I loved l A. You know, the industry has
changed so much due to COVID. I missed going into
the room. I miss having that interaction. But you know,
self tapes are great and you can send in your
best take, so you know that works. You don't, you don't.
I know, you're you can be all you're You're so
(13:03):
nice and bubbly and everything. But self tape is awful.
It's it's terrible. It is hard. I do like you
can have the option to, like do as many takes
as you want. I'm very like. I loved the idea
of going into the room and having that thrill and
meeting casting and seeing them and just you know, building
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that relationship. But I do miss that, I have to say,
but there's an energy, there's an energy you get when
you walk into the room. Yet it's such a thrill.
It is such a thrill. So I definitely missed that.
And we drive around l A all the time and
I'll be like, oh, that's this casting and that's dis casting,
and you know, I miss that for sure. But that's
kind of how I started and got into it, and
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then along with social media and music. I've during this time,
you know, acting is you can book a part or
you cannot. And and the time that I wasn't working,
I decided to turn my focus to other things to
keep me busy, because I always feel like I'm better
when I'm busy. So I started working on social media
and just posting singing videos and then turned into other
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videos and further on. And but a lot of people
are saying now, as you know, as the movie comes out,
it's oh, TikTok star, this breaks out, and definitely, you know,
I will take it. I will take it. But it's
very important to me that people realize that this has
been a journey. This has been a marathon, and it's
not something that this is not my first project. I'm
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not a TikTok star that blew weapon just like got
this role. It has been it has been a journey,
and you know, I'm totally fine they want to say that, Hey,
it's cool. I appreciate I appreciate the press. I appreciate it.
I was gonna as long as they're still talking about you, yeah, yeah,
let them let them, let them underestimate you. And I
also think that the thing I see because I'm also
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on TikTok Um and and it's one of those things where,
oh gosh, there's a lot of talented people on TikTok
I mean we talked about it is tons of voice
talent and sane. Yeah, And it's definitely and I feel
honored to be even called a TikTok star. I'm like, really, me,
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I'm like, I appreciate it. So no, I mean, it's
definitely been it's been a journey, but I feel I
feel so grateful And I never knew auditioning for this,
that this is what it would become. I knew it
was called Megan. I was auditioning for Megan, and I
I feel so grateful and thankful. And it's just I
didn't realize how big horror culture was either. So it's
(15:30):
it's been a whole I think it's been also very
much of a learning process for me as well to
recognize and see how big horror fans are. I'm obsessed.
I'm like, okay, what else. I love to watch people's reactions.
It's something I've loved doing on YouTube. There's a bunch
of like horror reactions and things, and that's been that's
been super fun. So, now was this your first purely
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voice over roll. Had you ever done video before? Yes?
I did. I was on a Netflix show called Treehouse
Detectives where I played a red little named Terry. Okay,
episodes of that or something in that round, Um, so
I did that. I also worked on a bunch of
Disney Vamporina Sophia the first Oh she know Sam? You
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know Sam Regal director. Yeah, by the way, I knew
all of this. I just wanted to hear you say it.
And then I worked on Cartoon Network a show called
Infinity Train. So yeah, I have done some voiceover work prior,
but but Megan was definitely, I would say the most challenging,
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with the most the most thrilling, because I've never really
played I've played mean, but I've never played I guess,
quote unquote villain before evil. Yeah, she's pretty evil. I
love that. Okay, So I have a quite the thing
we love to talk to people about because we are
huge fans of animation and voiceover. Um, when you were
growing up with were there any cartoons that you couldn't miss,
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anything that was your favorite as you were you were
coming up? Sure? Well, I mean I would always turn
on SpongeBob occasionally because he was always on just the
classics too that I would watch, like I think her
name was like Charlie and Lola when I was little,
and then all these different types of things there was
like Maggie and the Ferocious Beasts, all these different I
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definitely grew up watching a lot of animation, obviously, like Pixar,
and there's so many great ones, and Tangle will probably
always be my favorite. Thumbalina is very I think, probably
my favorite animated movie ever. So I definitely grew up
watching a lot of animation, but nothing really too scary.
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I hope not. Yeah, gosh, I hope not like this one. No,
that is that's crazy. I still Okay. So you hear
about Megan and when as you're approaching the character, is
there anything that you did I'm trying to phrase this
right way. Would you have approached it any differently if
it was an on camera roll than you did point
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because it was v O or did you know going
in that it was voiceover, that maybe you were going
to take it in a slight slightly different direction, you know.
I always since I always knew it was voice over,
I really wanted to play around with the voice, because
when you think of something of a I and you
think of a robot, you think of something that's incredibly
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mono tone, and you think of maybe something like a
serie or an Alexa or a Google Home. So if
I were to do this on camera, obviously, I think
I would have kept the same approach because I've I've
just known, I know who Megan is, I know how
I want to make her sound, So I don't think
I would have done it any differently if I were
on camera, because the interesting thing about Megan is even
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though she is an AI, her interactions with other people
are very different from one another. So when she's talking
to Katie, her tone is more softer, and she really
there's like a personal connection between the two, which Katie
ironically a dresses in the film. And I didn't really
hear that until after, so I guess I was like, yes,
my approach was correct, but yeah, when I was speaking
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with her, it was more like hushed and it was
more like, oh my goodness, we're best friends, were having
a conversation. We're just like it's just you and I hear,
But when she's talking to Jemma. When she's talking to
other people, she's more direct, she's more bold, she's more like,
oh hey, I'm the boss a little bit. So, you know,
it was it was fun to play with that. And
I also think talking to Mr Gerard, he enjoyed that
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about my performance, was that she wasn't just a monotone
robot that had no emotion. She had personality, she had
sassed and when we were going through the audition process
and my last final stage with Mr Gerard, he was
just telling me I really want to make her very fun. Okay,
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that was the word. It was fun. I love that.
