She was Sharon Stone’s voice double.
Voice double? Yes, less glamorous than being a body double, but more crucial to the film industry.
Peggy Flood, whom Castaway spoke with when she was teaching in New Haven over the summer, is a leading voice actor, dubbing in lines that lead actresses flub or that the microphones didn’t catch on the last take.
Flood performs roles herself for screen and stage, but she has developed a specialty in voice acting, and she is a master of “walla,” the background chatter that makes scenes seem real. (It’s called “walla” because it can be created by lots of actors murmuring “walla walla walla walla…”).
She also does numerous accents, including a fabulous 911 operator from Brooklyn that we got to hear when we interviewed her on West Rock Avenue. Click the “play” button to hear our interview with Peggy Flood; click here for an archive of other podcasts; and go to iTunes to have Castaway automatically delivered to your computer.
