There is no such thing as a perfect acting job, but Billy Campbell has found that his voice work for Disney Junior’s new “The Rocketeer” comes very close. Not only does he get to be part of a project based on the same source material as the feature film that gave his first film fame, but because recordings can be done anywhere on the planet, Campbell doesn’t have to leave the country where he’s living — Norway — to voice his lines.
“I am thrilled I can do my voice work from anywhere,” Campbell says. “I sure could get used to just going into a sound studio once a week. I hope I can get some more voice work after this.”
The new animated series is inspired by the Dave Stevens superhero comics. Unlike the 1991 film in which Campbell played an adult who used a rocket pack to save the world, the hero work now falls on a young girl, Kit Secord (voiced by Kitana Turnbill). Campbell is the voice of her father, Dave, and Kathy Najimy speaks for her mom, Sareena.
Each episode of “The Rocketeer” features two 11-minute stories that follow Kit as she goes on high-flying adventures to help save her community and its residents from trouble. Helping her out is best friend Tesh (Callan Farris), who serves as Ground Control, and her grandfather, Ambrose Secord, who works as a mechanic at the Hughesville Airport.
