Behind The Voice

Roger Craig Smith joins Behind The Voice Podcast to talk about some of the most iconic characters he’s brought to life in video games.Roger reflects on voicing legendary characters like Ezio Auditore from the Assassin's Creed series, Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5, Batman in Batman Arkham Origins, and Sonic the Hedgehog.We talk about the moments that defined these characters, how certain scenes came together during recording, and why some of these performances continue to resonate with fans years later. Roger also shares stories about recording some of Ezio’s most memorable speeches, the infamous Resident Evil boulder punch moment, and what it meant to step into the role of Batman.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Becoming Ezio Auditore (Assassin’s Creed)
3:30 Finding Ezio’s voice across three games
6:17 Ezio’s most iconic speeches
8:22 The legacy of Ezio
11:25 Revisiting Assassin’s Creed today
12:06 Introducing Will Ospreay at Wembley as Ezio
16:58 Becoming Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)
17:09 The “Boulder Punching” moment
21:09 Recording scenes without seeing the gameplay
22:44 Resident Evil 5 remake rumors
25:26 Becoming Batman in Arkham Origins
26:02 Following Kevin Conroy’s Batman legacy
29:05 The powerful Batman–Alfred scene
31:00 Why Arkham Origins is often overlooked
33:39 Voicing Sonic the Hedgehog for over a decade
36:01 Thoughts on Ben Schwartz’s Sonic
37:52 Final thoughts

Cronos The New Dawn lead actor, Kelly Burke, returns to the podcast to talk about her role as The Traveler.

In this episode we break down the most horrific and painful moments of the game. Kelly reveals the unique physical toll of performing motion capture for a massive, heavy character whose neck doesn't even move and who lacks a face.
We dive deep into heavy spoiler territory to discuss the Traveler's tragic realization, the "religious" feeling behind the extraction scenes , and the massive "epic gaslighting" betrayal orchestrated by the Warden. Kelly also shares her candid thoughts on why the game offers no happy ending and the real emotional weight behind the community's favorite tagline, "Such is our calling".

Planet of Lana 2 developers join Behind The Voice to talk about how they created a made up language in their games to tell a story. They talk about how much animation, facial expression and music played an important part in telling the story. It was interesting to know how Planet of Lana actually began with a heavy inspiration from Studio Ghibli and how the game wasn't supposed to have any dialogues.
We also dive into spoilers towards the end and what's potentially coming next!

Blonde Blazer voice actress, Erin Yvette, joins Behind The Voice to break down and dive deep into Dispatch's story. She shares her reaction to the success of the game, how she always believed in it since the beginning.
She also gives insights on how she gave some feedback to how her character should respond and why she didn't play the role of Invisigal.
We also went deep into various story beats of the game such as Blazer's feelings for Robert, players choosing Invisigal over Blonde Blazer, the gala dress scene and whether there will be a season 2.
We also touched upon The Wolf Among Us & The Walking Dead and a few fan questions from other games.

Amelia Rose Blaire joins Behind The Voice Podcast to dive deeper into her career as an actor. Starting from one of the biggest TV shows, True Blood. She mentions how that show changed her life, being a regular in that show especially the final season and playing a vampire was her coolest moment.
She also talks about being in MTV's Scream TV Series which also shocked her as her character went through a change. We then covered her amazing career in video games with the most popular, Detroit Become Human and how that was a life changing moment. I had to touch upon some Remedy stuff with Quantum Break and what unique challenges that brought into the table.
We then ended up also talking about God of War Sons of Sparta, Santa Monica's new 2D metroidvania game where she plays as Eleonora.