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[AlkoTanko]

BRIAN BLESSED as male Hawke.

"WARDEN'S ALIIIVVEE???!!"

[Costin_Razvan]

Male Hawke - Simon Templeman.

Female Hawke - Claudia Black.



That's what I would go for anyway....

[Amentep]

AlkoTanko wrote...

BRIAN BLESSED as male Hawke.

"WARDEN'S ALIIIVVEE???!!"

That would TOTALLY be AWESOME!

"Ah, well...who wants to live forever? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Hawke-men... DIIIIIIVVE!!!!"

Vultan Hawke 4eva

[Suron]

Nolan North is a good VA..but please god NO on him..he's so overdone now-a-days it's idiotic...



using him now would be a TOTAL immersion breaker.....after hearing him in so many games recently it'll PULL YOU RIGHT OUT of DA

[caffinefiend23]

[quote]KennethAFTopp wrote...

[/quote]

on another note, I saw Whisper of the Heart and The Cat Returns, two movies from Studio Ghibli I can really recommend, and thought of Cary Elwes, who actually did the voice of the bard from A Bard's Tale Reboot.[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing...
I was actually telling a friend in the UK that Cary Elwes would be perfect as his voice is just the right pitch where Hawke could be mage, warrior or rogue.
The thing that worries me with a fully voiced char is that Hawke will sound to grizzled, or cunning or whatever and he'll only really sound good as one specific class and just plain silly as anything else....
Heh...
On a side note... they need to get Patrick Stewart to do some voice work with all his awesomeness... make it so.... 

edit: apparently I am bad at quoting things... and spelling too 

Modifié par caffinefiend23, 16 juillet 2010 - 12:30 .

[BostonVamp]

GothmogII wrote...

Had an additional thought too. If Tim Curry is coming back, please give him the significant villain position he deserves. I mean really, Arl Howe? The man has voiced the most despicable and cunning villains of the highest calibre, and he gets stuck as the infective vizier? I mean, he barely schemed at all...

If the main villain is out of the question fair enough, but...a villainous part with some dignity would be a golden thing.

I must agree with this. I loved listening to Tim Curry. It's only the Human Noble story that you really get to hear more of his dialogue. He absolutely has the villanous tone down and always made a coldness run up & down my spine when he delivered his lines. He has just the right tone of evil & smarminess. I'd love to see him back & in a larger role - dialogue-wise.

[iTomes]

speakin of actors could it be possible to find good actors for other languages, to? PPLLLLZZZZ???

[fezzzi]

As an English person, I've always wondered. Why does a UK accent = fantasy and why ARE dwarfs Scottish? Also, why is the bad guy in Hollywood blockbusters always English (or an English actor with a thinly veiled German accent in the case of the Die Hard movies!)

[Ken555]

Because we Brits are just so marvelous at being the Bad people.

[Lintanis]

David Gaider wrote...

Kaiser Shepard wrote...
David, Mary, have you guys already decided on who will voice each Hawke?

Of course. That person has to do 10x the voice recording of any other character-- more, probably, as they have lines in almost every single dialogue. We went through a few tries before we found the actors that hit the right note, but yet-- we do indeed have all our Hawkes in a row.

Wonder if we will hear voices in the trailer 

[Foune]

Duke Nukem for the voice of Male Hawke.

[hed777]

Grommash94 wrote...

Liam Neeson. Only his awesome 'Zeus' beard would dare voice the power of Hawke's beard.

Yeah, Liam Neeson would be a good choice. If he can get away with playing Hannibal in the new A-Team movie then he surely do the voice for Hawke.

[GraciousCat]

David Gaider wrote...

Kaiser Shepard wrote...
David, Mary, have you guys already decided on who will voice each Hawke?

Of course. That person has to do 10x the voice recording of any other character-- more, probably, as they have lines in almost every single dialogue. We went through a few tries before we found the actors that hit the right note, but yet-- we do indeed have all our Hawkes in a row.

When do we get let in on the secret?

[Kleon]

How about Craig Parker, Darken Rahl from "Legend of the Seeker". I think he's got nice voice for a villain.

[AllThatJazz]

Timothy Dalton has a good villainous voice. Not for Hawke, obviously.



