Episode 613: Finding Her Voice Chelsea Krause on Becoming Laurie Strode in Halloween The Game

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We're back once again, Mitchell Port and Leach Podcast. I
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have a legendary voice actor here. Legendary in all the
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different ways. Lots that she's up to and things like that.
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Chelsea Cross, how's it going?
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It's going. Happy Monday.
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I know, right? Monday like the ball cap that I
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got on here. Yeah, you're quite, and I say legendary
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because all in the respect of what you do. You know,
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voice acting, things like that. When did you get your
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start in this journey that you created for yourself?
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In a lot of ways, when I was six, and
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that sounds crazy. I wasn't voice acting at six years old,
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but I started doing Powerpuff Girls impressions contests with my
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friends when I was six. And so that was the weird,
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there were signs, you know, for a long time. Um,
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I started acting in middle school. Um, we formed a
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drama club when I was in seventh grade and I
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was a shy kid, but was bold enough to know
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that I wanted to try it. And I did that,
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did that all through high school. At 15, I knew
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I wanted to be a voice actor, uh, but there
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are not resources like there are now. Uh, I, not
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to date myself, the internet was not as robust as
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it is now. Um, you know, there weren't blogs and
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social media in the way that we have, have things now. So, um,
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I went the very traditional acting route. I got a
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degree in it. Um, and then I moved to New York,
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lived there for four years, trying to pursue theater. Uh,
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and then I moved back home home by the way
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is Louisiana for me. Uh, so I had moved back
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home to Louisiana and then I was trying to pursue film,
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got a film agent right away. Was not enjoying myself.
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Every time I got an audition, I was dreading it.
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I was like, I love acting. So why am I
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dreading this so much? What is it about it that
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I don't like? And so I did a lot of
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soul searching. And the soul said, well, you wanted to
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be a voice actor at 15. What does that entail?
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And so my journey started in my late 20s for
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voice acting. But I devoured every resource I could, every podcast,
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every book I could. fell so headfirst in that I
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was like, oh yeah, it's where you were supposed to
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be the entire time. You took a convoluted route to
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get there. But I think that was very helpful for me.
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All of my theater training definitely propelled me a lot
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further than it does anybody who just wants to start
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without any kind of acting background. It's not to say
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that you can't do it, but I... was sitting on
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the floor of my closet in Louisiana and booked something
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within the first week of me auditioning, which doesn't happen
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to most people. It was unpaid, but you know what
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I'm saying? It was still something. And I know many
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of my students who I talked to, it takes years
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for them to book their first thing. So that was
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kind of my route. And from there, I moved out here.
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I'm in Los Angeles now. And I've been doing it
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for the past, oh, seven years now. Is that how
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long it's been? My goodness. So it's been a little while.
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But yeah, so the long convoluted answer started when I
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was six. The technical answer started seven years ago.
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You know what I hear is the passion in what
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you do with your craft. You know, I think in
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anything that deals with voice or acting, podcasting, even content
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creation now, whereas you spoke to the internet and things
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like that, that passion is Did you always have that
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enlisted in you when becoming the voice actor and things
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like that?
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Yes. Yeah. My dad calls it grit. And I grew
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up playing sports, as I'm sure a lot of people did. And,
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you know, when you really want something, it shows. And
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when he was at his job, he worked in nuclear engineering.
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He was a instructor there was this video I remember
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that everybody he knew sent him about grit and he
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was like what does that speak to and say about
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me I was like as a coach as a mentor
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a lot you know that that's something that they see
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in you and so he always kind of instilled hard
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work passion grit as it were um in all of
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it but voice acting especially yeah the passion has always
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been there before I even understood that that's what it was.
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I've always loved animated movies, animated TV series. I grew
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up loving all of that. I'm a huge comic book nerd,
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and I love superheroes. Found Family is one of my
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favorite tropes. I love all of that, have for a
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long time. In high school, I was very into anime.
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I've played every... I think we've owned every Nintendo console, like,
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back when they had... It was just Mario and Duck
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Hunt on the original Nintendo system. I've had them for
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a long time. So everything kind of surrounding voice acting,
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even now, I mostly watch animated series. That's the truth. Like,
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I just love them. I think there's something so special
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about it. You know, everybody's asking, oh, are you watching...
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hacks and stuff like that. I'm like, no, I'm watching
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The Legend of Vox Machina right now. That's the kind
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of passion that I have for it. And I think
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studying all that media as well helps you to really
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understand things in a very inherent way whenever you're doing things.
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And so without even realizing the full extent of my
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passion for it, I've long, long had a passion for
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doing this. And then when I dove into it, like
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I said, I knew I was in the right place
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because I couldn't get enough of it. Like, that's when
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some people are like, how do you know that something
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is right for you? You can't get enough of it. It's,
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it's just so all consuming. Now I do have friends
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who have told me they're like, Chelsea, you're on another
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level of voice acting. So I do think maybe I'm
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a little extreme at times and I try to not
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make it my entire personality. But yes, I'm incredibly passionate
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about it.
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You, you know, everything you said, I'm sitting here, I'm
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getting goosebumps. I'm snapping, you know, underneath my table. I'm
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just like, you can see it. You know, you speak
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about anime, you speak about gaming. Like it's been such
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a big part of our culture. You spoke about Nintendo,
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like a fun fact leading up into the conversation. Legend
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of Zelda Ocarina of Time, the remake, Nintendo Switch 2.
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I sold my Switch 2 because I wasn't playing it.
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No.
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Had it.
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No. Right?
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Right? Sold my Switch 2, ladies and gentlemen. And now
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I sat back and I'm like, I got to get
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this damn thing back. I saw that and I was like,
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it brought a tear to my eye. I said, this
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remake looks amazing.
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Amazing. Amazing. I'm so. stoked for it. Legend of Zelda
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is one of my favorite series of all time. The
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only system I haven't owned, by the way, is the
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Wii U, so I haven't played Wind Waker. Wind Waker
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is the only Zelda game I've not played, so I
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love The Legend of Zelda. I know.
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I think come November 5th, 2026, the whole world, two
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weeks before Grand Theft Auto 6 comes out. You know
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what I mean? I'm like, Christmas is coming early for gamers.
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Yes. This September is Packed, packed for gamers. You know,
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aside from Halloween, Wolverine, and oh gosh, now I'm blanking
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on everything, but there's so much coming out this September.
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So it's a great September for gamers.
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Absolutely. Absolutely. You led into the little spoiler. We're going
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to peel the layers back a little bit, you know,
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and things like that. You know, you spoke about the
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internet right now and like how you have to stand out.
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There's so many different things that are going on. Yes.
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Someone that's into voice. How do you stand out in
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now how the internet is?
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It's... The internet is funny. I'm someone who gained a
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bit of a social media following, more than most did.
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And I think one of the key elements that got
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me there was honesty. Being a real human being versus...
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trying so hard to make content. Anything that I spent
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a lot of time on never did well. That's the truth. Like,
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if I took hours and hours to make a video,
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it just wasn't going to do very well. The stuff
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where I was just sitting in front of my computer,
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just talking and being honest and saying, you know, this
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is how you become a voice actor, or when I
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was making silly animal duet videos and stuff like that.
