Voice acting is a talent often seen as less strenuous when compared to traditional live-action film acting, but any experienced voice actor will tell you that it can be a gruelling process. It’s something that Anya Taylor-Joy learned firsthand, as she has admitted to vomiting after a prolonged voice-acting session, though apparently not for the movie that we thought.
It was back when the previous Super Mario Bros. Movie was released that Anya Taylor-Joy told a story about throwing up after a prolonged voice-acting session. The way the actress said it, it sounded like it happened on her first day of voicing Peach, but the actress recently clarified with ET that it actually happened the first time she did voice acting. She explained:
I never said it was Princess Peach. I said that it was the first time that I ever did voice acting. I went in quite blind, and I did it for eight straight hours. So eight straight hours of screaming and efforts and this and that and whatever, and I drank so much water that yeah, I puked.
Looking back at her original comment, she did say that the incident happened “the first time [she] ever did a session,” though it was within the context of a discussion of recording for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, so it’s at least understandable where the confusion came from.
Article continues belowAnd honestly, throwing up under such stressful circumstances isn’t that shocking. Speaking consistently for eight hours would exhaust anybody, and considering that at least some of the performance would have involved yelling and screaming, it could have really caused damage. Jack Black, who is part of the same interview and who has done more voice acting, admits he puts limits on the amount he will do in a day to avoid damage. He said:
Three is my limit, and that’s powering with tea and honey the whole time because it takes a toll on your pipes.
A look at Anya Taylor-Joy’s career makes it pretty clear when the actual vomit incident took place, as she only has one other significant voice acting role in her career. She was the voice of Brea in Netflix’s criminally underseen The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The series was a prequel to the cult classic, The Dark Crystal, from Jim Henson. It seems this must have been the role where she ended up throwing up.
The actress admits that she went in blind then that first time. She clearly didn't really know what to expect from voice acting. After that experience, she likely had a much greater respect for the craft, and I'd imagine she took better care of herself for both Mario movies and will continue to do so for future voice acting work.
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