An Interview with Luke Allen-Gale the Voice of Zenos Yae Galvus
Luke was so gracious to come on the channel and we had such a great time talking all sorts of different things from Zenos to acting in general. Such a bright, intelligent, and warm person. Huge shout out to my Patreon supporters for making this interview possible. There are Chapter markers for easy viewing though I recommend watching it in its entirety! (of course I would say that...eyeroll)
More About Luke:
Luke grew up in the British Westcountry. It’s pretty much home to JRR Tolkien’s inspiration, alongside swathes of Wales, for the Hobbits and Hobbiton. Super easy living. Beer comes in Pints though. I attended the prestigious Drama Centre London which has now sadly closed its doors and have been in all sorts of shows since graduating in 2008 including Ripper Street on BBC, Dominion on Syfy, Genius on Nat Geo. I was also in a terrible rebooted film for Doom (yes, that video game) and I’ve voiced many characters over the years for games like FFXIV, Forza & Ryse and film - Ghibli’s Arrietty. Check out my IMDB here: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3012604/
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Were you Given a lot of Freedom in the Booth?
02:54 Did you Feel Pressure being a canon Final Fantasy Villain?
04:00 Finding the Truth in an "Evil" Character
05:00 What was the Physicality Of Zenos Like for You?
07:14 Does Zenos Peacock and Strut?
09:00 Spoiler Warning
09:26 How Does He Feel About the Resolution of Zenos?
10:50 Yin-Yang between Zenos and Warrior of Light
12:01 Zenos' Drug and Addiction
12:46 Discussing the Final Zenos Moments
13:47 What are your interactions with the Game Audience?
15:22 When did You wrap Recording?
16:51 What Decision Would Zenos Make At the End?
17:57 What Would Have Happened if Things Ended Differently?
18:26 Zenos Doesn't Die....
18:52 The Slow Growth From Stormblood to Endwalker...
19:30 Zenos Needs Someone Who Understands Him...
20:25 Did You Know If You'd Be Back?
21:30 Being possessed by an Ascian...
22:57 First Impressions of Zenos To Now?
24:00 How do I feel About Him Now?
25:08 Getting Comfortable With a Character..
26:14 Being Okay With Doing it "Wrong"
26:27 Opera vs. Voiceover
27:14 The Nuance of Voiceover
28:33 A Moment of Praise
28:45 Whats your favorite line?
29:24 What was Your Inspo for Zenos?
30:31 Favorite Zenos Memes...?
31:30 How Many Takes to Master "A Test Of Your Reflexes?"
32:35 Did you Listen to your Japanese Counterpart?
33:50 The Troubles with Translation/Localization
34:55 How do you feel about the Zenos Fanbase?
35:17 How did you manage the emotional and idealistic challenges?
36:00 Addiction to the Goal
36:23 Power Sexual
37:10 Did you have to decompress post recording sessions?
37:53 What Line read Did you Struggle with the Most and Most Proud of?
39:37 Sicard Experience
40:13 Which Did you Prefer? Zenos? Or Shinryu - Primal form Zenos?
41:18 The Pleasure of Shinryu and Power Playing
41:42 Is Zenos Evil Or Just Misunderstood?
42:46 "A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES"
43:00 What's your favorite Color?
43:57 Endwalker Trailer
50:00 The Power of Music for Storytelling
51:00 How Music aids in Telling a Story
52:22 Praise for the FFXIV Community
CREDITS:
Developer: Square Enix
Designer: Nobuaki Komoto
Composers: Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Singers: Sam Carter (Architecs), Amanda Achen
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