Jennifer English has had fairly a busy few years, together with her newest position being 16-year-old Maelle within the newest GOTY contender, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Based on a current Twitch stream that includes English and her associate, Aliona Baranova – who has her personal minor position in Clair Obscur and was a efficiency director on Baldur’s Gate 3 – English was the quick high contender for the position.
English is way from new to the voice-acting business, with credit in Elden Ring and Divinity: Authentic Sin 2, however her efficiency as Shadowheart within the critically-acclaimed 2023 RPG, Baldur’s Gate 3, stole followers’ hearts. Subsequently, the voice of Shadowheart, lovingly dubbed “God’s favourite princess,” turned extensively recognizable. Nonetheless, that seemingly wasn’t true for the Clair Obscur devs.
English explains that when casting for the position of Maelle, blind auditions passed off. This implies these casting the position did not know the names’ of the actors in an effort to keep away from any type of bias.
Moreover, English claims that these at Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio Sandfall Interactive had even been taking part in Baldur’s Gate 3, however apparently did not discover that Shadowheart herself was the one auditioning.
Based on Baranova, Clair Obscur’s narrative lead, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen “knew inside seconds that Jen’s voice […] was Maelle.”
It is secure to say that no matter a blind audition or not, followers will proceed to listen to English’s voice in future roles that steal the present.