It's just it's such a strange you think of about
you're reading for a part that is evil, and the
direction you're getting is I want it fun. That's crazy.
It's just such a different way to take the character.
You know, it is very different, and I think that's
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what makes Megan fun. It's because she is and she's
not only she can be very evil, yes, but for
the majority when she's getting asked about who she's has murdered,
who she has killed, she's in a nutshell, you know,
she's like, oh this is this is what happened? Oh yeah,
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very much so like it's all good. What do you mean?
Who me? I didn't do anything and everything changes in
the snap of the in the snap of the fingers.
So that's what's so fun about her, and she fits
so well in this generation. I mean in the film
we talk about TikTok, we talk about Tesla, and I
think you know, when it's marketed to teens and things
like that, it's it's very fun because it's so relevant
and she's so relevant. I mean, she even has an
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Instagram and she's dm ng, she's DM ing people. I mean,
her and I have our own DM conversation. You know,
no way, you have your own DM conversation with Megan. Yeah,
I'm like, it's some fun. I mean, what are you
guys saying fun? That's between that's between her and I'm sorry?
Got it? Okay? Is that spilling tea? Is that what
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that's called? Is that's the cutdown? And that's the cutdown
right there. I so TikTok actually is TikTok loves Megan.
Megan is and you are I would say fifty percent
Megan in my opinion. And it's like, you know, we've
talked about like I mentioned, like when they bring in
the video camera when they're initially sort of I do
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feel like there's a magic of of creative and tech
that kind of literally appropriately comes together in this case,
and you kind of come through with the intention that
you've had in your voice. UM. And it's really wonderful
to see how responsive even the new generation is to
that kind of movement. UM. And then I also find
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it really interesting that your mom is a voiceover or
our voice teacher, and how in tune, even at your age, UM,
that you kind of understanding that's a part of your
performance and the way that you like find your way
into character. Yeah, no, for sure. I mean I think
definitely growing up with singing and having the musical background,
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always kind of being surrounded by, I guess by the industry.
In some regard it has it has been helpful. I
really do feel like I've grown up in this industry
and that's it's been a huge blessing and also has
taught me so much. I mean, I just turned eighteen
this past year, so I guess now I'm an adult.
Happy birthday, thank you. No, I'm an adult. So you know,
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it's a it's a whole nother, a whole other realm,
especially when it comes to acting. But I've definitely, I
definitely learned a lot, and I'm also grateful for my mom.
And you know, even with the singing in the film, uh,
you know, when I brought my mom. I always bring
my um with me to work because she's absolutely you
should absolutely do that. It was awesome. So even when
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I was singing in the film, I would turn to
her and I'd be like, you know, I'm always looking
for her at her approval. And I was on a
tour this this past year, and every time I get
off stage and right to my mom, I'm like, what
do you think? Her opinion means everything to me. And
because she has so much knowledge, especially you know in
the whole vocal area, I always turned to her for approval,
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So what does she think of all of it? Then,
you know, she's so happy that I got to sing
in the film, of course. But my parents are amazing.
I mean, they sacrificed so much for me. I mean
they my dad lived in Minnesota primarily for work, so
they you know, they sacrificed being separated for some time
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for me. I mean now because of COVID, my dad's
able to live with us and be with us, because
you know, it's proven that you can work from home
and you can work you know, these different things. So
you know that in some in one way, COVID has
been a blessing for us in that regard. But I
can not ask for better people in my life. My
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parents are my everything. They're so supportive to me, and
I could not I would not be here without them,
no doubt in my mind. I have a question for you.
But I know this is tough because it's tough to
put people on the spot like this. But if you
have to pick acting on camera, voice, over acting or singing,
which one do you pick? See, that's the hardest question.
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I know, right, it's terrible. It's the hardest question I
get ever, Uh right, it's I know, it's awful. It's
putting you on the spot. Which one do you take?
Which one do you take? I want to be able
to combine them, right, that's not what you're asking. That'd
(24:55):
be too easy. I have a question, would you? I
feel like I could definitely see you being a Disney
princess voice. Is that something that you would want to do?
I mean, like, is there goals that you have for
absolutely my absolutely, I have definitely a desire to do
a Disney princess. That's probably if I did that, I
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think my mom's life would be made. I heard her
and I we always sing around the house. It's always
Disney princesses. It's always that. So if that would be
a dream come true, I definitely think. I mean, I
try to think of Disney princesses that have been out there,
and you can't take away from all of them. So
if I were to do one, I'd want to do
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something new or maybe like do like a Thumbelina recreate that.
I think that would be my dream role if I could. Okay,
we're putting it out there for you. Thank you. I
you know, after playing such an evil character, I I
of course want to continue her legacy, of course, but
I think it also fun to play. You know, in
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most scenarios, princesses are the victims sometimes against whoever they're
you know again, so I think it'd be fun to
play like a victim of some of some sort, whether
that's on camera off camera. Wherever. You also saved You
saved her Christie. You saved her from having to answer
the question of which one of the three, she kicked.
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I know, I know it's like going on for her
and can't just pick one. I get it. Yeah, so
let's talk Disney Channel Christie. Sure, let's do it, especially
(26:41):
with miss Raven. Yeah, we're we're all Disney kids and
you are reoccurring role on Raven's Home right. Yeah, it was.
It was so fun. I think I learned so much
from that set. I learned so much from Raven. I
feel like you learned the most when you're working in
your on set, and that is what I learned from
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that production. It was amazing. I also think they have
very great craft services. Raven doesn't mess around with that stuff.
For sure. Did you work with Daniel Fisher? Was Daniel
Fisher one of the directors while you're there? You did
work with my friend, my bestie? Oh? No way, she's lovely,
(27:23):
so lovely. Um. But there's a bond between Disney Channel kids,
isn't there? Absolutely? Absolutely. I just saw I was at
an event the other night and I saw Skycats. She
walked up right behind me line. I'm like, hey girl, Yeah,
it's interesting. Yeah. I think that, like, I mean, Disney
has changed a lot. I think it used to be
(27:44):
that it was very interconnected to just the programming, but
it does seem like now there's more of a streaming influence. Um.
