Thu, Apr 05, 2012 | 00:39 BST

FemShep voice actor doesn’t want to “let go” of Shepard

Jennifer Hale, the voice actor behind the female Commander Shepard, is just as reluctant as you to end the Mass Effect trilogy.

Speaking to EDGE, Hale said she was surprised – but very pleased – by how passionately fans reacted to the game’s ending.

“It says people are invested and they really care and they don’t want to let go, which is awesome because I don’t, either,” she said.

Although Hale confirmed that she had not been contacted for follow-up work, suggesting that no further adventures for Commander Shepard are planned at this stage, the voice actor said she’d be right on board recording additional content.

In fact, Hale is distressed at the prospect of no more games with Commander Shepard front and centre.

“I prefer to live in denial about [the end of Shepard's story] because it makes me too sad,” she said.

Note that Hale made no mention of unreleased content recorded before Mass Effect 3′s launch; BioWare indicated it was prepared to release DLC well before the game’s ending sparked calls for a new conclusion.

Mass Effect 3′s conclusion has been the subject of much controversy. BioWare co-founder Rtay Muzyka has confirmed some sort of content or update will be released to provide “clarity” to the ending.

Thanks, The Escapist.

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#1

Talkar
05/04/12, 12:47 am

Not that she is a bad voice actor, because she isn’t. But she is in almost everything xD Everything from Baldur’s Gate 2, to SWTOR, Diablo 3 and of course ME 3. It gets a bit stale after so much :/

#2

ejams
05/04/12, 1:27 am

#1 – Have you ever heard of Nolan North? Dude’s in seriously everything. Look at his wikipedia page and come back :) But on a more serious note, I have yet to hear the voice of the FemShep but she seems pretty passionate about it, which is quite nice to hear. She sounds like she put soul in to her lines, rather than lifelessly firing them off for a role she could care less about.

#3

fearmonkey
05/04/12, 2:51 am

I have only played femshep. I started a male and a female and found her voice acting soooo much better. I love her voice acting skills, and i like that her favorie femshep is a redhead, which how i created shep.

#4

endgame
05/04/12, 9:15 am

“people are invested and they really care and they don’t want to let go” It’s not that we don’t want to let go, it’s that we want to find out what has actually happened in the end. Is it that hard for people to understand that!?

#5

Froseidon
05/04/12, 10:57 am

@1 – Nolan North, Steve Blum… I rest my case. Although you are right that she is in everything, she holds a world record for it :L

#6

TheWulf
05/04/12, 6:28 pm

I really loved how the Space Core mod for Skyrim was handled, to be honest. Hell, I love Valve period for their humour, but this was beautiful.

Basically, it was considered to be an “addition to rectify an obvious lack of Nolan North in Skyrim, so now you can sit the game within your ‘Nolan North’ collection. Which is to say your entire game collection.”

That was wonderful.

I have no problems with frequently having voice actors reoccur though if they’re talented. And both North and Hale ARE very talented. Also talented? Blum. But not only that… gods damn, I am addicted to his voice. Blum has a ridiculously attractive voice. I’m not sure what he did to acquire a voice like that. I strongly suspect that some kind of pact with an elder demon was involved.

So happy that he’s providing the voice of Rytlock in Guild Wars 2, because his voice is perfect for that. And then there’s that one merchant… in the voice clips. I could listen to his take on that merchant talk all day. (For the curious – about 11 seconds in.)

#7

TheWulf
05/04/12, 6:31 pm

@4 – Maybe she has information that you don’t, so for her that IS the concern.

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