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That's the stuff that took off. And so in my mind,
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it's honesty. And I know that sounds, oh, like that's
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a very cookie cutter answer, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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But I think the truth behind that is everything is
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so carefully curated nowadays and everybody's trying their darndest to
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make next big idea and the next thing, and that's
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not what any of it's about. Make the content that
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speaks to you and be a real person with it.
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And I think people respond positively to it because that's
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the thing I've noticed. So many of my friends are
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trying to break the mold.
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What's new?
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What's different? I don't want to talk about voice acting
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because you do that, Chelsea. I'm like, lots of people
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talk about voice acting. I'm not new. I'm not breaking
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any sort of mold. I'm just being honest. I just
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sit down in front of my phone and I make
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a video. And I'm like, that's all it is at
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the end of the day. Some of my favorite videos
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I've ever made, they didn't get too much traction, but
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I also was like, because I'm like, I need to
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be more than a voice actor, was like, I had
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a series at one point where I was sitting down
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on Sundays and just talking about things I enjoyed outside
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of voice acting, you know, be a real person, show
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that you are human. And that's something else within the
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age of AI. I talk with a lot of my
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students because they're like, how do I build a presence
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on social media? I even have a student who is like,
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I'd really rather not show my face as much as possible,
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which is fine. But I'm like, you have to show
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you're a human at some point. You know, I believe it.
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And I know you are. I've seen you. but other
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people haven't. So that's all it is. Show you're a
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human being. Show that you're likable. Make something. It doesn't
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have to be good. And I like to think about
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it in terms of if you were filling a theater,
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for instance. My college theater sat 435 people. So if
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you're Post only gets, let's say, 200 views, you filled
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half that theater, you know. And I think people don't
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think about that in terms. It's like 200 doesn't seem
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like a lot when someone else got 2 million. But
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when we look at it in those terms, that's a
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lot of people that have been sat down to watch you.
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And you don't know who's going to see it. When
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I've been approached off of social media things, you would
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be shocked at the number of people who said, I
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saw this series. I saw this video. And it's not
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the ones that are getting thousands of views. It's a
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lot of the times the ones that got hundreds. So
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you don't know what somebody will see. And so instead
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of trying so hard to be so polished and tailored
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and come up with a series idea and do all
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these things, just sit down and do. something because you
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don't know who will see it. That's how I say
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you break through.
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So much power, ladies and gentlemen, you know, with what
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you're saying, because it's so true. You know, I go
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live right across the street from a gym. You create content.
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A lot of people don't know about a podcast or
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what you do, maybe in gaming. And I got a
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random DM recently being up to this conversation. Guy goes, Rory,
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you go to this gym? I'm like, yeah. What's up?
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He goes, yo, I stumbled upon your content. I love
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everything you're doing. You have a podcast. You're doing this.
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You're doing this. And he's like, it's so cool to see.
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And I'm like, it was a pinch me moment because
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I'm like, I walk out. I don't share what it
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is I do. If people stumble upon it, friends of mine,
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close friends of mine knows what I do. But it's like,
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when you see that representation and identity of folks watching you.
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That's when I've instantly clicked and I said, we're on
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the internet. Everybody's watching what's going on.
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Yes. Yeah.
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There's some that's going to love it. And there's some
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that's going to despise you for it. Absolutely. You could
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be even doing cooking shows. You could be pairing your meats,
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your favorite fish, your favorite vegetables, and people dislike you
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for it.
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And then there's people love you for it. You know
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what I mean? Yeah. It's crazy.
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Bean soup theory. That's what they call that. Right? Yeah.
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Not everybody's going to like you. That's the reality of
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the situation. And you never can make everybody. So just
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do it anyway.
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So true. What's the harm?
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And again, like you said, you never know. You never
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know what the catalyst is for somebody to say something,
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for somebody to notice you. Again, it could be the
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video that takes off and it could be something a
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lot smaller than that. So just make the content and
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be honest.
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That's it.
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That's all it takes.
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Absolutely. And honesty and authenticity in content right now is
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taking off. I was starting to see like, even in
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my curated feed on Instagram, a lot of the talking
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head videos of people just be talking about life in general,
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going on walks. It's not dressed up. We're not in
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the fancy studios. That's great to have, but it's just
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dialed in. Yo, I'm eating food. Maybe there's a bee
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flying into my sandwich. We capture that moment. People are
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sitting there like, yo, we actually caught all that? Because
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you feel like you're there. You feel like you're right
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there as the video is being shot. You know what
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I mean? So I love that.
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I love that. I love, I don't know if you
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know Josh. He spells it J-A-W-S-H. I love his content.
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He's just a surfer bro. And he's like, you know
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what really rips? You know, hanging out with your best homies.
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And it's just these minute long videos of him going
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on walks. It's like the most unflattering angle of his face.
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and him just talking about what he loves about his day.
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And he's taken off because he's just being an authentic human.
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He's not putting all these filters on and stuff like that.
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He's just being Josh, you know? And I understand, like,
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it's become a series and something cultivated, but you know
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he just woke up one day and was like, it's
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gonna be me. I'm just gonna make this video. It
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doesn't have to be pretty. It doesn't have to be scripted.
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It doesn't have to be anything. And now it's taken
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off and become something. But I love that authenticity and
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just getting to see, you know, somebody do that. Do that.
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Name one piece of adversity you had to go through
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and voice out.
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This is a weird piece of adversity, and it's very
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different from most of my peers. So this is going
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to sound a little bit first world problems, probably for
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most people. I have a very big range. I've been
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very blessed because I've been doing, like I said, the
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impression since I was a kid. One of the things
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that a lot of newbies are going to hear whenever
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they get started in voice acting is it's your natural voice.
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Your natural voice is what sells. Your natural voice is
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the thing that's going to like book you and stand out.
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Because all of them want a big range. They're like,
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but I want to do this and this and this
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and this. Which is fantastic and amazing. But most people
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are going to book with their natural voice. Something pretty
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close or pretty akin to it. If I had followed
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that advice, I wouldn't have booked for three years. If
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I would have just gone with my natural voice, I
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wouldn't have booked for three years. I.
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Very inherently understand characters and media. And this is why
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like watching stuff and coming into it and understanding. And
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a lot of indie media follows the trends of what's
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out right now, which a lot of it is, uh,
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gotcha games, anime, things like that. And my voice, which
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I really love, very cool, very textured. This is something
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that does very well for like the Americanized video games.
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This is something that does very well in animated series
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with leads like She-Ra and Legend of Korra and stuff
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like that. That's where my voice lends itself. It does
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not lend itself very well to other types of protag
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or other, even antag in some senses. And so I
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started pitching down and doing a lot more of this.
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And this is where I was kind of living for
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a long time in some version of that or something
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more melodramatic or things like this. And so it was
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me studying a lot of those things or trying to
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go higher, do things, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And
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like I said, for three years, I wasn't booking with
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my voice. And then I think I got one thing.
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And I was like, you want me? Like, it wasn't
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that I wasn't auditioning with it either. I was trying
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because that's what you were supposed to do. And I
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was trying, trying, trying, and the first time that they
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were like, yeah, we like this voice. I just was,
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you want me. You don't want me to put anything on.
