on voice acting

[xparrot]

...In Mass Effect. (You weren't getting away that easily, sorry! :P) I do love voice acting, and this vid is a great example - it's a clip of Garrus's VA as a bit role on Castle, and it's awesome because he doesn't sound like Garrus at all...until the one minute mark when his voice drops and then he's instantly recognizable. Which everyone freaks out about in the comments, when they're not discussing Garrus chatting with Mal Reynolds... (I gotta say, I'm used to youtube comments being the bottom of the internet barrel, but for some reason a lot of the comments on ME-related clips are gold.)

Comments

[sheliana.livejournal.com]

On the subject of voice acting: did you notice that Mordin was voiced by two different actors in ME2 and ME3? I was rather shocked when I found out.:)

[pink-dragon22.livejournal.com]

OMG WHAT? I can't believe I never knew that!! I had no idea haha :)

[sheliana.livejournal.com]

Yep. The second guy did an admirable job - I would have never guessed someone else was voicing Mordin. Apparently no one knows why the first actor was replaced.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I saw the double credits for Mordin on IMDB, was meaning to look this up! Actually when Mordin is first introduced in ME3 I remember having a moment of 'is that what he really sounds like?' but it passed quickly - the new VA and the sound guys did a great job making it work, which as someone who freaks whenever cartoon voices change, I really appreciated! (I'm bad with faces, I recognize a lot of actors better by their voices, which is probably why I'm so into VAs!)