Current Events > Matthew Mercer learns he's auditioning for Vincent in Rebirth during recording

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https://youtube.com/shorts/tT3ns1g3t0Y?si=2NruhKvDcIkDkY2d

They brought him in to voice random NPCs, and then were like "okay, but what if we had you voice this character instead?"

That's an interesting way to do it I guess?

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

Not unheard of with video game dubbing in particular. Supposedly it's to help prevent leaks.

Compsognathus posted...

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

I don't know who that is but judging by your post he's some kind of big star. Shows a lot of humility imo.

Compsognathus posted...

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

FF7R had a surprising number of big name VAs doing background voices.

Compsognathus posted...

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

There were a ton of large names, many who did minor characters in this. Cristina Vee voiced random nameless villagers in this as well.

SauI_Goodman posted...

I don't know who that is but judging by your post he's some kind of big star. Shows a lot of humility imo.

Matthew Mercer is a well-known VA. Now known for doing tabletop DnD game shows, but he still does voice work, too.

I think his first major voicing role was Leon Kennedy in the original RE2.

Xenogears15 posted...

Matthew Mercer is a well-known VA. Now known for doing tabletop DnD game shows, but he still does voice work, too.

I think his first major voicing role was Leon Kennedy in the original RE2.

Oh wow I should have known him as a tabletop gamer and from re 2

When does he find time to sleep?

Xenogears15 posted...

Matthew Mercer is a well-known VA. Now known for doing tabletop DnD game shows, but he still does voice work, too.

I think his first major voicing role was Leon Kennedy in the original RE2.

RE6.

SauI_Goodman posted...

I don't know who that is but judging by your post he's some kind of big star. Shows a lot of humility imo.

Matt Mercer is probably best known for being the dungeon master for Critical Role (by far the biggest D&D actual play show on the internet). But the dude's list of credits would stretch half way around the goddamn globe. He's an incredible voice acter and he's in everything. Seriously, just go to his IMDB and start scrolling. You've heard his voice before, I guarantee it. And he does seem to be a genuinely great dude as far as I'm aware.

Matthew Mercer is like Samuel L. Jackson.

If you can afford him, he'll be in your project.

Xenogears15 posted...

Matthew Mercer is a well-known VA. Now known for doing tabletop DnD game shows, but he still does voice work, too.

I think his first major voicing role was Leon Kennedy in the original RE2.

he was not the voice of Leon in the original game. That was Paul Haddad (RIP)

he voiced Leon in RE6

CrimsonGear80 posted...

he was not the voice of Leon in the original game. That was Paul Haddad (RIP)

he voiced Leon in RE6

My bad, I thought he was in it from the get go.

He's McCree Cassidy from Overwatch.

CrimsonGear80 posted...

he was not the voice of Leon in the original game. That was Paul Haddad (RIP)

he voiced Leon in RE6

Which was a lazy as hell impression of Paul Mercier's performance.

I remember when he was mostly seen as doing the roles Troy Baker would not do anymore after going full union...but now he's doing more then Troy.

I mean he was Ganondorf, he took Steve's role as Vincent, he's in Persona 5, Balder's Gate 3, he leveled up to one of the top VA's at the moment.

Damn, the dude has been doing voices since 2001.

Compsognathus posted...

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

A lot of big names still do background actors. Nolan North and Steve Blum can be heard doing the voices of random thugs in the Arhkam games.

What a weird thing to do.

I was looking through the voice cast of background characters and nearly everyone I could think of was in there. Plus Arin Hanson, that one was weird.

Also this makes me wonder how actor contracts work, that they can just sorta throw this at him randomly like that.

SauI_Goodman posted...

I don't know who that is but judging by your post he's some kind of big star. Shows a lot of humility imo.

Matt mercer used to be called the budget troy baker because he used to be the replacement voice for a lot of the anime and japanese video game VA roles troy left (One of the more famous ones is kanji in persona 4 golden replacing troy's kanji in PS2 persona 4. Also yamato from naruto shippuden. Like not in a insult way, but in a "hes good and basically sounds like a exact copy" kind of thing). You can see the pretty sizeable list for the amount of times matt took over a role that troy used to have:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/MatthewMercer

Matt mercer is good though and came into his own years ago. Its at that point where we need a budget matt mercer that was a budget troy baker.

Matt did eventually get tired of the budget troy baker thing though and that is the reason he turned down voicing yuri for that tales of vesperia definitive edition release.

Melchar posted...

