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Batman: Arkham Origins voice actor says taking on the role of Batman is 'great and scary'
Coming from a Polygon interview with Batman voice actor Roger Craig Smith...
"At the time I don't think I knew exactly what the audition was for, or what the character was. [Casting directors] will sometimes choose words very carefully as far as dialogue goes, so actors don't feel tempted to tweet out something like, 'Oh, I think I just auditioned for a new Batman game!'
Funny story about that whole sequence: when I left the callback audition I remember looking around going, where's Troy Baker?. I texted the casting director and said, 'Hey guys, do you have Troy on this? He'd be perfect.' And they were like, 'Yeah about that...' At the time I didn't know he was already cast as the Joker.
This is a great, tremendous opportunity, but this is scary. It can be received and perceived many different ways. And sometimes its a little fearful: you go in and do what you do behind a microphone, but a lot of people are responsible for creating these projects and the character and these games, so you don't have a tremendous amount of control. You go into this going — I got this iconic role and I'm super fortunate to have this opportunity, but holy cow, I hope this goes well."
Full interview here
"At the time I don't think I knew exactly what the audition was for, or what the character was. [Casting directors] will sometimes choose words very carefully as far as dialogue goes, so actors don't feel tempted to tweet out something like, 'Oh, I think I just auditioned for a new Batman game!'
Funny story about that whole sequence: when I left the callback audition I remember looking around going, where's Troy Baker?. I texted the casting director and said, 'Hey guys, do you have Troy on this? He'd be perfect.' And they were like, 'Yeah about that...' At the time I didn't know he was already cast as the Joker.
This is a great, tremendous opportunity, but this is scary. It can be received and perceived many different ways. And sometimes its a little fearful: you go in and do what you do behind a microphone, but a lot of people are responsible for creating these projects and the character and these games, so you don't have a tremendous amount of control. You go into this going — I got this iconic role and I'm super fortunate to have this opportunity, but holy cow, I hope this goes well."