But do you feel like you are still connecting with
the other like younger Disney Channel stars, Like, are you
guys seeing each other at events? Are they Disney events
or they just like regular red carpets. Yeah, I mean
I've been to a few Disney events and premiers and
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that's where I probably see them the most. I think,
you know, the majority are work are working still so
and with Disney, you know it's it's it's busy for sure. Yeah.
So when I see them at events and I'm still
you know, friends and catch up with social media and
text and communicate, um, for sure with a lot of
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the Disney kids. And it's ironic because you meet a
lot of people from different shows too, Like I know
a lot of the kids that are unbunked and different
things like that. So it is a very small community.
But I probably would say that I see them mostly
out at events and things just because everybody's schedules are
so are so happy. Wow, I even think about that. Yes,
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scheduling is is probably so crazy weird and everything shoots
on location now too, So it's kind of like your
friends with your cast while you're working and stuff. That's
normal for the industry. You know, you're you have set
friends and then unfortunately, and they're great friends and they
mean a lot, but usually when the production wraps up,
you kind of just see in passing from there on.
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But that's that's the nature of our business. That's the
way it is anyway. So what what are some of
the new projects you have coming up? Where can people
other than in the biggest one of the biggest films
in the world right now, which everyone has to go
check out, Megan, but we're we're what else can people
see you in? Sure? Yes, So I'll actually be in
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Zelda Williams um Lisa Frankenstein coming up. Don't have a
release date for that one yet, but I'm old. Zelda
was amazing and I filmed that over the summer, which
was super fun. I have a very Lori's a fun character,
so I'm excited for everyone to meet her eventually. Uh
also have a few other things coming up that I
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can't have to keep the classic the classic answer, but
I'm also working on music, and I do country pop music,
so I'm headed to Nashville this upcoming week to record
some new stuff. So I'm excited about that, and then
just kind of just kind of continuing on, and I've
my attitude for three is we'll see, We'll see that.
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That's a great attitude because you have now, I mean,
this industry so unpredictable. You can get a call in
five minutes and your whole life changes. That's true, That's
absolutely true. Well, I love that it's so positive, and
how do we not end on that kind of positivity
right there? I think pretty fantastic. So as even as
if I even have to say this, because everybody seems
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to already know where to find you on the social media's, uh,
where can people go and find you? Sure? So I
am on Instagram, Jenna Davis at Jena Davis, TikTok, I'm
It's Jenna Davis YouTube, I'm Jenna Davis. Pretty much just
Jenna Davis out there. That is wonderful. Well, congratulations on
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the amazing success of Megan and everything else, of course,
but this is this is huge. Everybody go see it,
but go see it with somebody you love and trust,
because I'm scared. So I think it's a great date movie. Like,
if you have a cute old date you want to
bring with you, it's an excuse to grab onto their arm.
I mean, that's kind of thing. Is that's a good idea,
just grab on. I'm not sure my wife is ever
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going to look at me the same though, if I'm
constantly grabbing her arm during the movie and shrieking in fear,
which is which is absolutely possible. Jenna, thank you so
much for joining us. This is really great. Congratulations on
all your success. It's going to keep going and uh,
well we'll have you back in the future for Megan
to this time it's personal. Thank you guys so much.
(31:40):
By h that was incredible again for everybody out there,
the movie is just absolutely using using the euphemisms again, slaying, killing,
not euphemisms, superlatives, slaying, killing, murdering, slicing, dicing. It's doing
incredibly well. Um and she's great, I mean she's great.
Talk about somebody so excited to be where they are
(32:01):
in their career and just looking forward to everything in
the future. Yeah, it is. It's really lovely to see
that energy. I mean, we we interview a lot of
veterans um and people who have been in the industry
for decades and sort of know the community. But I
think it's important for us, even as hosts, to like
just stay in touch with like the younger generations because
(32:25):
their awareness of just tech and like even case and point,
the character she plays, it's like this new generation of
a Yeah it is. No. I agree that the youth
apparently know some stuff I don't know. They've gotta give
him credit. And she is. She's so talented, super talent,
oh man, super talented with singing and acting, and I
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mean you can see it, you know, like when you
interview certain people and you're just like, wow, they're very special.
So she's she's wonderful. And we're also putting it out
into the world that she would make a great Thumbelina.
I think she's a great Disney princess. Yea, the whole
package for the Disney Princess. So if I wouldn't be
surprised in the next year if she doesn't book something
big for Disney prediction. But thank you all for joining
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us for another episode of I Hear Voices, Don't Forget. Yes,
it is finally live after all of our build up.
The Christie you want to say the name of the contest. Oh,
you always do this to me. Why Why don't I
know I'm walking into a trap? I would say, the
question is, actually, why don't you know the name of
the contest? You know, I think it's just because I'm hired,
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in a deficit of like five or six years of
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this was a five to year, six year contest. Oh,
I don't think it's gonna be. I don't think our
producer would be able to handle it for five exactly.
Just we're only taking entries until February what ninth, February ninth,
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Hi, Christie, Hey Will, how are you. Oh, I'm doing great.
