The director of 'Kajillionaire' says the deep voice Evan Rachel Wood uses in the movie is how she naturally speaks

• The deep voice Evan Rachel Wood uses in her upcoming movie, "Kajillionaire," is her real voice.
• The movie's director, Miranda July, revealed this in an interview with HuffPost's Matthew Jacobs.
• "Evan, when we were rehearsing early on, suddenly dropped her voice, and she was like, 'You know, this is my original voice, and I used to get vocal nodes, so I worked with a vocal coach to train my voice up,'" July said.

If you have watched the trailer for the upcoming movie "Kajillionaire" (opening on Friday) you will not just be shocked by how Evan Rachel Wood is dressed but also by the sound of her voice.

The "Westworld" star uses a super deep voice to play the daughter of parents (played by Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger) who are scam artists.

Seeing that the movie is directed by Miranda July — who before making movies like "Me and You and Everyone We Know" and "The Future" had a successful career in the art world — Wood's look and voice appear to be choices that July wanted. But the director revealed that the voice was all Wood.

"I wouldn't have ever had the balls to ask an actor to do a different voice for a whole movie," July told Matthew Jacobs of HuffPost. "But Evan, when we were rehearsing early on, suddenly dropped her voice, and she was like, 'You know, this is my original voice, and I used to get vocal nodes, so I worked with a vocal coach to train my voice up. So now I speak with this voice that everyone knows me as.'"

July was in complete shock.

"'Wait, are you kidding me? That other voice, that's a natural voice for you?'" July asked.

July noted that Wood speaking in that deep voice was so natural for her that July completely forgot that it wasn't the voice Wood usually speaks in until people started seeing the movie and commented on Wood's voice.

The director believes the use of the voice by Wood goes further than just giving the character something unique. July says it's also another way to examine the gay experience on screen. In the movie, Wood's character, Old Dolio, is trying to figure out her own sexuality.

"I kind of think voice is one of those very fluid gender identifiers that's ours to use as we like," July said. "I have friends who definitely, whether because of hormones or just because their identity was on a journey, their voice changed, so I do think it's an interesting, subtler queer indicator."

Check out Wood's performance (and her voice) in the "Kajillionaire" trailer: