Sarah Natochenny - Ash Ketchum, Film Editor | AW 57

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In this week’s episode, I am joined by the electrifying Sarah Natochenny. She was only 19 years old when she replaced Veronica Taylor as the voice of Ash Ketchum in the English dub of Pokémon, starting at its ninth season. Since then, Sarah has gone on to play a slew of other fantastic characters, including Alicia in the 2006 video game Bullet Witch, Aura Sentia in Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as Marian on Robin Hood. Apart from being a voice actress, Sarah is also a film editor, having worked as the primary editor for networks such as MSNBC and an assistant editor on the films Life of Crime, Cold Comes the Night, Worst Friends, and Cruise.

Sarah’s journey has had many twists and turns, all of which have led to fantastic and meaningful places. Join us as we talk about her journey into becoming a bronze-medal rhythmic gymnast and how she relates her experience in conquering the challenges of rhythmic gymnastics with her voice acting career. She also talks about how she booked Ash Ketchum at just 19 years old as well as her experience of getting terrifying threats and eventually conquering the fear it instilled in her. We also touch upon her love for film as well as her work as a film editor.

Timestamps:

[3:12] If you’ve conquered rhythmic gymnastics, you can do anything

[6:54] How Sarah became Ash Ketchum’s voice actress

[10:04] How to conquer even the most terrifying threats

[11:09] Sarah talks about film editing

[12:05] The story of a scratchy camera and models in Berlin

[13:25] How Sarah juggled being a film editor and the voice of Ash Ketchum

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