I was looking through the voice cast of background characters and nearly everyone I could think of was in there. Plus Arin Hanson, that one was weird.

Also this makes me wonder how actor contracts work, that they can just sorta throw this at him randomly like that.

Arin's in Remake too, he's one of the muscleheads in the gym IIRC.

Melchar posted...

Also this makes me wonder how actor contracts work, that they can just sorta throw this at him randomly like that.

In the gaming studios I've worked in, the writing team would pitch the script to the director and he'd personally work to contact agents to cast the roles, since he'd already know from the finance dudes what's going on.

In indie studios, you'd be surprised how far a nice DM and asking their line rate gets you. A lot of the recurring VA are surprisingly affordable, and bored celebrities can happen. E.G: Sean Bean only wanted like 1k for Kholat for whatever reason.

Edit: In a huge AAA budget like this, Matt Mercer was obviously offered a generous salary for some easy work and he took the bait, or the same thing happened but they obviously offered him a better contract right after the gag.

AuthenticZac posted...

Steve Blum

It will never not be funny to me that the dude occupies literally the entirety of Doom 3.

ThePieReborn posted...

It will never not be funny to me that the dude occupies literally the entirety of Doom 3.

Blum was everywhere in the mid-200s. From Toonami to Adult Swim, to tons of different games. He was that era's Troy Baker

AuthenticZac posted...

Blum was everywhere in the mid-200s. From Toonami to Adult Swim, to tons of different games. He was that era's Troy Baker

That era had a lot of people. Yuri Lowenthal, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Blum, Crispin Freeman, Jamieson Price, Michelle Ruff, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Laura Bailey were in everything. That was my favorite era of video game dubs tbh.

Melchar posted...

Plus Arin Hanson, that one was weird.

He's been in some tv shows, too. He actually has a reasonable voice acting portfolio.

Compsognathus posted...

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

VAing probably doesnt pay that much, so he probably just takes everything he can

DKBananaSlamma posted...

VAing probably doesnt pay that much, so he probably just takes everything he can

while thats kinda the case.. his role as the DM from Critical role you would think would allow him to really scale back in how much VA work he does.. but unlike the rest of Critical Role.. He still does a healthy amount of voice work

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

That era had a lot of people. Yuri Lowenthal, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Blum, Crispin Freeman, Jamieson Price, Michelle Ruff, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Laura Bailey were in everything. That was my favorite era of video game dubs tbh.

Lots of those people are still active too

I think he just enjoys it honestly, as big as Critical Role is I doubt he needs to do this much voice acting for the money.

MaxEffingBemis posted...

Lots of those people are still active too

They are but a lot of them are unionized so they don't get as many roles anymore. Yuri Lowenthal was doing NPC work for a while in like CoD and stuff until he got the Peter Parker role, IIRC.

Yeah, CR absolutely makes enough money that he and all the rest could probably stop voice acting if they wanted to.

But realistically, the party really just need to get together for a few hours a week to play DnD to keep the CR money rolling in. May as well make extra money VAing on the side. Also keeps up your portfolio if/when CR ever loses popularity. Matt's a bit more insane though, he's doing a fair bit more than just showing up and playing since he's the GM.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

They are but a lot of them are unionized so they don't get as many roles anymore. Yuri Lowenthal was doing NPC work for a while in like CoD and stuff until he got the Peter Parker role, IIRC.

Thats wack that they arent getting as many roles anymore because theyre union

Compsognathus posted...

It's kinda wild to me that someone like Matthew Mercer still takes roles as minor background characters to begin with.

Dudes in it for the love of the game.

And money, also probably money.

AuthenticZac posted...

A lot of big names still do background actors. Nolan North and Steve Blum can be heard doing the voices of random thugs in the Arhkam games.

I make it a point to hunt for Steve Blum's voice in pretty much anything I watch.

After Cowboy Bebop, Toonami, Digimon Frontier, and Amon, I can pick up his particular cadence anywhere.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

That era had a lot of people. Yuri Lowenthal, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Blum, Crispin Freeman, Jamieson Price, Michelle Ruff, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Laura Bailey were in everything. That was my favorite era of video game dubs tbh.

A lot of these are in Rebirth.

NightRender posted...

What a weird thing to do.

He's worked with Square Enix a number of times before, otherwise I'd agree.

Thats wack that they arent getting as many roles anymore because theyre union

he and a lot of other actors got recast for things like Persona 3's remake and the FF7 remake so they could hire " cheaper" actors, its getting rather ugly.