Jennifer Hale wants the Mass Effect voice actress to be in the series

A few months ago, Prime Video announced that the ball was starting to roll TV adaptation for Mass effect. For fans, each game’s teammates are part of the franchise’s charm – so much so Jennifer Halewho voiced the female version of Commander ShepardHe thinks the show should include them.

In conversation with EurogamerHale said she wouldn’t be happy if she came back to reprise Shepard “in any form,” including in the fifth game BioWare is currently in development. Both she and her Shepard co-star Mark Meer gained fame as voice actors in the original trilogy, and she still loves the sci-fi RPG series. Her biggest wish for the show, aside from making Shepard the canonical version? Get her and her fellow voice actors from the games to appear in the series in some capacity. In her opinion, the upcoming series “should contain as much of the original”Mass effect) filled with as many cameos, Easter eggs and recurring or regular (roles) as possible. I think it would be an absolutely brilliant move.”

Since last summer Video game voice actor have gone on strike against triple-A studios like Rockstar and WB Games. Even though their voices are so important to game characters, not every voice actor is allowed to appear in their live-action or animated adaptations. There are exceptions like this The Last of Us leads on the HBO show or Reed Shannon as Ekko Arcane And Legends of Runeterra, but most of the time it is like that bigger names take on these roles. Hale believes to bet that Mass effect The cast of this future adaptation could help highlight a community full of “some of the most brilliant artists I’ve ever met,” and whether she or someone else is in this show, she’s ready “for the smart production company to quit.” , something to miss.” this gold mine.”

Luckily for Hale, Mass Effects Longtime executive producer Mike Gamble will be involved in the show. So if so does When it comes to introducing Shepard and her friends in some way, he could help find a way for them and other actors like Brandon Keener (Garrus) or Tricia Helfer (EDI) to appear in a scene or lend their voices , if only to say something This is her favorite shop in the citadel.

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