How are you? I'm doing wonderful. And as I've said
before we even started recording, I don't know how it happened,
but right now, for the people who can't see me,
my hair looks fabulous. It actually really does. It does
it is fully and wonderful. No, I don't know what
(00:20):
it is, but I maybe washing it once a month
has been doing it. Good for you. Thank you to
keep up on your you know, procedures. Yes, exactly. I'm
pretty excited. Man. You have a very you have a
very good hairline. I just want to think you point
that out. I appreciate. That's very sweet, and I don't
hear that enough if I'm honest. Um, No, I'm excited
(00:41):
about my hair, but I'm way more excited for today's
guest because today's guest has been rushing it. Her film
has been rushing it. Have you seen this? I have,
I mean I haven't seen the movie. I haven't yet either,
one of the few. Yeah, we're two of the few
who haven't this. But her movie is is became second
(01:03):
to Avatar like killing crushing, It absolutely crushing, and I
can't wait to talk to her, because it's a whole
different world when you are doing a voice in a
major motion picture that is now you know, blanketing the world.
So that's pretty cool. Yeah. And also I've heard her
voice very prominently just from the get go of the
you know, from the trailers and everything. I mean, sometimes
(01:26):
the voice can be just as iconic as the visual,
you know, absolutely, you think about that with with you know,
Chucky and all the other kind of you know, especially
in the horror genre. But then she's also known for
her voice because she's a singer, and I mean she's
huge on the YouTube, the toptics and all the other
I mean, her socials are huge, the the later Grams,
(01:47):
the top tics, yes, all that kind of stuff. So yes,
I can't wait. She's also she's also a Disney Channel
girl too, so she is a Disney Channel girl. We
have we have a total connection. I want to get
into that with with all that good stuff, because we've
got some some really cool things, uh, that we can
talk about. Because yeah, great guest today. Yeah, when you've
(02:07):
got when when This is what I love about our
guests is when you have one of the biggest movies,
one of biggest films, in the world right now. And
that's just one of the things you're going to talk about.
That's pretty awesome, right, that leads to good stuff, that's
totally does I agree? We are blessed with really great guests. Yeah,
we want to talk about her movie, her you know,
her social presence, her music, and what she thinks of
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my hair of your hair. And our contest of course,
which is doing really well. Yeah, which is a good
way right off the top to tell you that we
are in fact live and up and running with the
super awesome contest to become the next big voice actor.
We've got a good amount of submissions already. That's pretty exciting.
We've already got a bunch of submissions, so we're really happy.
So don't forget. You're going to be submitting to I
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I know there's a bunch of really great voice actors
on TikTok. Just tag them and then make them aware
of this great opportunity for them. That's what we're hearing.
We're hearing it's starting to become a little bit of
a movement, which is we want a big movement where
all of a sudden, you just start tagging all these people.
So yes, as Christie said, Christie is has really opened
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my eyes to all the especially the talent on the
top Tic. Yeah, I've sent him lots of I sent
him many things at many hours in the day. You do.
And it's real and it's really cool because it does
it gives it gives people who might not have the
opportunity the opportunity to shine. So tag all these people.
We want them to enter the contest. We're going to
find somebody amazing. So again that is enter at I
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hear Voices at I Radio dot com. We cannot wait
to see what you're doing, because we're gonna find somebody
who's gonna win a whole bunch of really cool stuff.
But that's not why we're here today. Well, I mean
it's partially what we're here today. We are here to
talk about my hair. No no, no, no, to talk
to our amazing guests. It's Jenna Davis. Everybody, Yes, Jenna
Davis from the hit movie Megan, which is out there
(04:21):
killing it no pun intended. We cannot wait to get
into this, so please welcome Jenna Davis. Thank you for
joining us. Yeah, thank you, thank you so much. We
know you're busy right now because your movie is, as
they say, doing amazingly. Well, yes, killing, Yes, they're using
all they're using all the the the horror superlatives. It's slaying,
(04:44):
it's killing, it's crushing, crushing, murdering. All that is amazing. Congratulations,
Thank you so much. It feels unreal for sure, but
I'm happy everybody is enjoying it. For sure. They scare me.
We're gonna jump right into a Jenna, let's jump in
to his fear. And they scare me. The horror movies
(05:05):
they scared, especially James wan Ones right, Oh, I know,
it's insane. I was always very fearful and scared of
scary movies, so the fact that I am a villain
in one is kind of surreal. Well, I guess if
you're doing the scaring, maybe it's a little bit different
than than getting scared in a horror movie. Does that
(05:27):
Does that change how you feel about the fear of
the horror movie when you know you're the one causing
the fear. I feel like it definitely does, because going
into Megan and seeing the final of it, I realized
I knew everything that was happening, so it was less scary,
but for everybody else around me was hysterical to watch
their re actions because I was just watching them get
(05:49):
scared the entire time, and I was like, I don't
know exactly what's gonna happen. So I think it was
more comical to see everybody else's reactions then watch the
movie myself, because you know, I worked on it, I
knew see what happened, so it's definitely fun to scare
everybody else, So I would I would have did you
did you gotta do a video for your YouTube? Obviously
Jenna's You're huge on YouTube, and I feel like that's
(06:10):
so fun. If you did like any kind of videos
of like pranking my you know, poor old grandma watching Mark. No,
for sure, I it's been fun. I had to keep
the project super secret for a really long time, so
it feels almost it feels weird to talk about it.
Quite frankly that because I bawled it all up and
(06:31):
I just kind of put it away. I didn't tell
anybody because I really couldn't. And now that it's out
there and I'm having these interviews and I'm talking to
great people like you guys, I it feels it feels
very crazy. I'm like, it almost feels like you're breaking
the rules. You're breaking the rules all of a sudden.
I know. Well, now there's a well it's my first question.
Then you said you've had to put it away for
a while. How long ago did you record the part?
(06:52):
I started over a year ago? Really okay? Yes? And
now were you because you know and I hear voices
were the voice people, so we know that there's there's
you know, wonderful actors that are on camera and the
cast of your film is absolutely amazing. But to to
be doing the lead essentially in a movie, but it's
just your voice, what was that process, like where you
(07:15):
because we've heard about, like, you know, the stop motion
kind of animation, and we've heard about kind of almost
video game animation where they're putting the electrodes on your
face and capture and everything, So how did you go
about this process? Sure? So my role was primarily off
camera because obviously Amy had the on camera presence with
(07:35):
a fiscal body. So for me, it was difficult because
I didn't have that interaction on camera with the actors.
