Will Ashley really made sure to secure the bag no matter where it came from.
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When the dust settles and we look back on Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that Will Ashley was one of the season’s main characters. His journey may have started rough as a quiet, shy, and introverted housemate. But over time, he learned to open up to the others and in the process became one of the season’s most talked-about housemates.
His slow-burn reconnection with Bianca De Vera had everyone in a chokehold, and learning about his life, such as how he convinced his mom not to become an OFW and he instead would provide for the family, endeared him to many. Being good at acting, dancing, and singing is the cherry on top.
There’s a reason why Will, who some saw as an early out, made it all the way to the Big Night. The fact that he already has work secured post-PBB as he’s set to star in the Bar Boys sequel really proves that it’s his moment. But with all this hype for Will Ashley, you may have missed an interesting chapter in his career when he once served as the voice of Ash Ketchum.
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Will Ashley as a voice actor
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DYK: He was the voice behind Pokemon XYZ: Ash Ketchum Tagalog Dub#WillAshley | #PBBCelebrityCollabEdition pic.twitter.com/gtrtAQ5RD0
ICYDK, Will Ashley has been acting since 2013. In his decade and more in the industry, he’s appeared in his fair share of projects, and that includes voiceover work for anime. In 2019, Will was tapped to be on the voiceover cast for the Tagalog dub of Pokémon XYZ that aired on GMA. His role? None other than Ash Ketchum, as he voiced the iconic protagonist on the Tagalog dub of the show’s 19th season. If you watched the Tagalog dub of that season growing up, you were actually hearing Will’s voice from Ash.
He wasn’t the only famous face to work on the dub, though, as Sofia Pablo voiced the role of Serena, Ash’s friend in the show. Getting to work on a dub of a popular anime like Pokémon is already cool, but the fact that Will got to voice Ash Ketchum? Now that’s a flex we wouldn’t mind using as an ice breaker at parties. Will really is a versatile actor who put in the work to get to where he is today. ATP, is there anything he can’t do?
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