It turns out there’s a happy ending to the tale of woe I wrote about last week (where I turned down that cartoon job). I got a call from the studio saying that they would now be able to pay via nomina with the standard social security payments and wanted to know if I was still available for the project. Of course, I said yes.

Turns out the producer “spoke” with the studio and explained how important it was to have the actors he had originally chosen.

I could have easily missed out on some work here and I was very happy to let this job go in an effort to communicate the seriousness of our community of professional Barcelona-based English-language dubbers. Luckily, it didn’t come to that and the desired outcome was reached.

I shared this story on a local actors’ web forum (of which I am the site moderator) to reiterate the fact that we are stronger if we work together. We are so few and so good at what we do that there is no reason to think that we will do anything but benefit in the long run if we all stick together, stick to our guns, and stick up for our rights as professionals.

We start dubbing on Monday.