That's one of the things I love that Mocean brought to this - Jack’s got this disoriented memory that he knows he has to do something and he's so vicious in that determination. Jack starts with this lack of knowledge, and this lack of memory - it’s a great blank slate to work with. because we sort of go through the game in a linear fashion. “I choked up when I watched that trailer for the first time.”Īrem - It's a very organic process, so when we're working with the teams in Japan, and the American cast here, we love the evolution of the characters as it happens. We were just like Jack, trying to complete our mission - get the lines out and do these characters justice. But we didn't really play it in any kind of tongue-in-cheek way. ![]() Melvin - I don't think anybody knew that people were going to react the way they did. I got quite a bit of great information for Jack's delivery from those references.ĭid you have any idea that this game would spawn so many memes? There were a couple of other characters who had a very gruff tone and flat deliveries. And I was happy because I actually know this guy. Melvin - One of the references for the audition was Gladio in Final Fantasy 15. Were there any previous Final Fantasy games or performances from English actors that you looked to as inspiration? But it was really, really clear that this guy Chaos had wronged him in some way, and he was going to do everything that he could to find and kill this guy. He doesn't know a lot about his own history, so as an actor, and as a character, it was kind of limited in terms of what I knew about him. I just learned that it was a Final Fantasy game before I came in. Melvin - I had a character description and a couple sketches of the character, so I had a pretty general idea of who this guy was, and that he had a very strong intention to kill this Chaos guy. When you walked in the first day, what kind of direction were you given? The interview below has been edited for clarity and brevity. Inverse spoke with Melvin and Stranger of Paradise’s voice director Keith Arem about everything from killing Chaos to fist bumps. But it was an absolute blast to do that.” “By the end of a lot of these sessions I'd be in a flop sweat, with my shoes off, hair messed up, red in the face, and exhausted. ![]() You want me to scream something really aggressive at the top of my lungs? I can do that,” Melvin tells Inverse. Despite all that experience, he’s a relative newcomer to gaming voiceover work. What’s really drawn people’s attention, however, is the absurd dialogue and over-the-top characters that have spawned countless memes.Īt the heart of all this is Jack, a very angry man voiced by Mocean Melvin, a longtime voice actor who’s worked on a bunch of true-crime series, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, and has been the voice of the NFL Network for the last 12 years. ![]() The spinoff features an intense action combat system along the lines of Nioh or the Dark Souls series. ![]() Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin marks a significant divergence for the Final Fantasy series. Jack Garland is a simple man - all he wants from life is to kill Chaos.
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