‘Starfield’ protagonist was nearly voiced by ‘Deux Ex’ and ‘The Owl House’ stars
nme.comStarfield features a silent main character, actor Elias Toufexis has revealed he spent “months” voicing the game’s protagonist before being moved to another role.Toufexis, best known for voicing Adam Jensen in the Deus Ex series, took to Twitter yesterday (November 8) to confirm he was originally hired to be the players’ voice in Starfield, along with BAFTA-winning voice actor and The Owl House star Cissy Jones.“We worked for months,” he shared (via Gamesradar), although developer Bethesda Softworks ultimately decided to scrap the main character’s voice-acted lines.However, it wasn’t all bad news.
Toufexis and Jones were instead given two different leading roles as members of Constellation – Toufexis as spacefaring cowboy Sam Coe, and Jones as ex-spy Andreja.
Both characters can be recruited as companions (and even married) by the player, giving them major parts to play in Starfield.“Games never do this,” said Toufexis. “Once you’re out you’re out.
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