Peter Stormare in IWDII

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 9:04 am

According to J.E. Sawyer (Lead Designer), Peter Stormare, the nowadays rather famous Swedish actor (last seen in Minority Report), does some voice acting in IWDII. Unfortunately with a thick Swedish accent...

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 9:22 am

Whatever.

There are literally tens of thousands of talented voice actors out there; and since we never get to see a noted star on stage in these games, I'd just as soon a company saved their money and put it into paying their programmers more.

One note of interest: the actor who did the voice of Jan Jansen in BG2 is back in IWD2, as the voice of the befuddled gnome who sells potions and owns a downed airship. (He was around in IWD1.) He's great in the role, but it's a little startling to hear that voice associated with this character. I kept expecting him to suddenly switch the conversation over to turnips.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 1:11 am

Peter Stormare was once a stage actor at the Swedish national theatre Dramaten. I hated him, as most Swedish actors who are educated in and following the Stanislawsky tradition. Despite this, he is quite good though. I hope the voice acting will be good, with the exception of Jon Irenicus in BG2 and P:T, the voice acting always seems to be lacking, it sounds too cartoonish and parodic.

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 3:06 am

Originally posted by fable
Whatever. There are literally tens of thousands of talented voice actors out there; and since we never get to see a noted star on stage in these games, I'd just as soon a company saved their money and put it into paying their programmers more.

I agree with you. My point was rather that it's fun to see more successful actors taking interest in voice acting in PC games. Stormare sure ain't needing the money, and I doubt Bioware would pay him more than they pay anyone else.