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You don't want me to do anything else. Me. But, like,
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I took a workshop one time crying in front of
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a casting director. Like, I don't understand. They keep saying, like,
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this is supposed to, why does nobody want me? Why
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does nobody just want this? Yeah. And so it was
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kind of a self-struggle, whereas everybody else gets the, or
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at least most people, I don't want to say everybody else,
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everybody else gets the inherent sense of self from booking
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as themselves and getting to do the voices as themselves.
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I struggled a lot because I was like, how come
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I can't be me sometimes? And now I get to
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be me a lot more. And that's nice. I say me.
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It's characters who just have my voice. A lot of
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them are not like me at all. But, you know,
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I get to use my voice and I don't have
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as much of that sense of self-doubt and self about
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how my voice fits in places. And media is becoming
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a little more, nowadays, the gacha games and anime and
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stuff like that, in some senses, still are very like,
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you either talk up here... or you talk down here,
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and there's very little in between. But more and more
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of that is moving, and we're looking for different things.
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And so it's exciting to see and to break through
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and be able to do that. But that was my
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struggle for a while, is why does nobody want just me?
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But I love all elements of myself. I love the
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fact that I have a big range. It gets me
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to play lots of different characters. But equally, I'm glad
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that my voice is finally starting to kind of break through.
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And I get to just take it a little easier,
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quote unquote, sometimes.
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Right? And we talk about breakthrough. The layup that you
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put off the backboard to me here. I'm going to
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throw it back off the backboard so you can slam
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dunk it. It's 1978. We're in Haddonfield. You had to play.
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voice act, an iconic role. You had to probably look
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at Jamie Lee Curtis in that scenario. You probably watched
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the movie Halloween, right? Yes. Oh, yeah. There you go.
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You've probably seen it several times, right?
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I've seen it several times now, for sure.
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Right? Right? You had to play Laurie Strode. Let's talk
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about just the preparations. Because that role ain't the easiest role.
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And shout out to Jamie Lee Curtis. Jamie Lee Curtis
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is a legendary actress. Yes. You had to implement that.
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So let's talk about it. How did you get there?
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Yeah. So this audition comes in last year, holidays. And let's,
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you know, just so people understand the industry. Generally for
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the holidays, everyone starts winding down. You tend to have
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a lot less auditions during the holidays. Not last year.
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It was insane. It was everybody going, well, we need
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to pick right back up in January whenever we come back.
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So the auditions were coming in really hot. We're dealing
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with holiday parties. Everything else is going on. And I
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get this audition in my inbox. And you know it's
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for Lori. Even though the project's under a code name
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and stuff like that. It's her picture. It's her vocal stems,
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and they want you to match it. What should have
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been a two-day audition, I had two hours to do. Like,
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we're going to be so honest with everybody because I
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was just so busy between work, parties, things like that.
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So I listened to it, and I'm trying to develop
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a little bit of a groove, and that's what I
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was kind of using is when she's reading to Tommy.
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And so I was trying to find it, trying to
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find it, trying to find it. And it got to
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a point where I was like, I don't know if
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I have it, but I have to go give something.
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And I knew I'm, I am a scream queen. I
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have taught the horror scream before. Like I know how
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to do that. So I was like, if nothing else,
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you're going to get fantastic screaming from me. And so
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I go up to the booth. I do it. I
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do something and I come down. And my roommate was like,
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that was really good. And I was like, no. Just
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completely dismissed it. But I was like, I had to
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get something off. They come back in January and they
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want a callback. They want me to redo it. They
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want me to redo it a little younger, which I
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thought was interesting. I was like, Jamie was 19 in
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this movie, but she didn't sound like it. So I'm like, okay.
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So for me, it was bridging the gap between, all right, yeah,
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she shouldn't sound like a 30-year-old, but equally, she's not
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going to be bright in the same way that Linda
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and Nanny are. And so I was like, how do
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I bridge that gap? And so again, it was me.
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Going back, watching clips, trying to figure out. But again,
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I didn't have much time to get this callback back in.
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I couldn't even get feedback from my agent when they
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did the redirect. And so I was like, I sent
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it off. And my agent's name is Scott. And I
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was like, Scott, do you think this is in the ballpark?
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And he couldn't get back to me until the morning.
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He's like, yeah, I think it's good. And I get
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the call. a couple of weeks later and it's like,
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you booked Laurie Strode. And I was like, great. What
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is it for? This is the whole thing too. I
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was like, I was like, I knew obviously like Halloween,
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but I didn't, I didn't know like Dead by Daylight
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had already had the Halloween patch. I was like, it's,
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it's for something. You know what I mean? The Fortnite patch,
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the Dead by Daylight patch. I didn't think it was
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Halloween the game. And when he tells me this, I'm like,
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oh no. It's like, I was terrified. terrified. I watched
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the movie three times before my first session. And the
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first one was, I was like, let me fully immerse
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myself in the world. Let me make sure I understand
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what's going on. And the second two times, repeat and repeats.
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Every word she said, I was trying my best to imitate.
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But finding the voice, I think, fully came from our director, Bill.
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When I got in, What makes this game particularly hard
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is I'm voice matching Jamie Lee Curtis. On top of that,
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you are trying to match the musicality from the movie.
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It's not just because people think with voice matching, they're like, oh, it's,
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you know, you just have to sound like somebody. No,
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I'm listening to the movie in my ear. And if
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she goes up at the end of a sentence, I
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have to too. Because if not, your ear picks up
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on it and anybody else who's a major Halloween fan
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knows immediately. That's not how Jamie said it. That's not
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how Jamie did it. So I'm matching her voice, her musicality,
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and I still have to be a good actor. Because
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if you are just hearing me do the voice, then
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that's not enough. And so my director, Bill, thankfully he's
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from the Midwest, so he knows that accent really well.
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And he was like, You know, more like awe when
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she says sorry. It's sorry, sorry, sorry. And so it's repeating, repeating, repeating.
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We had several lines that he would be like, okay,
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for this, for Lori, we're capturing the essence of the
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all right, Annie. And first I get your famous chewing.
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Now I get your famous squealing. Like do that and
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lead into this line. You know what I'm saying? So
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we were taking certain lines and it's like, all right,
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you've perfected that one. Now bring that into XYZ. And
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so he would have me come out of the booth.
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Like I would go in, I'd listen, listen, listen, do it.
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And then the next time he'd go, come out of
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the booth. We'd come out, we would watch it again, again, again, again.
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And so I was watching, I was seeing, it's like,
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how does she hold herself? How does she hold her mouth?
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Her mouth's a little wider than mine. So I try
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and like hold it a little wider, but she kind
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of purses too whenever she's like getting upset about things.
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And so it's like, how does she hold herself? How
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00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.480
does she do that? So my audition, I know most
473
00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.490
people would think like, oh, you got it from there.
474
00:27:47.509 --> 00:27:50.730
And it's like, no, I got it in session. I
475
00:27:50.769 --> 00:27:55.309
did enough within my audition. I tried enough to really
476
00:27:56.230 --> 00:28:00.359
do what I could beforehand, but really nailing her came
477
00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:05.230
in session, truly. and from working with Bill and making
478
00:28:05.309 --> 00:28:09.329
sure that we got it right. And so I was saying,
479
00:28:09.430 --> 00:28:11.150
you know, a lot of people were asking about it.
