final fantasy 16 It is one of the projects that RPG fans and PlayStation 5 users await the most. The game’s main voice actor is also one of them; in fact, such was his concern about the project that he thought he would be left without the opportunity to be the protagonist.
We are talking about Ben Starr, the British voice actor who was selected to give life to Clive in the Western version of final fantasy 16. Starr is also such a fan of the series that he mentions that he has been a key part of the last 25 years of it.
That being said, Starr knew more than anyone about the importance of being a part of final fantasy 16 and even more like Clive, protagonist of this new adventure.
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actor of final fantasy 16 I was afraid of being fired
Square Enix organized an interview in which producer Naoki Yoshida, localization director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and Starr participated to talk about the character Clive and something interesting is that in one part Starr mentioned that he thought that at any moment the company was going to to remove the paper.
“Whenever I walked on set for the first month I thought I was going to get fired,” Starr confessed, causing Yoshida and Koji Fox to burst out laughing. “I was very scared of the responsibility. I was scared because I understood the weight of it, it wasn’t just like ‘congratulations, you’re going to play this part.’ I knew how much it meant to me.”
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Learn about Clive as producer Naoki Yoshida and localization director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox sit down to chat with @The_Ben_Starrour protagonist’s English voice actor. #FF16
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Thankfully it didn’t, and Starr stuck with the leading role until the end, so she didn’t have to live with one of her worst regrets in her life.
“I genuinely thought I was going to show up and you guys were going to say, ‘here’s the whole story of final fantasy 16read it, oh, and by the way, you’re fired,’ “recalled the Briton, who mentioned that he would then be in an awkward place, since he would know the plot of the game, but he would be without the role.
Another detail that drew attention is that Koji Fox mentioned that Starr was not the first actor they thought of for the role of Clive. In fact, Starr was considered for a much smaller role, but ultimately got the lead.
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final fantasy 16 it is in development exclusively for PlayStation 5, the platform on which it will debut on June 22, 2023. You can find more news related to it if you visit this page.
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