Fezzzi - I'm guessing UK accents=fantasy partly because of the whole King Arthur thing. Plus so many bits of traditional fantasy settings - swordfighting, jousting, knights, soldiers clanking around in chain and plate, the whole tradition of courtly love, castles and fortresses, druids, longbows, tyrannical kings and brutal empire, witches and witch-hunts, heretics being burned at the stake, terrible oppression of native peoples - well, that pretty much sums up huge swathes of British History! So I guess it seems kind of appropriate :-)



Course, it also sums up much of European history in general, but I don't think there are enough fluent German speakers in North America to justify a general release in German!x

[Gill Kaiser]

fezzzi wrote...

As an English person, I've always wondered. Why does a UK accent = fantasy and why ARE dwarfs Scottish? Also, why is the bad guy in Hollywood blockbusters always English (or an English actor with a thinly veiled German accent in the case of the Die Hard movies!)

a) Because Tolkein was English, and because the Medieval period that most fantasy is based on was Euro-centric, and we're the only nation that speak English.

Dwarves are Scottish because they like to drink and fight, and that's one of the stereotypes of Scots (and the Irish, but the Scottish accent is less lyrical, and dwarves are all about being straightforward, usually).

c) In America, people with English accents are thought of as intelligent, well-educated and somewhat posh. All perfect for a villan.

[Quinnzel]

Gill Kaiser wrote...

fezzzi wrote...

As an English person, I've always wondered. Why does a UK accent = fantasy and why ARE dwarfs Scottish? Also, why is the bad guy in Hollywood blockbusters always English (or an English actor with a thinly veiled German accent in the case of the Die Hard movies!)

a) Because Tolkein was English, and because the Medieval period that most fantasy is based on was Euro-centric, and we're the only nation that speak English.

Dwarves are Scottish because they like to drink and fight, and that's one of the stereotypes of Scots (and the Irish, but the Scottish accent is less lyrical, and dwarves are all about being straightforward, usually).

c) In America, people with English accents are thought of as intelligent, well-educated and somewhat posh. All perfect for a villan.

As a Scotsman I take offence to that! Dwarves dont nearly drink or fight enough as us North of Tha'Border!

[Kalcalan]

Gill Kaiser wrote...

fezzzi wrote...

As an English person, I've always wondered. Why does a UK accent = fantasy and why ARE dwarfs Scottish? Also, why is the bad guy in Hollywood blockbusters always English (or an English actor with a thinly veiled German accent in the case of the Die Hard movies!)

a) Because Tolkein was English, and because the Medieval period that most fantasy is based on was Euro-centric, and we're the only nation that speak English.

Dwarves are Scottish because they like to drink and fight, and that's one of the stereotypes of Scots (and the Irish, but the Scottish accent is less lyrical, and dwarves are all about being straightforward, usually).

c) In America, people with English accents are thought of as intelligent, well-educated and somewhat posh. All perfect for a villan.

It's Tolkien by the way and that point is moot.

In the Middle Ages the ruling elite in England spoke French during at least three centuries (that's why there are different words for animals in the field and on your plate, Germanic words for the animals and Norman French for the dish -for instance sheep vs mutton, ox vs beef, pig vs pork). Richard the Lionheart was probably more fluent in French than English. By the way we should say Middle English rather than English. If you have a look at Chaucer's Canterbury Tales you may notice that there are quite a few differences (that is an understatement). A word like "courage" wasn't pronounced like it is in Modern English.

I lived in Scotland and I can't see the link between Dwarves and Scots. I'm very glad that they got rid of the Scottish accent for Dwarves, it was nonsensical. There is nothing Dwarfish about the Scots.

As far as being "less lyrical" that is total bull. The Scottish accent is magnificent!

Your last point about Brits used as villains in American movies is quite correct though. We could add Germans and the French to the list, seems Hollywood likes European baddies (who can blame them).

Modifié par Kalcalan, 16 juillet 2010 - 03:37 .

[AllThatJazz]

Kalcalan wrote...

Gill Kaiser wrote...

fezzzi wrote...

As an English person, I've always wondered. Why does a UK accent = fantasy and why ARE dwarfs Scottish? Also, why is the bad guy in Hollywood blockbusters always English (or an English actor with a thinly veiled German accent in the case of the Die Hard movies!)

a) Because Tolkein was English, and because the Medieval period that most fantasy is based on was Euro-centric, and we're the only nation that speak English.

Dwarves are Scottish because they like to drink and fight, and that's one of the stereotypes of Scots (and the Irish, but the Scottish accent is less lyrical, and dwarves are all about being straightforward, usually).

c) In America, people with English accents are thought of as intelligent, well-educated and somewhat posh. All perfect for a villan.