480
00:28:11.190 --> 00:28:15.859
It's like all of that's you from the story point
481
00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.220
of view. That's all from the movie. And it's like, yeah,
482
00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:21.759
they didn't rip anything. That's me. But it's a lot
483
00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:23.940
of trial and error to get there. I'm not going
484
00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:27.000
to pretend like some of these things didn't take me 10,
485
00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.319
15 takes to get it right.
486
00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.900
It did.
487
00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:32.680
But it was a lot because we really wanted to
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00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:37.200
Honor Jamie, of course, and all the work that she
489
00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:39.519
had done and everything that she had put in there.
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00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:44.880
And also honor the fans. You know, it meant a
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00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.180
lot to be able to get this right for the
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00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:53.099
people who so deeply care about this movie, who watch it,
493
00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:57.920
not just every Halloween season, but who watch it any
494
00:28:58.180 --> 00:29:00.480
month or time of the year, who this movie means
495
00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:04.410
a lot to. And so that's what we were really,
496
00:29:04.450 --> 00:29:09.650
really trying to get down. And, you know, Bill was saying,
497
00:29:09.710 --> 00:29:11.960
and I knew it too. And it goes back to
498
00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:14.519
what you and I were talking about earlier. Not everybody's
499
00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:17.779
going to like it. They're not. I knew that going in.
500
00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:20.920
I was doomed from the start because my name is
501
00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:23.440
not Jamie Lee Curtis. And even if it was Jamie
502
00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:27.250
Lee Curtis, she'd be doomed too because there's always a
503
00:29:27.289 --> 00:29:31.880
critic and there's always something. So it's one of those
504
00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:35.119
where damned if I do, damned if I don't, but
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00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:39.230
I'm going to put my best foot forward and give
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00:29:39.250 --> 00:29:43.240
the best performance I could. But I attribute so much
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00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:47.599
of what I was able to give to Bill, our director.
508
00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:51.130
So that's a big part of it. That's a long.
509
00:29:51.150 --> 00:29:52.369
You took us on a story.
510
00:29:52.410 --> 00:29:52.869
Yes.
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00:29:52.910 --> 00:29:55.269
You took us on a story. And you know what? No,
512
00:29:55.329 --> 00:29:57.190
and I love that because it's like you went from
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00:29:57.190 --> 00:30:02.109
2026 to 19... 78 to early start of your career
514
00:30:02.130 --> 00:30:04.549
to now back to 2026. Yes. You know, and that's
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00:30:04.569 --> 00:30:06.289
why I want a lot of people to really understand
516
00:30:06.329 --> 00:30:08.369
because the trials and tribulations that we have to go through,
517
00:30:09.029 --> 00:30:11.630
you know, I've played the game multiple times. I'm in,
518
00:30:11.890 --> 00:30:14.210
I'm in this awe with the game. There's things that
519
00:30:14.230 --> 00:30:16.930
you start to see with the civilian side, the Michael
520
00:30:16.950 --> 00:30:19.910
Myers side, things like that. There's a lot of discourse
521
00:30:19.990 --> 00:30:23.119
online because we're not even going to get into it.
522
00:30:23.130 --> 00:30:26.690
You just know how it is. Yes. Yes. I love
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00:30:26.730 --> 00:30:30.029
the people that are defending the, because they're defending based
524
00:30:30.089 --> 00:30:33.930
off of the love of Hollywood. It's not per se
525
00:30:33.970 --> 00:30:37.069
about the game. It's about, this is Michael Myers. This
526
00:30:37.089 --> 00:30:40.769
is Laurie Strode. Y'all need to stop talking to library
527
00:30:40.809 --> 00:30:44.440
voices only. Well, you do it. You know what I mean?
528
00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.240
He's top three hands down.
529
00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.259
Right.
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00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:51.180
And I feel like the internet can be such a
531
00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:53.480
fickle place. You know what I mean? And you speak
532
00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:55.690
to that where it's just like, yo, we just need
533
00:30:55.710 --> 00:31:00.259
to have great things here. You know, Chelsea did immaculate
534
00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:04.180
work just for what she had to do. Like, those
535
00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:06.619
are big shoes to fill. That's the closest thing to
536
00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.940
being in the movie. Let's be completely open and honest.
537
00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.920
You know?
538
00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.720
Oh, yeah.
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00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.619
Closest thing.
540
00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:16.640
I don't take that for granted one bit. You know,
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00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:22.190
the second that I found out what it was and
542
00:31:22.230 --> 00:31:26.109
what I was doing, it was very.
543
00:31:28.750 --> 00:31:31.930
Holy, you know, like I have big shoes to fill
544
00:31:32.029 --> 00:31:34.579
and there's a lot of people that are counting on me. Um,
545
00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:37.740
and so I, I don't take that for granted one bit.
546
00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:42.039
I understand the shoes that I'm in. Um, it's funny though.
547
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:44.599
There's a lot of people who are like, oh, you're the, uh,
548
00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:47.119
third actor to play Laurie Strode. I'm the fourth. I'm
549
00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:50.170
the fourth actor to play Laurie Strode. I am, um,
550
00:31:50.670 --> 00:31:54.390
the third to play her in this full of a
551
00:31:54.430 --> 00:31:58.829
capacity though. The Dead by Daylight actress mostly did the efforts. Um,
552
00:31:59.710 --> 00:32:05.450
so it's, um, it's crazy to follow Jamie and Scout, um,
553
00:32:05.630 --> 00:32:12.380
in this journey, um, and get to explore her so fully. Uh,
554
00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:16.299
most people will not have the great privilege to be
555
00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:19.039
able to do that because this is exactly what it is.
556
00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.980
It's a privilege.
557
00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:23.109
No, and it's an honor. It's an honor to have
558
00:32:23.289 --> 00:32:26.109
your voice talent come on this podcast to speak about that.
559
00:32:26.150 --> 00:32:28.029
You know what I mean? It's such a humbling experience.
560
00:32:28.569 --> 00:32:30.130
You play the game. I'm pretty sure you still play
561
00:32:30.150 --> 00:32:32.710
the game or you just don't have time. What's going on?
562
00:32:32.930 --> 00:32:38.150
So I don't own the PlayStation 5 or Xbox in
563
00:32:38.190 --> 00:32:41.319
my house. My roommate does. She has the PlayStation 5.
564
00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:44.440
She is currently away on vacation and has been since
565
00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:47.220
the game came out. So I'm waiting for her to
566
00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:51.440
get back so that we can play. I will tell you,
567
00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:57.009
I have watched countless games. streams i have lurked i
568
00:32:57.380 --> 00:33:01.579
have watched the playthroughs i have seen the game over
569
00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:03.680
and over to the point where a friend of mine
570
00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:06.839
uh a dear friend of mine melissa white another tremendous
571
00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:10.180
voice actor she streams and she was doing it and
572
00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:12.640
i felt good because i could help her even though
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00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:16.599
i'm not game to be like you need to do
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00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:19.240
this you need to find this person you need to
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00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:22.160
call the police and i was like And she didn't
576
00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:25.279
realize once you die, you can respawn. And I was like, no,
577
00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:27.400
that's a mini game. Like play, you can respawn as
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00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:31.519
the police. So I'm helping her out. Because I've seen
579
00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:36.599
enough of the game that I know. So I've seen
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00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:40.900
what everybody's been playing. I love watching you all play.
