EPTDo you know why Tychus was shot?
Let me tell you...
A conversation with Tychus J. Findlay voice actor Neil Kaplan
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A majority of questions were collected from the TL.net community
Timestamps active in the video description for convenient selection
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Let me tell you...
A conversation with Tychus J. Findlay voice actor Neil Kaplan
A majority of questions were collected from the TL.net community
Timestamps active in the video description for convenient selection
A TYCHUS Welcome
00:21
Growing up in California “The 70's were certainly a different time...”
01:10
“For the most part, it tended to make me dialect neutral”
Voice acting – The beginnings (featuring Chris Rock sneeze impression, as a comeback to his Oscar speech)
04:40
[Donald Duck Impression (WOW!)]
06:20 - 07:20
Difference between voice acting and movie/TV/stage
09:45
“When you're doing voice over, it's like you're talking into somebody's ear”
[Tricia Helfer (Voice actor of the Queen of Blades) about voice acting]
12:32
“To me voice over acting is the closest thing to being a 6-year old other than being 5. That is, it's all about imagination...” by Neil
Credibility of voice acting in Hollywood (Video games a viable medium)
17:20
“If you go to certain parts of the world and you ask who Crispin Freeman is, they'll freak out...”
People you would love to work with/loved working with
22:02
Working with director Andrea Romano on StarCraft: Wings of Liberty
24:30
“We (Robert Clotworthy aka Jim Raynor) never once spent a single moment in the booth together”
The working process with Andrea Romano in detail
27:27
“I don't recall ever once getting a line reading from Andrea Romano which is also a wonderful thing (...) [line reading] to a certain extent it's a little ego bruising, you don't trust me to get there?”
Revision to the script – What didn't make it into the game?
29:32
[Tychus voice: “I made a deal with the devil Jimmy, she dies, I go free”]
30:40
Neil asks me: “Do you know why Tychus was shot?”
Deep character and story analysis and insights into Tychus J. Findlay HIGHLIGHT!
31:58
“...he is not seeing a Zerg, he is seeing a woman. He can't believe his eyes. That's a person and regardless what you think of the Queen of Blades. It was the Queen of Blades causing the destruction, not Sarah Kerrigan...”
“He could have pulled the trigger and killed them both but that's not who he is”
Tychus in your perspective while recording as compared to how he turned out
37:10
Was playing Tychus a highlight of your career?
38:30
“A lot of the stuff I had done was playing characters that already existed, for example playing Optimus Prime, The Green Goblin (…) but playing Tychus, that was mine and until they say differently, that's my character”
Continuing to work for Blizzard and continuing to work on Tychus?
41:05
“For all I know there may be the opportunity to work on one and not the other...”
Going to conventions and StarCraft II tournaments (e.g. announcing players)
42:00
“We (Robert Clotworthy and Neil Kaplan) think it would be a blast!”
How can people interact with you?
43:16
Twitter: @NeKap
Facebook: Neil Kaplan (Fan page)
“Ask me questions, I am there every day.”
Does Blizzard own the voice of Tychus Findlay?
44:02
PIPA/SOPA/ACTA – a voice actor's perspective
44:25
What are you working on right now?
46:36
“Marvel will be releasing the DVD of the Iron Man Anime that I worked on (…) Guild Wars 2 and anything else at this point I am sworn to secrecy.”
Can you elaborate on your role(s) in Guild Wars?
47:48
Blizzard rewriting StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty because of Neil's voice acting
48:40
Message to the community
49:36
A TYCHUS Good Night (mind-blowing)
50:20
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Getting in contact with Neil Kaplan:
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Interview that was referred to:
SC2News interviews Neil Kaplan
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Audiobook that was referred to:
StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils
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Book that was referred to:
StarCraft II: Devil's Due
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Interview recorded during the live show:
In The Spotlight