It's Tolkien by the way and that point is moot.

In the Middle Ages the ruling elite in England spoke French during at least three centuries (that's why there are different words for animals in the field and on your plate, Germanic words for the animals and Norman French for the dish -for instance sheep vs mutton, ox vs beef, pig vs pork). Richard the Lionheart was probably more fluent in French than English. By the way we should say Middle English rather than English. If you have a look at Chaucer's Canterbury Tales you may notice that there are quite a few differences (that is an understatement). A word like "courage" wasn't pronounced like it is in Modern English.

I lived in Scotland and I can't see the link between Dwarves and Scots. I'm very glad that they got rid of the Scottish accent for Dwarves, it was nonsensical. There is nothing Dwarfish about the Scots.

As far as being "less lyrical" that is total bull. The Scottish accent is magnificent!

Your last point about Brits used as villain in American movies is quite correct though. We could add Germans and French to the list, seems Hollywood likes European baddies (who can blame them).

I could be misinterpreting (I very often do:pinched:), but I think that the first point was more to do with the fact that English (as a language, opposed to an accent) is the same as the predominant language of Bio's audience. So technically, DA could be in French - but they'd have to do a HUGE localisation effort for North America/Australia/the UK/big bits of Canada and the rest of English speaking world. Lol at the thought of a game in Middle English! :DI'd love a game of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight!

And I agree - I think both Scottish and Welsh accents are more lyrical than English ones!x

[Addai]

fezzzi wrote...

As an English person, I've always wondered. Why does a UK accent = fantasy and why ARE dwarfs Scottish? Also, why is the bad guy in Hollywood blockbusters always English (or an English actor with a thinly veiled German accent in the case of the Die Hard movies!)

If the guy sounds like he could have just stepped off a bus in Peoria, it doesn't really scream "medieval hero."  But I gather that British accents were used to represent Fereldan so that Fereldan would be a consistent concept, just as French or fake-French tells you that you're dealing with an Orlesian.  American actors seem to have been used for dwarves and elves.  I don't remember any Scottish dwarves??  There were some Scottish accents in Awakening.  Maybe to represent Amaranthine dialect?  Or just for variety's sake.

As for the bad guys being British,that's a theme the British media have pushed.  I can think of numerous bad guys who were vanilla American.  And we like our British heroes, too.  Bond.  James Bond.

Modifié par Addai67, 16 juillet 2010 - 03:56 .

[BostonVamp]

Let me throw out a name I haven't seen yet...Roger Rees. I think he has the voice to be either hero or villian, drama or comedy.

[coomber]

Charles Shaughnessy



Did my favourite VG voice ever - the cockney option for main character in Saints Row 2. Hilarious!

[Thresh the Qunari]

David Gaider wrote...

KennethAFTopp wrote...
Nolan North!

I loved him in Uncharted 2.

Sadly I don't know how he does for English accents. The problem with American actors like him and, say, Nathan Fillion is that if you hired them they either have to sound like themselves or... they'll sound like someone who's trying on an English accent, and maybe sound completely different from the reason you wanted them in the first place. I mean, my nerd-crush on Nathan Fillion knows no bounds-- but can you picture him doing an English accent?

I guess we could always make him an elf. But I dunno.

StreetlightEagle wrote...
I want genuine English people doing
it. No more of that "what's goin on ere gov'ner" **** pulled by a lot of
npc voice actor's trying to be English. No matter how good they are at
voice acting, American's cannot pull off any British accents well
enough. Their forced accents either sound like the Queen or the Artful
Dodger and I don't want either of those for Hawke

This is why we do the majority of our voice recording in England. With real, genuine English actors (well... some of them are Scottish or maybe Irish, I don't think we're picky). Steve Valentine is an English actor working in LA, of which there are a few (thankfully). But those "fake accents" you're referring to are, 99% of the time, quite real, thank you.

why do you need English accents what wrong with american accents. the game not set in england

Modifié par Thresh the Qunari, 16 juillet 2010 - 05:46 .

[Quinnzel]

Thresh the Qunari wrote...

why do you need English accents what wrong with american accents. the games not set in england

Nor is it set in Amerika. Whats the problem with having multi, Non-American accents and dialects in a fantasy setting?

Modifié par Quinnzel, 16 juillet 2010 - 05:50 .

[AllThatJazz]

And Ferelden is sort of a fantasy version of Mediaeval Britain.