581
00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.819
It's so fun.
582
00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:47.420
Listen, it's an event. It's an event. Oh my goodness.
583
00:33:48.009 --> 00:33:50.730
You know, I feel like coming into this conversation, I
584
00:33:50.730 --> 00:33:53.339
was like, Imagine she plays the game, and should we
585
00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:56.099
have the prox chat? You go on mic with the
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00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:58.859
actual voice of the character to see if anybody would
587
00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.309
pick up. You know what I mean?
588
00:34:00.349 --> 00:34:00.660
Yeah.
589
00:34:01.009 --> 00:34:03.589
Like, what would they do? I'd be like, it would
590
00:34:03.609 --> 00:34:06.640
be an ocean moment. I'd be like, wait, hold on.
591
00:34:06.650 --> 00:34:09.309
Lori, is that you? They'd probably be confused because it
592
00:34:09.349 --> 00:34:11.610
would be me trying to do lines from it, and
593
00:34:11.630 --> 00:34:13.530
they'd just be like, why is it double? You know,
594
00:34:13.550 --> 00:34:16.309
there's some sort of distortion. There's something going on. Yeah.
595
00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:19.380
I know there's a couple people doing Loomis that way
596
00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:21.719
that just do good impressions of Loomis and they'll go
597
00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:24.369
on and they'll do him, which I think is really fun.
598
00:34:24.389 --> 00:34:28.750
I equally think it's very fun, though, to hear the
599
00:34:28.789 --> 00:34:34.800
people who sound nothing like characters from Haddonfield. I forget
600
00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:40.199
her name, but there's a streamer and she's so funny
601
00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:43.579
because she's so big and effervescent and over the top
602
00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:46.400
and so... She got so mad that she got Michael
603
00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:49.880
one time. She didn't request it. She gets dropped in
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00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:52.840
as Michael. And she's like, no, I didn't want to
605
00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:56.219
be Michael. And she's freaking out the entire time. And
606
00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:59.570
so just the juxtaposition of Michael Myers. But with that,
607
00:34:59.690 --> 00:35:03.769
I think is hilarious to hear people on chat doing that.
608
00:35:03.829 --> 00:35:08.550
So seeing everybody's reactions. Dear Granny, there's like a clip
609
00:35:08.690 --> 00:35:14.150
of that streamer. doing it as Laurie and listening to
610
00:35:14.210 --> 00:35:16.849
her voice over it is hilarious. So I'm sure it
611
00:35:16.869 --> 00:35:19.010
would be interesting to hear me, but I equally think
612
00:35:19.050 --> 00:35:22.130
people would just be like, what is the glitch? Why
613
00:35:22.150 --> 00:35:25.389
is it glitching? What's happening?
614
00:35:25.449 --> 00:35:28.710
They start shaking their controller. Or even if you played
615
00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:31.809
in the role of Michael and go on voice, that
616
00:35:31.849 --> 00:35:34.030
would be interesting. Because I know that would freak me out.
617
00:35:34.070 --> 00:35:36.190
I'd be like, wait, wait, what? And you just grab
618
00:35:36.210 --> 00:35:38.510
them and give them a little shake and take them out.
619
00:35:38.909 --> 00:35:43.150
Do what you gotta go do. No, the game is,
620
00:35:43.369 --> 00:35:46.690
the game is so good. And just the detail, you know,
621
00:35:46.730 --> 00:35:49.530
the team, you know, greatness, you know what I mean?
622
00:35:50.110 --> 00:35:52.170
You know, I think for myself where I sit on
623
00:35:52.530 --> 00:35:54.570
in a podcast, you know, I think there's a lot
624
00:35:54.610 --> 00:35:57.219
of discourse and I'm speaking about the good and the bad.
625
00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.340
And I think that's what you need. You need to
626
00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:01.260
have the happy balance in gaming. And I think some
627
00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:03.659
folks just want to be all, I'm just going to
628
00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:05.239
talk about the good or I'm just going to talk
629
00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:07.920
about the bad. And it's just like, look, it's okay
630
00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:11.849
to have ups and downs. We can be, But you
631
00:36:11.909 --> 00:36:13.750
also have to have the fault line in the middle.
632
00:36:13.949 --> 00:36:14.130
Yes.
633
00:36:14.150 --> 00:36:15.309
You know what I mean? Yes. Because I think that's
634
00:36:15.329 --> 00:36:17.610
what makes the most believable content, going back to the
635
00:36:17.670 --> 00:36:18.929
authenticity part, you know?
636
00:36:18.949 --> 00:36:22.690
Right. Right. Because if you don't critique a game, it
637
00:36:22.710 --> 00:36:25.760
can't get better either. You know, the beauty of this
638
00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:31.480
particular type of game is that they have developers who
639
00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:35.239
can do patches and make things better if you complain
640
00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:39.170
about it. But equally... downing it so much, you know,
641
00:36:39.210 --> 00:36:42.190
I was seeing the discourse about people trying to return it,
642
00:36:42.449 --> 00:36:45.150
you know, within the first few hours of buying it
643
00:36:45.230 --> 00:36:47.989
and stuff like that. And it's like, you have to
644
00:36:48.489 --> 00:36:53.090
also equally give something time to set in. Most of
645
00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:56.519
us don't understand a game from the jump. We don't
646
00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:59.659
immediately understand the controls or what it is that we're
647
00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:03.179
supposed to be doing. We have to learn. Sometimes it's
648
00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:08.230
not the nicest scenario to learn. It's very difficult. Um,
649
00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:12.489
but it's rare nowadays. Thankfully, I think we've got, had
650
00:37:12.590 --> 00:37:15.110
so many years of, of gaming behind us that I
651
00:37:15.530 --> 00:37:17.880
rage quit a game and I'm like, no more, I
652
00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:20.860
can't do it. I don't want to. Um, I think
653
00:37:20.969 --> 00:37:25.900
thankfully nowadays, you know, developers are smart enough, um, that
654
00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:30.619
they can help balance, um, so that you have a
655
00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:33.920
good gaming opportunity. It doesn't mean that there's not going
656
00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:37.849
to be bugs along the way. There are definitely bugs
657
00:37:37.889 --> 00:37:39.570
and things that happen, but we just have to be,
658
00:37:39.889 --> 00:37:41.510
we have to be a little patient at times.
659
00:37:42.170 --> 00:37:42.570
Absolutely.
660
00:37:42.769 --> 00:37:45.159
It's hard to be patient in a world where everything
661
00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:47.340
is so instant nowadays, but we have to be a
662
00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:49.000
little patient and it'll get there.
663
00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:50.940
And at the time of recording this, it's like, it
664
00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.880
hasn't even been like a week in like a couple
665
00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.079
of days.
666
00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:53.320
No.
667
00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.840
A week and a half.
668
00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.219
Yeah.
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00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:56.019
You know what I mean? And folks are already trying
670
00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:58.510
to SOL it. You know what I mean? It's just like, well,
671
00:37:58.530 --> 00:38:00.949
what are we doing? You know? This is like, I
672
00:38:00.969 --> 00:38:03.230
understand we get caught up in movies, but I think
673
00:38:03.349 --> 00:38:05.369
everybody wants to be their own annual critic.
