Lets Talk Voiceover - Episode 35 - Mara Junot The Voice Director Presents: Let’s Talk Voiceover

Mara Junot is one of those fascinating people you meet that you instantly fall in love with.  Warm, genuine, and easy to talk to.  Funny, inviting, and personable.  And one hell of an actor.  Video games, such as Ikora in Destiny 2, Fortnite, World of Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, and Guild Wars 2.  She's also highly in demand as a narrative and promo actor: ESPN, CNBC, Lifetime, and others.  Oh, and a commercial actor, voicing spots for Target, AT&T, Walmart.  And then that strange and wonderful talent as a live announcer for VHI1 Divas, CNN New Year's Eve with Anderson Cooper...yeah.  She's got crazy chops. 
Randall Ryan
Can it beat my favorite bad movie line from Mel Gibson's The Patriot?  Of course, if you haven't seen the movie, and by God if you haven't seen the movie, please don't.
 
Mara Junot
(laughs)
 
Brian Talbot
(laughs) Done.
 
Randall Ryan
But, it’s pre-Revolutionary War. So he comes up to this woman, he says, “mind if I sit here?”, and she says “Sure, it's a free country…or at least it will be.”
 
Mara Junot
No, she..uh, uh No she doesn’t! (laughs)
 
Brian Talbot
(laughs)
 
Mara Junot
(laughing) That’s kind of fantastic.  
 
Brian Talbot
(laughing) Oh, that’s beautiful.
 
Mara Junot
(laughing) At least it will be.
 
ThEME MUSIC
 
Brian Talbot
So Let’s Talk Voiceover, Mara Junot!
 
Mara Junot
Let's Talk Voiceover.
 
Brian Talbot
Well, that was pleasant!  I like that.
 
Mara Junot
Excellent.
 
Randall Ryan
Hi, Mara.
 
Mara Junot.
Hi!
Randall Ryan
How are you, Mara?
 
Mara Junot
I'm great! I've been…been…like messing with real estate and games and all kinds of crazy things like…
 
Brian Talbot
Real estate?  Like what?  What's going on?
 
Mara Junot
I'm home shopping.  Yeah.
 
Brian Talbot
(gasps) Cool!
 
Mara Junot
And in like the worst market in the past 16 years.
 
Randall Ryan
Well, there is that.  There is that.
 
Brian Talbot
 Buy high, sell low!  That's what they say. right?
 
Mara Junot
Literally I think homes are more are 30%...25% more expensive this year than last year.  And last year there were 20% more expensive than the year before.
 
Brian Talbot
See?  Going up, up, up. I love that!
 
Mara Junot
It’s just nuts.  It is like, I mean literally looking at one place, in, I think, six hours they had 140 offers.
 
Randall Ryan
Oh, jeez.
 
Brian Talbot
Isn't that insane?
 
Mara Junot
It is so nuts.
 
Brian Talbot
People who want to sell their house nowadays, they literally go hang out somewhere for one day.  They come back with multiple offers over asking at ridiculous prices.  The only problem with that is if you're not leaving the area then you have to buy in that market…
 
Mara Junot:
Right?
 
Brian Talbot
… and that becomes the challenge, right? So
 
Randall Ryan
Yeah, that is a problem.
 
Mara Junot
Yeah, it's nuts.
 
Brian Talbot
Well that's very cool though.  I mean, you know, home ownership, American dream.
 
Mara Junot
Absolutely, absolutely. So fingers crossed all is going well so far knock on wood.  But yeah, this market, you guys, if you're, if you don't need to buy a house right now, do not buy a house.
 
Brian Talbot
Don't, yeah. Yeah.
 
Mara Junot
God!  Insanity!
 
Randall Ryan
Other than that, you got a little project that you've been working on of late.  Just, you know, something came up, I don't know, it's something,
 
Mara Junot
Yeah! Yeah, little little project.  Um I just,…I am a new actress in a existing role in a very, very popular game, happens to be called Destiny 2.
 
Randall Ryan
Mm hm.
 
Mara Junot
Has a teeny tiny little fan base; might have heard of it, but…
 
Brian Talbot
Nice! 
 
Mara Junot
Yeah!
 
Brian Talbot
Congratulations!
 
Mara Junot
Thank you.  I'm, I’m like crazy stoked about it.  Like I'm, I'm just overwhelmed at the reception that I've received from the fans, ‘cause I kind of was dreading it because this is a long-established role.
 
Randall Ryan
Sure.