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This is an interesting one.
Usually, child actors only have child voices for so many years. Kids shows can only run so many seasons that they need to change actors.
How about: permission to use the voice is leased yearly to this media format only, at a fixed rate. Every year, the contract comes up for renewal and pays base + 2x inlfation, any other uses are unavailable without negotiation.
Don't they usually use grown women (ie Yeardly Smith as Lisa Simpson) for just this reason?
Normally. But on cases like bluey it gives it quite a different and authentic tone to use kid actors
I heard they don't really credit the kids they use as voice talent in Bluey.
That has more to do with privacy