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Opinion: Netflix Said “We Got It Wrong” About Margot’s Voice. The Fix Is One Line of Credits

Hana Mori · November 10, 2026 · 5 min read

Netflix has apologized in Mexico for a promo that put a dubbing actor's voice in an influencer's announcement. After Wildwood and I Play Rocky, it's the third "star talent" row in a fortnight. Everyone's arguing about famous people dubbing. The argument worth having is about credit.

Here's the short version, for anyone who spent the weekend offline. Netflix Latinoamérica announced that influencer Lesslie Polinesia would voice Margot in the Latin American Spanish dub of Hermanastras, the animated Cinderella spin-off known in English as Steps, which lands on Netflix on 20 November. In the announcement video, Polinesia greets the audience. Then Margot speaks. And Margot, it turned out, wasn't Polinesia.

She was Diana Galván Santos, a working dubbing actor whose credits include You and People We Meet on Vacation. "Context... the voice of Margot, the frog, in this promo is mine," Galván wrote, "and this is a clear example of how my profession is denigrated and belittled."

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