Beowulf Gets Hollywood Voice Talent

Beowulf a "Dark Age gangster"!

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Ray Winstone playing with himself.
Ray Winstone playing with himself.
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Ubisoft's upcoming epic, Beowulf, is set to get the voice talent and likenesses of the Robert Zemeckis film's stars. Included on the list is the leading man, Ray Winstone, and none other than Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins!

As well as Winstone, who plays Beowulf, and Hopkins, who plays King Hrothgar, Brendan Gleeson and Sebastien Roche will reprise their roles as Wiglaf and Wulfgar. You can stop laughing at their daft names now.

“This is the first time I’ve worked on a video game, and I must say it was one of the hardest working days of my career", confessed Ray Winstone. “But it was vital to capturing the power of the film and translating that into a great gaming experience. Beowulf is a brutal character, a Dark Age-gangster with both hero and monster in him ... as a player, I can identify with the monster slayer.”

Dark-Age gangster! If SPOnG wasn't sold on Beowulf before, we bloody well are now. We were wondering how the cockney hardman and West Ham fan had wound up in an historic hack-'n'-slash.

“These performances stir us like a great soundtrack does - you get shivers. The starring actors lend authenticity and intensity to the Beowulf video game experience, something that was indispensable in order for us to extend the story beyond the movie”, said Gabrielle Shrager, writer and lead story designer for the Beowulf video game. “The actors seamlessly translated their characters’ depth and emotion, breathing life into their video game roles as they did for the film.”

Everyone feeling suitably loved-up after that? Good. Now go check out SPOnG's dedicated Beowulf game page for screens, trailers and more.
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daz 25 Oct 2007 20:34
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thats all well and good but:

Hollywood Voices a good game does not make
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