I was in the studio, so I really had to
dive deep into Megan and find her and grasp her
through just my voice. So it was very difficult, but
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it was also a very exciting challenge and it was
nerve racking. And now that the film's out and it's
I'm so blessed to hear that people are enjoying it
because it was nerve racking because I feel as though
it is me acting all throughout. I'm using my faces.
I'm just behind Mike. Sure, So it was very enjoyable,
(08:17):
but definitely I would say a challenge, but I was
I was primarily it was me in the studio. Sometimes
I was in pajama, sometimes I was in nice clothes.
I had a great time with it, but it was
a challenge. But it was very collaborative with me and
the director Mr Gerard, and he's lovely and he knew
exactly what he wanted for her, and I knew what
I wanted for her, so we kind of collaborated our
visions and kind of made Megan what she is today.
(08:38):
So a huge success, thank you. Yeah, I'm also curious.
This is really wonderful, as as Will had pointed out,
like we've talked to mo cap people who do video
games and like Call Duty and all that stuff, and
that's its own sort of experience. But I will say,
you know, when we were doing Impossible or any time
that we will do a new character, they'll they'll like
(09:00):
bring in a video camera and kind of like try
to spot some of your likeness. Did they do anything
like that when you were in studio? Yeah, because because
you do kind of resemble the Megan c g I
face in some ways in the beauty of your beautiful
Thank you, thank you so much. Yes, every time I
did do a studio session, they would record my face. Interesting, Yes,
(09:24):
so they did do that. So I was, I mean
I was, and that guess in that way on camera,
so they did see my facial reactions and things like that.
So I was I was recorded, yes, okay, So going
(09:45):
back to where it all began. Yes, how did you
get into the industry? How? How did you know that
this is something that you wanted to do? Because I
know you're a singer and your huge on social media,
and we're going to get to the whole Disney channel
connection because we're all Disney kids, so we'll get to
all that stuff. But how did how did the whole
journey start for you? Sure? So I lived prior to California.
(10:06):
I lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I started doing theater
there when I was around six years old. I have
always loved singing and acting and everything. My mom was
a piano and voice teacher, so I started off singing
primarily ever since I could talk, and it's always been
around in my life. My mom and I always joke
about me listening to music when I was in her
(10:27):
womb because she was teaching music when I was in
the womb. So primarily my whole life. So I started
off in musical theater and I loved that. I kept
on working. We get small parts and then in my
community theater. We had a production of Annie and my
mom and I were talking about auditioning for it, and
I told her I'm going to get Molly. And I was.
I think I was nine or ten and maybe I
(10:48):
think eight or nine. At this point, my mom was saying, Jenna,
you know this would be your first big role. I
don't want you to like get your head in the
clouds and think that you're going to get this big
old role because there's a lot of people auditioning, and
I was I was not letting that be an answer.
And I went in there and I got it, and
my mom was saying wow, like she was really shocked
(11:09):
because I was competing against all the other people that
have done theater, and you know, in my age category,
and I was other than doing small little parts like
being a club in Lion King and or whatever, I
never really did anything else. Um that was a lead.
So after getting that part, um, I performed and did that,
and people around our town we're saying, oh, Jen as
a great actress. My mom was saying, she is, Like
(11:33):
my mom had no clue. It's almost conical. So we
joke about that all the time. But you know, I
did that show and then I started doing more professional
theater because in Minnesota they're very well known for professional theater.
So I started embarking on that. And then in the
middle of that, we got a manager out here and
came out here for our first pilot season. And our
original goal was to come out here see how I
(11:55):
would do. If I did well, we would extend our stay.
If not I we would kind of head back home.
And in the first two weeks I booked a Disney
commercial and I was like, see dat, I already looked something.
I stny longer. So my dad was still in Minnesota,
my mom and I were out here, and we just
kept on extending our stay because it was a callback,
(12:18):
a producers session. This this industry is very unpredictable. You
have no clue what's going to happen. One day you're working,
one day you're not, so you never know. So it
just kept on. It just kept on going. And you know,
now we've been here for almost running on seven years.
How we bought a house here during COVID renovated the
entire thing, and I'd say, this is home now. So
(12:41):
it was it was kind of just I guess something
that happened but I you can't do this industry anywhere else.
And I loved l A. You know, the industry has
changed so much due to COVID. I missed going into
the room. I miss having that interaction. But you know,
self tapes are great and you can send in your
best take, so you know that works. You don't, you don't.
I know, you're you can be all you're You're so
(13:03):
nice and bubbly and everything. But self tape is awful.
It's it's terrible. It is hard. I do like you
can have the option to, like do as many takes
as you want. I'm very like. I loved the idea
of going into the room and having that thrill and
meeting casting and seeing them and just you know, building
(13:23):
that relationship. But I do miss that, I have to say,
but there's an energy, there's an energy you get when
you walk into the room. Yet it's such a thrill.
It is such a thrill. So I definitely missed that.
And we drive around l A all the time and
I'll be like, oh, that's this casting and that's dis casting,
and you know, I miss that for sure. But that's
kind of how I started and got into it, and
(13:44):
then along with social media and music. I've during this time,
you know, acting is you can book a part or
you cannot. And and the time that I wasn't working,
I decided to turn my focus to other things to
keep me busy, because I always feel like I'm better
when I'm busy. So I started working on social media
and just posting singing videos and then turned into other
(14:04):
videos and further on. And but a lot of people
are saying now, as you know, as the movie comes out,
it's oh, TikTok star, this breaks out, and definitely, you know,
I will take it. I will take it. But it's
very important to me that people realize that this has
been a journey. This has been a marathon, and it's
not something that this is not my first project. I'm
(14:27):
not a TikTok star that blew weapon just like got
this role. It has been it has been a journey,
and you know, I'm totally fine they want to say that, Hey,
it's cool. I appreciate I appreciate the press. I appreciate it.
