stackyFACTSBecause outdoor filming locations are incredibly noisy, actors frequently have to re-record their dramatic monologues months later in a tiny padded room. They must perfectly match their own lip flaps while desperately trying to recreate the emotion.
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Matching highly specific lip movements forces voice actors to completely rewrite dramatic dialogue, radically changing the entirely intended tone.
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