674
00:38:05.690 --> 00:38:05.909
Yes.
675
00:38:05.989 --> 00:38:08.349
But you can't really do it like the experts, ladies
676
00:38:08.369 --> 00:38:11.039
and gentlemen. I understand we have these voids, these free
677
00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:12.880
apps that we use. We do all these great things,
678
00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:16.559
but just be nice. You know what I mean? Be
679
00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.400
nice to everybody.
680
00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:24.190
But yeah, the team at Illphonic have been working really
681
00:38:24.250 --> 00:38:26.780
hard at it and Um, one of the things I
682
00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:29.909
think people don't talk about enough is the score of
683
00:38:30.010 --> 00:38:35.349
the game. Um, because that was something like obviously inspired
684
00:38:35.369 --> 00:38:37.789
by the original, but they were scoring the game at
685
00:38:37.829 --> 00:38:40.489
the same time we were recording as well. And so
686
00:38:40.550 --> 00:38:43.719
they created all this beautiful music for Haddonfield and they
687
00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:47.800
did a really wonderful job, I think, of bringing in, um,
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00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:53.130
the original while also making it feel, um, that that
689
00:38:53.449 --> 00:38:58.550
doom because I understand like the original Halloween theme, um,
690
00:38:59.010 --> 00:39:02.320
in some places can feel a little cheesy nowadays. I mean,
691
00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:06.699
budget movie. Um, but for the ASIM horror element, I
692
00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:12.099
think there's a lot that really brings that dread in, um,
693
00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:14.139
for that element. And I think that team did a
694
00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.980
really great job.
695
00:39:18.869 --> 00:39:20.449
Speak to this real quick. I feel like this is,
696
00:39:20.510 --> 00:39:22.329
this is, this is the question I always wanted to ask.
697
00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:27.119
You're in Haddonfield. Who are the other two civilians you're
698
00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:28.440
bringing with you to try to escape?
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00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:36.000
I'm a purist. I'm going to bring Annie and Linda.
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00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:45.409
Because that's who I am. It was exciting when we
701
00:39:46.030 --> 00:39:48.610
got announced the number of people that were like, I'm
702
00:39:48.630 --> 00:39:51.070
going to main... Laurie, Annie, and Linda. And I'm like,
703
00:39:51.269 --> 00:39:55.550
I am too. I do love some of the new characters.
704
00:39:55.610 --> 00:40:00.349
I love Tanya is one of my favorites of the new.
705
00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:05.000
I would probably, if they hadn't added any of the
706
00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.840
original characters, I would probably name Tanya. I think for sure.
707
00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:10.860
Aniris was a great job of her. And my mom's
708
00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:16.699
name is Tanya. So I have that relation with her,
709
00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:20.860
but I... I really like her. I, I like, um,
710
00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:25.769
how like easy it is for her to, um, connect
711
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with the civilians. And, um, I think, I think to me,
712
00:40:31.829 --> 00:40:34.909
you know, like Alexis, obviously beautiful and stuff like that,
713
00:40:34.949 --> 00:40:37.690
but there's something about Tanya that I'm like, this feels
714
00:40:37.710 --> 00:40:41.000
like a very classic citizen of Haddonfield. Like there's something
715
00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:43.960
about her that I'm, I would fully believe that she
716
00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.780
came from that world. If you didn't tell me that
717
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:48.820
she was made up for this game. And I really
718
00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.199
like that.
719
00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:54.219
Right? Yeah. You know, I'm surprised a lot more folks
720
00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:58.309
in the game don't use Marcus. I've main Michael. That's
721
00:40:58.349 --> 00:41:00.389
my whole thing. There's just some things going on with
722
00:41:00.429 --> 00:41:01.269
him they got to work out.
723
00:41:01.449 --> 00:41:01.570
Right.
724
00:41:01.769 --> 00:41:04.429
So I'm on the civilian side right now. But I'm like,
725
00:41:04.610 --> 00:41:07.949
why do not more people use Marcus? I'm a Lexus person.
726
00:41:07.989 --> 00:41:10.030
I'm going to have to get my throat ready for this.
727
00:41:10.429 --> 00:41:14.900
I'm an Alexis Purcell main. Yeah. That's the queen right
728
00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:16.460
now in the game. I know some Lori Flores are
729
00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:20.119
going to be like, You just said that? Yeah, I
730
00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.760
just said that. Yeah, yeah.
731
00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:27.579
That's just Purcell, you know? I think all of them
732
00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:32.119
have their particular strengths. I will say I found it
733
00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:35.579
so interesting, again, as someone who knows the character so well,
734
00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:38.340
that Laurie's resourcefulness was not higher. I was like, that
735
00:41:38.389 --> 00:41:42.030
was a very interesting choice to make. But again, I
736
00:41:42.050 --> 00:41:45.010
think just balance it. I was like, Her personality is
737
00:41:45.070 --> 00:41:48.400
real high, which is so funny because my friend, bless her,
738
00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:51.760
was failing some checks in the game when she was
739
00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:54.400
doing it to try and convince civilians. And they were like, yeah,
740
00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:57.219
because she can't talk to boys in the real movie,
741
00:41:57.239 --> 00:42:00.369
so she can't talk to them. And I was like, listen,
742
00:42:00.829 --> 00:42:03.449
I was like, she's not, she's actually supposed to be
743
00:42:03.489 --> 00:42:08.170
pretty good at, according to the game stats. I don't
744
00:42:08.230 --> 00:42:11.110
believe it. As someone who knows her very well, I
745
00:42:11.170 --> 00:42:15.409
don't believe it. But... um here we are so um
746
00:42:15.889 --> 00:42:19.670
but yeah.
747
00:42:18.210 --> 00:42:21.340
I but i and that's the funny thing about laurie
748
00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:23.099
and i think a lot of halloween fans can speak
749
00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:26.579
to this as well is that i feel like we
750
00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:30.139
never really got into like her like love life relationships
751
00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:33.000
on a deeper path like they've alluded to it and
752
00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:34.860
things like that but it would be very interesting to
753
00:42:34.909 --> 00:42:38.769
just see like if you were the gentleman dating her
754
00:42:39.269 --> 00:42:41.550
or at that time whatever she was interested in you
755
00:42:41.570 --> 00:42:44.170
know what i mean like How does that play when
756
00:42:44.210 --> 00:42:47.840
you have a man by the name of Michael just
757
00:42:48.090 --> 00:42:48.909
stalking at you?
758
00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.400
Right.
759
00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:53.079
The whole entire, every single where you go. Like at
760
00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:55.039
some point in time, I'm just like, all right, so
761
00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:59.219
is this your ex? Is this your ex? Dressed up
762
00:42:59.260 --> 00:42:59.800
in a mask.
763
00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.340
Yeah.
764
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You know what I mean?
765
00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:05.889
Yeah. I mean, obviously we get the Ben Tramer stuff
766
00:43:05.909 --> 00:43:08.489
with Laurie, which is interesting. And we get to see
767
00:43:08.510 --> 00:43:11.190
a little bit more of him in the second one. Yeah.
768
00:43:11.889 --> 00:43:16.389
Halloween 2. But I think it's the classic horror trope.
