Leonardo DiCaprio could have voiced Ash in the first English-dubbed Pokémon film, Pokémon: The First Movie, if the producer hadn't decided against it. 😲
Pokémon: The First Movie initially wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as the voice of Ash, but the producer ultimately decided against it. Pokémon: The First Movie was released in Japan in 1998 and marked the first theatrical Pokémon film ever made. A separate English-language version was released in the United States with Norman Grossfeld serving as a producer. The English dubbed version boasted a different voice acting cast, and also a slightly adapted script from the Japanese version.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY At the time that this film was being made, DiCaprio had attained international recognition for his role in Titanic in 1997. While he had an early breakthrough in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic marked his transformation into a true Hollywood superstar. To this day, he is one of the most well-known and highest-paid actors in the world. Throughout the course of his illustrious career, he has mainly stuck to live-action film roles.
Whether he [DiCaprio] could have been enticed to play Ash in this movie is unclear, but either way it wouldn't have mattered because Norman says he said no to DiCaprio in that meeting. Because, as Norman saw it, having somebody else do the voice would have been weird for the kids who'd grown accustomed to Ash sounding the way he did in the show.
Grossfeld was right that Pokémon was already a huge, established franchise by itself. It truly didn't need to rely on a big-time actor like DiCaprio to draw audiences in. Meanwhile, DiCaprio's voice is vastly different from what Ash has sounded like over the decades. Ash has actually always been portrayed by women in English-language versions, because he has a typically high, feminine voice.
It is impossible to tell if DiCaprio ever would've even agreed to play Ash. However, the fact that it was pitched is certainly amusing. Meanwhile, with the recent recasting of Buzz Lightyear in Pixar's Lightyear and the news that Chris Pratt will voice Mario in an animated film, Grossfeld's argument against pursuing DiCaprio's voice for Ash is especially interesting.
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