![]() When I moved to New York and started working on Broadway, I started working with the guru voice teacher Joan Lader. I’m guessing that’s because you’ve been a fan, too? LL: I know you find your interactions with fans to be really meaningful-you appreciate the importance to them. Susan Egan, Jodi Benson (Ariel) and Brad Kane (Aladdin) at The Hollywood Bowl. Estelleis going to be there, Michaela (Dietz), and Deedee (Magno), and I think Grace (Rolek)is going I know Zach (Callison)is going to be there. I’m sitting with Jodi Benson as a Disney Princess, but I’ll get to do the panels with the whole crew of Steven Universe. The whole Steven Universe panel is going to be there at the same time. SE: I’m heading to Orlando in two weeks, which is very Disney-centric, so that will be fun. LL: You’ll be seeing your Steven Universe peeps again soon at MegaCon Orlando, right? RELATED: The Dove Self-Esteem Project Finds a Perfect Partner in Steven Universe It takes a strong left-turn, and I can’t wait for those episodes to air. ![]() But it’s awesome, and it’s not what you’re thinking. I do know the answer to what you’re asking, and I cannot reveal it. We were still figuring out how did Steven come to be? How did Rose meet Greg? So we were doing basics then. And who is this character? She’s a warrior, but she’s also all hearty and mushy. That whole part of their history wasn’t in play yet. There were no Diamonds when I first started out. LL: You don’t know then whether or not Rose really shattered Pink Diamond, because. LL: I wouldn’t guess that this has the same level of secrecy as Game of Thronesor something like that, but how much do you know in advance? So whenever I get in there I always just ask a thousand questions, and we all just sit for story time with Rebecca. She’s known all of this all along.Īs voice actors, we don’t know what’s coming next. There’re lovely flashbacks, finally, this season, which show how she and Pearl met, and what that relationship was. SE: She’s central, but she’s not present there. She’s what binds everybody, but she isn’t alive. ![]() LL: Well, Rose is such an interesting character in that she’s sort of there and not there. Grace Rolek, Zach Callison and Susan Egan. Lessons in identity, kindness, acceptance and all those wonderful things that kids, even before they’re self-aware, might, when they become self-aware, go, “I’m perfect the way I am.” And that’s a good thing. It’s like hiding their vegetables in spaghetti. It works on so many levels, and I love that children are getting things that they don’t even really know that they’re getting. I mean, it is, definitely, but not just for children for sure. LL: I didn’t even know that it was a show for children for the first 50 episodes. RELATED: We Need More Women Behind the Scenes in Entertainment Media Leona Laurie: I’m a big Steven Universe fan… Susan will be appearing at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music with students from the California School of the Arts, San Gabriel Valley, on May 12 th, so I took advantage of her being in the area to talk to her about Steven Universe, stepping back into Belle’s shoes and more. She’ll be reprising her Belle for the first time in 20 years this summer for a limited run of the show at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, CA. In addition to bringing Rose Quartz to life, Susan voiced Meg in Disney’s Herculesand originated the role of Belle in the Broadway version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. ![]() The woman who gives Rose her voice, infused with resonant warmth, strength and love, is Susan Egan. Without Rose Quartz, there are no Crystal Gems and there is no Steven Universe. With next week’s “A Single Pale Rose,” she will have spoken on Steven Universein only 10 out of 145 episodes, but one could easily argue that she’s the most important character on the show. ![]()
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