I was gonna as long as they're still talking about you, yeah, yeah,
let them let them, let them underestimate you. And I
also think that the thing I see because I'm also
(14:48):
on TikTok Um and and it's one of those things where,
oh gosh, there's a lot of talented people on TikTok
I mean we talked about it is tons of voice
talent and sane. Yeah, And it's definitely and I feel
honored to be even called a TikTok star. I'm like, really, me,
(15:09):
I'm like, I appreciate it. So no, I mean, it's
definitely been it's been a journey, but I feel I
feel so grateful And I never knew auditioning for this,
that this is what it would become. I knew it
was called Megan. I was auditioning for Megan, and I
I feel so grateful and thankful. And it's just I
didn't realize how big horror culture was either. So it's
(15:30):
it's been a whole I think it's been also very
much of a learning process for me as well to
recognize and see how big horror fans are. I'm obsessed.
I'm like, okay, what else. I love to watch people's reactions.
It's something I've loved doing on YouTube. There's a bunch
of like horror reactions and things, and that's been that's
been super fun. So, now was this your first purely
(15:51):
voice over roll. Had you ever done video before? Yes?
I did. I was on a Netflix show called Treehouse
Detectives where I played a red little named Terry. Okay,
episodes of that or something in that round, Um, so
I did that. I also worked on a bunch of
Disney Vamporina Sophia the first Oh she know Sam? You
(16:11):
know Sam Regal director. Yeah, by the way, I knew
all of this. I just wanted to hear you say it.
And then I worked on Cartoon Network a show called
Infinity Train. So yeah, I have done some voiceover work prior,
but but Megan was definitely, I would say the most challenging,
(16:32):
with the most the most thrilling, because I've never really
played I've played mean, but I've never played I guess,
quote unquote villain before evil. Yeah, she's pretty evil. I
love that. Okay, So I have a quite the thing
we love to talk to people about because we are
huge fans of animation and voiceover. Um, when you were
growing up with were there any cartoons that you couldn't miss,
(16:55):
anything that was your favorite as you were you were
coming up? Sure? Well, I mean I would always turn
on SpongeBob occasionally because he was always on just the
classics too that I would watch, like I think her
name was like Charlie and Lola when I was little,
and then all these different types of things there was
like Maggie and the Ferocious Beasts, all these different I
(17:17):
definitely grew up watching a lot of animation, obviously, like Pixar,
and there's so many great ones, and Tangle will probably
always be my favorite. Thumbalina is very I think, probably
my favorite animated movie ever. So I definitely grew up
watching a lot of animation, but nothing really too scary.
(17:38):
I hope not. Yeah, gosh, I hope not like this one. No,
that is that's crazy. I still Okay. So you hear
about Megan and when as you're approaching the character, is
there anything that you did I'm trying to phrase this
right way. Would you have approached it any differently if
it was an on camera roll than you did point
(18:00):
because it was v O or did you know going
in that it was voiceover, that maybe you were going
to take it in a slight slightly different direction, you know.
I always since I always knew it was voice over,
I really wanted to play around with the voice, because
when you think of something of a I and you
think of a robot, you think of something that's incredibly
(18:22):
mono tone, and you think of maybe something like a
serie or an Alexa or a Google Home. So if
I were to do this on camera, obviously, I think
I would have kept the same approach because I've I've
just known, I know who Megan is, I know how
I want to make her sound, So I don't think
I would have done it any differently if I were
on camera, because the interesting thing about Megan is even
(18:45):
though she is an AI, her interactions with other people
are very different from one another. So when she's talking
to Katie, her tone is more softer, and she really
there's like a personal connection between the two, which Katie
ironically a dresses in the film. And I didn't really
hear that until after, so I guess I was like, yes,
my approach was correct, but yeah, when I was speaking
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with her, it was more like hushed and it was
more like, oh my goodness, we're best friends, were having
a conversation. We're just like it's just you and I hear,
But when she's talking to Jemma. When she's talking to
other people, she's more direct, she's more bold, she's more like,
oh hey, I'm the boss a little bit. So, you know,
it was it was fun to play with that. And
I also think talking to Mr Gerard, he enjoyed that
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about my performance, was that she wasn't just a monotone
robot that had no emotion. She had personality, she had
sassed and when we were going through the audition process
and my last final stage with Mr Gerard, he was
just telling me I really want to make her very fun. Okay,
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that was the word. It was fun. I love that.
It's just it's such a strange you think of about
you're reading for a part that is evil, and the
direction you're getting is I want it fun. That's crazy.
It's just such a different way to take the character.
You know, it is very different, and I think that's
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what makes Megan fun. It's because she is and she's
not only she can be very evil, yes, but for
the majority when she's getting asked about who she's has murdered,
who she has killed, she's in a nutshell, you know,
she's like, oh this is this is what happened? Oh yeah,
(20:34):
very much so like it's all good. What do you mean?
Who me? I didn't do anything and everything changes in
the snap of the in the snap of the fingers.
So that's what's so fun about her, and she fits
so well in this generation. I mean in the film
we talk about TikTok, we talk about Tesla, and I
think you know, when it's marketed to teens and things
like that, it's it's very fun because it's so relevant
and she's so relevant. I mean, she even has an
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Instagram and she's dm ng, she's DM ing people. I mean,
her and I have our own DM conversation. You know,
no way, you have your own DM conversation with Megan. Yeah,
I'm like, it's some fun. I mean, what are you
guys saying fun? That's between that's between her and I'm sorry?
Got it? Okay? Is that spilling tea? Is that what
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that's called? Is that's the cutdown? And that's the cutdown
right there. I so TikTok actually is TikTok loves Megan.