769
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We don't get to hear a lot about Lori's love life,
770
00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:23.559
but we can imply that she is a virgin, right?
771
00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:26.179
And so that's the big thing is why she's the
772
00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:30.320
final girl is because it's like the virgin is the
773
00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:33.340
last one sacrificed. The virgin is the one you go after.
774
00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:38.179
And so that's why Lori is the final girl that
775
00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:42.599
we know. So that's the implication behind it. And it's
776
00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:45.500
the same thing kind of with a lot of the
777
00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:48.039
other final girls that we see, right? It's sort of
778
00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:51.389
that same implication throughout. So that's why they do it.
779
00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:54.800
But a big part of like playing her and doing
780
00:43:54.860 --> 00:44:00.949
stuff within the booth was how prudish she is and how....
781
00:44:04.369 --> 00:44:04.849
What was the.
782
00:44:05.789 --> 00:44:09.659
word Bill liked to use, brooding. How brooding Laurie is
783
00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:12.719
about everything. Like, it's very, like, um, none of the
784
00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:15.199
guys are interested in me, blah, blah, blah. She's talking
785
00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:18.079
on the phone with Annie, and she's just so upset
786
00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:20.639
that she's, like, not going out and having a good
787
00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:24.409
time in the same way everybody else does, but ultimately
788
00:44:24.449 --> 00:44:28.469
her saving grace. So, very interesting. Kind of almost puritanical
789
00:44:29.449 --> 00:44:30.989
trope to put in mind.
790
00:44:31.010 --> 00:44:32.369
So true.
791
00:44:34.190 --> 00:44:34.730
It's true.
792
00:44:34.789 --> 00:44:35.429
So true.
793
00:44:35.730 --> 00:44:39.889
So that's what saved her ultimately. For sure, for sure.
794
00:44:40.150 --> 00:44:44.349
She's a very sympathetic character, and I love her. And
795
00:44:44.369 --> 00:44:46.469
there was a long time where people would ask me
796
00:44:46.489 --> 00:44:49.090
the question, like, which of your characters do you relate
797
00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:52.400
to the most? And I was like, gosh, none of them.
798
00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:56.440
I play a lot of villains. I play a lot
799
00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:58.659
of young kids and stuff like that. And I was like,
800
00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:01.760
I don't really relate to most of them. And when
801
00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:06.360
I started thinking about it, I was like, you know what, Lori, I,
802
00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:08.920
you know, Lori speaks to a lot of who I
803
00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:13.949
was when I was her age. And even now, in
804
00:45:14.030 --> 00:45:20.670
some senses, there's, again, that resourcefulness. I'm a little bit
805
00:45:20.710 --> 00:45:23.530
more of a homebody. I'm someone who stays in and
806
00:45:23.590 --> 00:45:26.170
does the work and, you know, all the right things.
807
00:45:26.230 --> 00:45:30.170
Like that's who I was very much. So, um, I
808
00:45:30.389 --> 00:45:32.489
did not date, I didn't do any of that. So
809
00:45:32.510 --> 00:45:34.969
it's one of those where I'm like, I relate to
810
00:45:35.010 --> 00:45:38.179
Lori a lot, actually. So I'm going to go now
811
00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:39.909
that I get, if I get asked the question again,
812
00:45:40.409 --> 00:45:43.179
the answer to the question is Lori Strode. So, um,
813
00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:45.900
which is cool. Cause it's not often we get to
814
00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:50.579
play again, people that, uh, we, connect to and understand,
815
00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:55.760
but I do understand a lot of who Lori is
816
00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:58.860
because I would have been the same girl and I
817
00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:02.530
would sure hope that I could have also survived Michael
818
00:46:02.550 --> 00:46:05.650
Myers in 1978 Haddonfield.
819
00:46:07.090 --> 00:46:10.349
No, you know what? As we wrap up everything, you know,
820
00:46:10.409 --> 00:46:14.159
I sit sights and sounds and a lot of folks
821
00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:18.280
don't realize in podcasting we get the job to some
822
00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:22.639
amazing polarizing conversations. It doesn't matter where folks are in
823
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.610
their life. When you get to hear these fun stories,
824
00:46:26.210 --> 00:46:29.690
it's just so humbling. It's rewarding because you're sitting here,
825
00:46:29.710 --> 00:46:31.949
you're playing the game. And I'll be honest, this is
826
00:46:31.989 --> 00:46:33.409
a fun fact. I'm going to let everybody know this.
827
00:46:34.110 --> 00:46:36.329
I play Halloween the game. I'm playing on both sides.
828
00:46:36.889 --> 00:46:40.210
I haven't even picked Lori yet. Purposely. Because I said,
829
00:46:40.230 --> 00:46:42.860
I'm not picking her. And I don't want to finish
830
00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:45.920
the story until Chelsea Krause comes on the podcast. There
831
00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:48.920
you go. Straight up. Straight up. Because I'm like, I
832
00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:51.280
now want to immerse myself into this. You know what
833
00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:55.679
I mean? And really get to feel just everything she
834
00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:58.670
was saying. You know what I mean? So it's always
835
00:46:58.710 --> 00:47:00.289
just nice and fun when you, when you can get,
836
00:47:00.349 --> 00:47:03.150
when you get these insider scoops and things like that.
837
00:47:03.269 --> 00:47:09.030
Yes. For sure. I, well, that's, it'll be really fun
838
00:47:09.090 --> 00:47:12.500
for you to like now know my journey a little
839
00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:16.889
bit of what we were doing. And yeah, my time
840
00:47:16.929 --> 00:47:21.159
in the booth and stuff like that. What's very interesting,
841
00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:23.039
like I said, because I was telling you earlier, right,
842
00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:28.000
that certain lines took a lot longer than others. But
843
00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:31.869
there's a very iconic line that I think most people know.
844
00:47:31.889 --> 00:47:36.369
And they'll be pleased to know that one I got,
845
00:47:38.030 --> 00:47:41.670
I think, in two takes. And I think most people
846
00:47:41.730 --> 00:47:48.269
know the one, and it's the was the boogeyman that
847
00:47:48.409 --> 00:47:54.409
one was fast um and uh my favorite line though
848
00:47:54.610 --> 00:47:59.920
to say is the keys the keys uh so when
849
00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:02.239
you guys are going through and playing that you can
850
00:48:02.300 --> 00:48:05.679
know that those are um two of my favorite moments
851
00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:08.849
and moments that i got pretty quick from from watching
852
00:48:08.949 --> 00:48:12.730
and and knowing and So those are fun things whenever
853
00:48:12.769 --> 00:48:15.650
you go play story mode that you can know and
854
00:48:15.730 --> 00:48:18.449
understand as well. But that, that, that touches me. I
855
00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:23.039
hope that you enjoy playing as Lori. And if you
856
00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:25.199
need to go back to Alexis, cause Lori is just
857
00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:25.699
too much.
858
00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:32.239
I understand. I'm all for it. Let's go.
859
00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:38.570
But, um, yeah, I, I, if nothing else, even if
860
00:48:38.730 --> 00:48:44.380
people don't, um, care for it perfectly fine. Um, but
861
00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:47.699
I hope, you know, from talking with you and, and, uh,
862
00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:51.619
I hope people can see the passion that went into it.
