Holy shit! How sour has Kilmer's career turned for him to accept this job?
I don't know if it's a question of "sour." Some of these voice over gigs pay well and its not completely embarrasing to do one.
I tend to agree. Back before the 90s, any actor going from the movies to tv was considered as taking a step back, but sometime during the 90s it became merely a sideways step, with some actors getting paid as much for tv as they would for a movie.
Lets face it, would anyone say Keifer Sutherland on 24 was a step back?
If its specifically the voice bit, is voicing a car really that different to voicing an animal or car in Dreamworks or Pixar film?
yeah at some point in the last 10 or so years tv became respetable. I think it was HBO and other cable networks started doing their higher quality shows and forced the networks to keep up.