The important role of voices and friendly competition

important roleThe New York Comic Con panel featured guest stars, recurring villains, matt mercer’s Incredible ability to bring in NPCs resurrected from the dead.Or from the shadows, whatever. fits the story anytime.

But beyond the topic of Bell’s Hells and various other adventure parties, fans wanted to know about the cast’s other endeavors in voice acting. most people There was a funny war story to share about Hollywood casting.

While Mercer announced his role as Vincent Valentine. Final Fantasy III Although that hadn’t happened yet at the time of the panel discussion, the group talked openly about how often they compete with each other, and sometimes even themselves, for roles.Marisha Ray, cast member and creative director important role“The funny thing is, sometimes when agents tell me about acting mistakes or casting mistakes, they say, “We’re really looking for someone who looks like Laura Bailey.”” The audience cheers. , Ray said, pretending to hold a phone. “So I’m like, ‘Can I text her?”’ Bailey, who was also on the panel, added, “I had an audition for someone who looked like Laura Bailey. “There is,” he agreed. (Sam Reigel jokingly asks, “Did you get the job?” and Bailey laughs, “No!”)

Taliesin Jaffe said that when she was younger, she noticed that she started booking more work when Liam O’Brien wasn’t around. O’Brien replied, “I once auditioned for a project, and I won’t reveal where I sent the vocal reference…that was me.” He had to audition and booked the role a few weeks later. Mercer added, “I had an audition for another project where the voice reference was me, but I didn’t book it.”

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