Megan is and you are I would say fifty percent
Megan in my opinion. And it's like, you know, we've
talked about like I mentioned, like when they bring in
the video camera when they're initially sort of I do
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feel like there's a magic of of creative and tech
that kind of literally appropriately comes together in this case,
and you kind of come through with the intention that
you've had in your voice. UM. And it's really wonderful
to see how responsive even the new generation is to
that kind of movement. UM. And then I also find
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it really interesting that your mom is a voiceover or
our voice teacher, and how in tune, even at your age, UM,
that you kind of understanding that's a part of your
performance and the way that you like find your way
into character. Yeah, no, for sure. I mean I think
definitely growing up with singing and having the musical background,
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always kind of being surrounded by, I guess by the industry.
In some regard it has it has been helpful. I
really do feel like I've grown up in this industry
and that's it's been a huge blessing and also has
taught me so much. I mean, I just turned eighteen
this past year, so I guess now I'm an adult.
Happy birthday, thank you. No, I'm an adult. So you know,
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it's a it's a whole nother, a whole other realm,
especially when it comes to acting. But I've definitely, I
definitely learned a lot, and I'm also grateful for my mom.
And you know, even with the singing in the film, uh,
you know, when I brought my mom. I always bring
my um with me to work because she's absolutely you
should absolutely do that. It was awesome. So even when
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I was singing in the film, I would turn to
her and I'd be like, you know, I'm always looking
for her at her approval. And I was on a
tour this this past year, and every time I get
off stage and right to my mom, I'm like, what
do you think? Her opinion means everything to me. And
because she has so much knowledge, especially you know in
the whole vocal area, I always turned to her for approval,
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So what does she think of all of it? Then,
you know, she's so happy that I got to sing
in the film, of course. But my parents are amazing.
I mean, they sacrificed so much for me. I mean
they my dad lived in Minnesota primarily for work, so
they you know, they sacrificed being separated for some time
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for me. I mean now because of COVID, my dad's
able to live with us and be with us, because
you know, it's proven that you can work from home
and you can work you know, these different things. So
you know that in some in one way, COVID has
been a blessing for us in that regard. But I
can not ask for better people in my life. My
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parents are my everything. They're so supportive to me, and
I could not I would not be here without them,
no doubt in my mind. I have a question for you.
But I know this is tough because it's tough to
put people on the spot like this. But if you
have to pick acting on camera, voice, over acting or singing,
which one do you pick? See, that's the hardest question.
(24:33):
I know, right, it's terrible. It's the hardest question I
get ever, Uh right, it's I know, it's awful. It's
putting you on the spot. Which one do you take?
Which one do you take? I want to be able
to combine them, right, that's not what you're asking. That'd
(24:55):
be too easy. I have a question, would you? I
feel like I could definitely see you being a Disney
princess voice. Is that something that you would want to do?
I mean, like, is there goals that you have for
absolutely my absolutely, I have definitely a desire to do
a Disney princess. That's probably if I did that, I
(25:16):
think my mom's life would be made. I heard her
and I we always sing around the house. It's always
Disney princesses. It's always that. So if that would be
a dream come true, I definitely think. I mean, I
try to think of Disney princesses that have been out there,
and you can't take away from all of them. So
if I were to do one, I'd want to do
(25:37):
something new or maybe like do like a Thumbelina recreate that.
I think that would be my dream role if I could. Okay,
we're putting it out there for you. Thank you. I
you know, after playing such an evil character, I I
of course want to continue her legacy, of course, but
I think it also fun to play. You know, in
(25:59):
most scenarios, princesses are the victims sometimes against whoever they're
you know again, so I think it'd be fun to
play like a victim of some of some sort, whether
that's on camera off camera. Wherever. You also saved You
saved her Christie. You saved her from having to answer
the question of which one of the three, she kicked.
(26:21):
I know, I know it's like going on for her
and can't just pick one. I get it. Yeah, so
let's talk Disney Channel Christie. Sure, let's do it, especially
(26:41):
with miss Raven. Yeah, we're we're all Disney kids and
you are reoccurring role on Raven's Home right. Yeah, it was.
It was so fun. I think I learned so much
from that set. I learned so much from Raven. I
feel like you learned the most when you're working in
your on set, and that is what I learned from
(27:01):
that production. It was amazing. I also think they have
very great craft services. Raven doesn't mess around with that stuff.
For sure. Did you work with Daniel Fisher? Was Daniel
Fisher one of the directors while you're there? You did
work with my friend, my bestie? Oh? No way, she's lovely,
(27:23):
so lovely. Um. But there's a bond between Disney Channel kids,
isn't there? Absolutely? Absolutely. I just saw I was at
an event the other night and I saw Skycats. She
walked up right behind me line. I'm like, hey girl, Yeah,
it's interesting. Yeah. I think that, like, I mean, Disney
has changed a lot. I think it used to be
(27:44):
that it was very interconnected to just the programming, but
it does seem like now there's more of a streaming influence. Um.
But do you feel like you are still connecting with
the other like younger Disney Channel stars, Like, are you
guys seeing each other at events? Are they Disney events
or they just like regular red carpets. Yeah, I mean
I've been to a few Disney events and premiers and
(28:06):
that's where I probably see them the most. I think,
you know, the majority are work are working still so
and with Disney, you know it's it's it's busy for sure. Yeah.
So when I see them at events and I'm still
you know, friends and catch up with social media and
text and communicate, um, for sure with a lot of
(28:26):
the Disney kids. And it's ironic because you meet a
lot of people from different shows too, Like I know
a lot of the kids that are unbunked and different
things like that. So it is a very small community.
But I probably would say that I see them mostly
out at events and things just because everybody's schedules are
so are so happy. Wow, I even think about that. Yes,
(28:47):
scheduling is is probably so crazy weird and everything shoots
on location now too, So it's kind of like your
friends with your cast while you're working and stuff. That's
normal for the industry. You know, you're you have set
friends and then unfortunately, and they're great friends and they
mean a lot, but usually when the production wraps up,
you kind of just see in passing from there on.
