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Metaphor: ReFantaziois, without a doubt, one of this year’sbest JRPGs.
But it also owes a lot to its delightful cast of characters.
But from day one, I had an immediate favorite Leon Strohl.
“He’s quite cocky.
There’s a lot of talking back to authority,” he says of the introductory scene.
“Very quickly I was like, ‘Oh, wait, that’s not him.
This is not him!’
And I remember going… ‘We need to go back.
We need to redo that first scene.'”
Thrown in at the deep end
But what was Clarke’s first day voicing Strohl like?
Intense, by the sound of it.
For Clarke, it was a huge personal highlight.
“It was just fun,” he laughs.
Welcome to the gig, here you go, do an awakening scene."
That aside, he beams at the simple joy of expression it allowed for.
“It was just great fun watching the animatic being like, ‘I’m in an anime scene.
This is just great!
Like he’s having a power-up moment, he’s going Super Saiyan.'”
“Honestly, I was like, ‘What is going on?'”
“I just wanted to say butthole, and I didn’t get to say butthole.
That was sad.”
“I just wanted to say butthole, and I didn’t get to say butthole.
That was sad.”
And then they were like, ‘Can you just say Persona?’
I was like, ‘Why am I saying Persona?
What game is this?'”
he recalls, grinning.
Would Clarke be down to reprise his role if given the chance, though?
“Of course!”
he says, without a moment’s hesitation.
“It’s beyond me, it’s not in my court, but yeah.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
