Yahoo Finance Can you identify these famous voices?
We’ve all been there: sitting in front of the TV when a commercial comes on and you know that voice, but can’t quite put your finger on it.
If it feels as though that scenario is playing out more and more frequently, you may be on to something. In recent years more big name stars have been lending their voices to commercials. What was once considered “below” the bold face names in Hollywood, is now standard practice for the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and many of their fellow Hollywood A-listers.
For a while, the biggest names would keep their commercial work to foreign markets, far from the critical eye of American media. Clooney and Pitt are among the names who pitched products on video and billboards in Japan and Germany.
But now, the trend is becoming standard practice stateside.
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Why, you might ask, do Clooney and Pitt, who make about $20 million a picture, take voiceover work once relegated to nameless, faceless working actors?
The answer might be as simple as, “Why not?” While most don’t reveal the rate they’re paid to do the work, it can add up to millions for just a few hours of work.
Hey, even George Clooney has bills to pay.
Yahoo Finance wants to test your voice-identification ability. Watch the video above and see if you can pick out the famous voices hawking everything from hammers to yogurt.
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