Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut voice actor says the gig was a 'blessing and a curse'
A portion of a SharonShares interview with Adam Jensen voice actor, Elias Toufexis...
SS: Your distinct performance as Adam Jensen sent shock waves around the industry and it seems that your voice will forever be tied to that character, even though you have a varied vocal range. How do you manage to distance yourself from such a seminal role?
ET: It’s a blessing and a curse. I’ve been replaced on jobs after Jensen got so popular. People were a little worried about their characters sounding like one who, now, is very specifically recognizable. Of course I can vary my voice and I’ve done it on multiple projects. It’s just that my ‘normal’ voice is a gruff Adam Jensen sound. If you want me to play your protagonist and your protagonist is your basic “cool good guy” I’m going to sound like Adam Jensen. So I get it.
I’m not trying to distance myself because I don’t think it hurts my career at all. If people like my voice and buy other games I’ve performance captured characters in then that’s great. If they tune in when I’m on TV that’s fantastic. Sure, I’ve lost a job here and there because of Adam. Not enough to complain about it though. Especially with all the added, outside success it’s brought me.
SS: Your distinct performance as Adam Jensen sent shock waves around the industry and it seems that your voice will forever be tied to that character, even though you have a varied vocal range. How do you manage to distance yourself from such a seminal role?
ET: It’s a blessing and a curse. I’ve been replaced on jobs after Jensen got so popular. People were a little worried about their characters sounding like one who, now, is very specifically recognizable. Of course I can vary my voice and I’ve done it on multiple projects. It’s just that my ‘normal’ voice is a gruff Adam Jensen sound. If you want me to play your protagonist and your protagonist is your basic “cool good guy” I’m going to sound like Adam Jensen. So I get it.
I’m not trying to distance myself because I don’t think it hurts my career at all. If people like my voice and buy other games I’ve performance captured characters in then that’s great. If they tune in when I’m on TV that’s fantastic. Sure, I’ve lost a job here and there because of Adam. Not enough to complain about it though. Especially with all the added, outside success it’s brought me.