863
00:48:51.809 --> 00:48:56.050
And then I promise, like I worked very hard at it. Um,
864
00:48:56.389 --> 00:48:59.030
even if you don't think it's, it's great, perfectly fine.
865
00:48:59.469 --> 00:49:04.030
I understand that. Um, but I do want people to
866
00:49:04.070 --> 00:49:06.610
know and understand how much care did go into it.
867
00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:10.059
And I, I'm hoping that that comes through. So, um,
868
00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:14.380
but I, I appreciate you. I appreciate you taking this
869
00:49:14.420 --> 00:49:16.929
time and talking with me and learning about it. No,
870
00:49:16.949 --> 00:49:17.670
for sure.
871
00:49:17.690 --> 00:49:21.750
This is what it is. about, you know. Before we
872
00:49:21.769 --> 00:49:24.739
get out of here, though, close us out with two
873
00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:26.300
ways I'm going to get you to close the podcast.
874
00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:30.119
I'm going to do something impromptu here. How do we
875
00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:38.340
get 1% better in because you're a voice actress, right? Actor, actress, right?
876
00:49:39.869 --> 00:49:42.449
How can we get better, 1% better, with using our
877
00:49:42.489 --> 00:49:44.309
voice to really amplify the world?
878
00:49:52.210 --> 00:50:02.550
Stop embracing cringe culture. To be cringe is to be free,
879
00:50:02.889 --> 00:50:08.260
you know, as the kids say or whatever. Stop Being
880
00:50:08.460 --> 00:50:14.530
so worried about how you are being perceived that it
881
00:50:14.730 --> 00:50:17.949
stifles you. And I mean that in a lot of ways.
882
00:50:18.449 --> 00:50:23.219
That is a multifaceted answer. That is both in your
883
00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:28.860
professional and personal life. Speak up about the things that
884
00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:33.260
are important to you in your personal life. Don't be
885
00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:36.349
so afraid of being perceived in a certain way that
886
00:50:36.369 --> 00:50:40.570
you're so afraid to speak your mind. And equally, if
887
00:50:40.710 --> 00:50:46.010
you are voice actor, actor, whomever, when you watch a performance,
888
00:50:46.070 --> 00:50:50.130
and this is on stage, I think we've all seen
889
00:50:50.150 --> 00:50:53.010
a high school production of something at some point in
890
00:50:53.050 --> 00:50:56.489
our lives. Who did you think was the better actor?
891
00:50:57.869 --> 00:51:00.110
The guy that they pulled in because they needed more
892
00:51:00.210 --> 00:51:03.909
boys on stage and he's just kind of phoning in
893
00:51:03.949 --> 00:51:06.199
his lines and not doing much because he wants to
894
00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:10.079
seem cool. Or the kid who really learned what they
895
00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:12.880
were supposed to do, did their blocking, did their homework,
896
00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:16.800
and really is giving it their all. Who's the better actor?
897
00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:20.380
I think most of us know. You know what I'm saying?
898
00:51:20.820 --> 00:51:23.059
And that's the thing. I have a lot of students
899
00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:27.210
that come to me and they're doing stuff and they...
900
00:51:27.530 --> 00:51:31.219
They get so sheepish around me. And I'm like, why?
901
00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:36.320
You're holding yourself back. I'd be more embarrassed about the
902
00:51:36.360 --> 00:51:38.900
performance you just gave me because you were holding back
903
00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:41.739
than anything that you're going to do, however ugly your
904
00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:47.309
face gets, however loud you go, however what, whatever. You're
905
00:51:47.349 --> 00:51:51.409
more into it. You're giving me a better performance. I
906
00:51:51.530 --> 00:51:55.869
like that. I'm not going to judge you. based upon
907
00:51:55.989 --> 00:52:00.199
what you're doing to get there. I make the ugliest faces.
908
00:52:00.619 --> 00:52:05.420
I do. Don't be afraid of that if it's going
909
00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:08.460
to get you to greatness. People are so afraid of
910
00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:10.840
how everybody else is going to perceive you. And to
911
00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:12.820
our credit, we've been talking about it again and again
912
00:52:12.860 --> 00:52:17.119
and again on this podcast. Everyone is not going to
913
00:52:17.179 --> 00:52:20.420
like you. Everyone is not going to like what you do.
914
00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:24.730
But so that the majority can, Sometimes we have to
915
00:52:24.769 --> 00:52:26.909
get a little ugly. And like I said, that's the
916
00:52:26.969 --> 00:52:33.690
personal and professional lives. So embrace the cringe and get
917
00:52:33.769 --> 00:52:37.289
rid of the idea of the cringe culture and just
918
00:52:37.869 --> 00:52:40.869
get that out of your mind. Stop worrying about being
919
00:52:40.949 --> 00:52:46.030
perceived so much and just do the most you can
920
00:52:46.329 --> 00:52:50.349
at all times. And I think that will increase even
921
00:52:50.429 --> 00:52:52.769
more than 1%.
922
00:52:53.599 --> 00:53:01.070
Wow. Wow. Just, again, you're a storyteller. I'm just going
923
00:53:01.090 --> 00:53:05.610
to say that. You are a storyteller. It's the story
924
00:53:05.650 --> 00:53:08.090
that's from point A to point B to point C.
925
00:53:09.449 --> 00:53:11.550
Ladies and gentlemen, go back, listen, listen to what she
926
00:53:11.590 --> 00:53:15.679
said there. If you caught anything in the conversation, that
927
00:53:15.739 --> 00:53:19.099
part holds a lot of weight. Because I got goosebumps.
928
00:53:20.260 --> 00:53:27.070
Got goosebumps, you know? Chelsea Krause, such a conversation. You're great.
929
00:53:27.269 --> 00:53:28.090
You're great at what you do.
930
00:53:28.380 --> 00:53:28.659
Thank you.
931
00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:31.039
Watching your journey, you know, and things like that and
932
00:53:31.059 --> 00:53:33.039
whatever else you get caught up to. I feel like
933
00:53:33.079 --> 00:53:36.659
the sky's the limit for you. There's no ceiling on you.
934
00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:39.250
No ceiling whatsoever. You know what I mean? And those
935
00:53:39.309 --> 00:53:42.050
are my thoughtful words that I can give to you
936
00:53:42.090 --> 00:53:45.210
here on the Mitchell Point Unleashed podcast. But close us
937
00:53:45.269 --> 00:53:47.530
out in the voice, Laurie Strode.
938
00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:57.059
Thank you all so much for being here, for supporting
939
00:53:57.559 --> 00:54:03.460
this podcast. And I hope that all of you can
940
00:54:03.500 --> 00:54:08.780
go forth, whether in Haddonfield or in life. And yeah,
941
00:54:09.989 --> 00:54:13.809
do your best every day. Make an impact on yourself
942
00:54:13.869 --> 00:54:17.769
and others. And just be the best human that you can.
943
00:54:18.349 --> 00:54:24.469
It's all you can ask for. And the real question
944
00:54:26.110 --> 00:54:27.190
was the boogeyman.
945
00:54:32.219 --> 00:54:38.579
Wow. Wow, I got chills. Ladies and gentlemen, Chelsea Krause,
946
00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:40.099
Mitchell Portley's podcast.
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