A Shocking Moment: Harry Potter Actor’s Unexpected Encounter on Live TV!

Here is the voice

Whether we like it or not, Secret Story was a huge part of French television in the 2000s and 2010s, before taking a break seven years ago: the reality TV show is now back and it's already making people talk about it. 'She. The concept is always the same: contestants live together in a gigantic loft, each with a secret that they must preserve to win the competition.

And among the selected, we find Kelyan Blancfar from being unknown since he is an actor whose voice is among the most widespread: This is the voice actor for Harry Potter. His secret (which is therefore this, unsurprisingly) was revealed to viewers from the start by production, but the other candidates were obviously not exposed.

The eternal debate

It was therefore through a conversation that Kelyan and two other candidates, Perrine and Alexis, began the subject of VF and VO in films and series. And more specifically, the case of Prison Break was discussed. “You are crazy to watch in French. It’s a massacre. It hurts my ears, it’s not possible”declares the young woman… in front of one of the country's most famous dubbing actors. Without his knowledge, of course, but still.

Obviously, Kelyan is a fervent defender of the VF, but he must protect his secret and therefore somewhat criticize the dubbing to conceal his identity. It is thus based on French dubbing in Japanese anime: “you can't respect the tone in Japanese, it's impossible. It's the culture that means that in French, it wouldn't sound good.” Which at once reassured her interlocutor, who continued to describe the practice as “horrible” throughout.

Enough to relaunch the debate: rather VF or VO?

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