PlayStation LifeStyle spoke with famend voice actor Yuri Lowenthal about a few of his latest and most beloved roles in video video games. Lowenthal mentioned being considerably of a newcomer to the Mortal Kombat franchise and his fondness for his Persona 4 character.
Spencer Legacy: A latest position that you just’ve finished is Smoke in Mortal Kombat 1, which simply got here out, and this model’s extra concerned in the primary story than previous ones. What was it like to come back to that franchise and do all these nasty screams for the Fatalities?
Yuri Lowenthal: It was very new to me in that I used to be not massively into Mortal Kombat earlier than. I imply, all people is aware of Mortal Kombat. I had performed Mortal Kombat, however for years, I had simply not been paying consideration. So I embarrassed myself once I received into the primary session with Dominic Cianciolo, who wrote it and who additionally directed the voice classes with me. I used to be like, “So, inform me all about this new character, Smoke.” And he’s like, “Smoke’s not new. [Laughs]. We haven’t seen him shortly, however he’s not a brand new character. Let me offer you some historical past.”
However so far as the sounds go, I imply, that’s a part of my job on the common. I’ve labored on so many various video video games and all of them embody, for essentially the most half, various deaths. So many of those video games are fight video games and with you getting set on fireplace and having bones damaged and getting shot within the head. That stuff is form of my métier or my wheelhouse. What was fascinating is, pondering again, I’m making an attempt to recollect precisely what the route was, however I’m fairly positive we did lots of completely different stuff to cowl lots of completely different floor, after which they will need to have constructed the Fatalities or constructed the sounds from items of the issues that we recorded. So even once I was recording it, I didn’t know precisely what it was going to seem like particularly.
One other big character that you just performed was Yosuke Hanamura. How do you look again on that point enjoying him in Persona 4 and thru the completely different spin-offs?
Yosuke is my Brosuke. [Laughs]. I really like him a lot. I believe a part of that’s … of the characters that I play, he’s very simply one of many ones that’s closest to who I’m in actual life. I’m type of awkward and goofy and I’m uncertain of issues. I really like my buddies to an enormous diploma. So I’ll at all times love Yosuke and I’ll at all times hope that they maintain bringing him again, whether or not it’s a dancing sport or a remake — no matter it’s. I’d at all times love to come back again to Yosuke as a result of I really like that man and I really like that franchise and the group of those that I received to play with.
You’ve voiced Spider-Man and also you’ve voiced Superman. What’s one other large hero you’re actually hoping that you just get to take a crack at?
Man, I’m a nerd from method again, so there’s a lot that I really like. There are nonetheless swimming pools that I’d like to play in. I’ve at all times wished to play Batman, and I at all times auditioned for Batman, regardless that I do know that my voice tends extra in direction of Robin. [Laughs]. Let’s be sincere, between Batman and Robin, I’m at all times going to be Robin, however I nonetheless at all times shoot for it. I’ve at all times liked Moon Knight, which is mainly Marvel’s reply to Batman. For the reason that ’80s, I’ve liked that character as properly. I’m at all times pushing Brian Intihar is sick of listening to me attempt to get Moon Knight into any of the Spider-Man video games. [Laughs]. However, in fact, I’ve screwed myself by enjoying Spider-Man, as a result of now they’ll by no means let me additionally play Moon Knight!
I really like the the BPRD universe, the Hellboy universe that Mike Mignola created.Whereas I don’t ever see myself enjoying Hellboy and there have been better folks to play it earlier than me who I really like, I really like that universe. If we may ever do a BPRD present or a sport or one thing like that, that’d be one other. We may do that all day. I used to be going to Dr. Who and Star Trek conventions since highschool, so my fandoms are many. [Laughs.] I really like style materials, whether or not it’s fantasy or horror or sci-fi and superheroes. I simply adore it. Whereas I’ve been fortunate sufficient to play Superman and Spider-Man and He-Man — I’ve been enjoying the Mans — there’s nonetheless lots extra. I definitely don’t really feel that the properly goes to go dry anytime quickly.
I hope you get to be Abe Sapien or Johann Kraus or one thing — that’d be actually thrilling.
I at all times wished to play Lobster Johnson!