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But that's that's the nature of our business. That's the
way it is anyway. So what what are some of
the new projects you have coming up? Where can people
other than in the biggest one of the biggest films
in the world right now, which everyone has to go
check out, Megan, but we're we're what else can people
see you in? Sure? Yes, So I'll actually be in
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Zelda Williams um Lisa Frankenstein coming up. Don't have a
release date for that one yet, but I'm old. Zelda
was amazing and I filmed that over the summer, which
was super fun. I have a very Lori's a fun character,
so I'm excited for everyone to meet her eventually. Uh
also have a few other things coming up that I
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can't have to keep the classic the classic answer, but
I'm also working on music, and I do country pop music,
so I'm headed to Nashville this upcoming week to record
some new stuff. So I'm excited about that, and then
just kind of just kind of continuing on, and I've
my attitude for three is we'll see, We'll see that.
(30:13):
That's a great attitude because you have now, I mean,
this industry so unpredictable. You can get a call in
five minutes and your whole life changes. That's true, That's
absolutely true. Well, I love that it's so positive, and
how do we not end on that kind of positivity
right there? I think pretty fantastic. So as even as
if I even have to say this, because everybody seems
(30:34):
to already know where to find you on the social media's, uh,
where can people go and find you? Sure? So I
am on Instagram, Jenna Davis at Jena Davis, TikTok, I'm
It's Jenna Davis YouTube, I'm Jenna Davis. Pretty much just
Jenna Davis out there. That is wonderful. Well, congratulations on
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the amazing success of Megan and everything else, of course,
but this is this is huge. Everybody go see it,
but go see it with somebody you love and trust,
because I'm scared. So I think it's a great date movie. Like,
if you have a cute old date you want to
bring with you, it's an excuse to grab onto their arm.
I mean, that's kind of thing. Is that's a good idea,
just grab on. I'm not sure my wife is ever
(31:18):
going to look at me the same though, if I'm
constantly grabbing her arm during the movie and shrieking in fear,
which is which is absolutely possible. Jenna, thank you so
much for joining us. This is really great. Congratulations on
all your success. It's going to keep going and uh,
well we'll have you back in the future for Megan
to this time it's personal. Thank you guys so much.
(31:40):
By h that was incredible again for everybody out there,
the movie is just absolutely using using the euphemisms again, slaying, killing,
not euphemisms, superlatives, slaying, killing, murdering, slicing, dicing. It's doing
incredibly well. Um and she's great, I mean she's great.
Talk about somebody so excited to be where they are
(32:01):
in their career and just looking forward to everything in
the future. Yeah, it is. It's really lovely to see
that energy. I mean, we we interview a lot of
veterans um and people who have been in the industry
for decades and sort of know the community. But I
think it's important for us, even as hosts, to like
just stay in touch with like the younger generations because
(32:25):
their awareness of just tech and like even case and point,
the character she plays, it's like this new generation of
a Yeah it is. No. I agree that the youth
apparently know some stuff I don't know. They've gotta give
him credit. And she is. She's so talented, super talent,
oh man, super talented with singing and acting, and I
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mean you can see it, you know, like when you
interview certain people and you're just like, wow, they're very special.
So she's she's wonderful. And we're also putting it out
into the world that she would make a great Thumbelina.
I think she's a great Disney princess. Yea, the whole
package for the Disney Princess. So if I wouldn't be
surprised in the next year if she doesn't book something
big for Disney prediction. But thank you all for joining
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us for another episode of I Hear Voices, Don't Forget. Yes,
it is finally live after all of our build up.
The Christie you want to say the name of the contest. Oh,
you always do this to me. Why Why don't I
know I'm walking into a trap? I would say, the
question is, actually, why don't you know the name of
the contest? You know, I think it's just because I'm hired,
(33:32):
and it's just I don't get enough sleep. I'm also
in a deficit of like five or six years of
not sleeping. So I don't know if we'll ever unless
this was a five to year, six year contest. Oh,
I don't think it's gonna be. I don't think our
producer would be able to handle it for five exactly.
Just we're only taking entries until February what ninth, February ninth,
(33:53):
January nine to February nine. The clock is ticking in,
kicking away. By the way, I love how you got
out of saying that I don't. Yeah, it's the super
awesome contest. You're reading it. I can see that you're
reading it, reading it. You're reading it. Ye, Well that's
what I'm telling you. We are open and ready. We
(34:14):
are absolutely going to find the next big voice actor.
The prizes are insane, running through them very very quickly.
We're flying you out to Los Angeles. You're gonna have
lunch with Christy and I. At that lunch, you're going
to get to meet your new voiceover agent from C E.
S D Talent. You're gonna win a thousand dollars, which
is some spending cash. You are going to get to
come in and do some promos for I Hear Voices.
(34:35):
You're going to get a one on one session with
Sam Regal and or Mary McGlenn from the Smash Hit
Critical Role. Uh. The Legend of ox Making. This season
two is of course premiering January twenty Prime Video. Um,
there is no secret now that I am also in that,
so that is also a shameless plug for me as well.
And again, if you think you have what it takes
(34:58):
to step up to the microphone, put your voices where
your mouth is. Thanks everybody. I Hear Voices as hosted
by Wilfredel and Christy Carlson Romano. Executive produced by Wilfredel,
Brendan Rooney, Amy Sugarman and Vicky Ernst Chang. Our executive
in charge of production is Danielle Romo. Our producer is
Lorraine Vera Weez and our editor slash engineer is Brian Burton.
And that was my announcer voice. Some side effects of
(35:19):
listening to I Hear Voices are sore abs from hilarity
falling down the Coco melon rabbit hole, sneezing due to
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