June 20, 2025 • 41 mins
On this spellbinding episode of **Remy’s Roundtable: The Florida Theme Park Podcast**, we welcome a very special guest—**Jason Anthony**, the talented voice actor behind the iconic *Sorting Hat* and other memorable characters from the hit video game *Hogwarts Legacy*!
Remy sits down with Jason for a magical conversation filled with behind-the-scenes stories, hilarious impressions, and a one-of-a-kind **AI-generated script reading** featuring some of Jason’s favorite characters from the Wizarding World. 🎭🎤
But that’s not all! We dive into some fun **theme park talk**, including Jason’s thoughts on the immersive experiences at places like Universal and how bringing characters to life ties into the magic guests feel at the parks. Whether you're a Potterhead, a voice acting fan, or just love great stories, this episode is packed with laughs, nerdy nostalgia, and wizard-worthy surprises.
So grab your wand, toss on your house robes, and enjoy this enchanting edition of **Remy’s Roundtable: The Florida Theme Park Podcast!
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From the theme park Capital of the World in Orlando.
Florida. This is Remy's Roundtable, the
Florida theme park Podcast Podcast.
Wait a minute, do we really wantto listen to Remy's Roundtable
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You know what, I'm just going toget right into it.
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See what we're doing? You'll read your text right
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only the Florida theme parks. We talk about mostly what's
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happening here in Florida as well.
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So if you guys are not in our YouTube right now, head on over
because guys we're gonna have some fun because this gentleman
he's a voice over actor. He is a comedian and let's put
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this, I've been playing a certain video game and I just
want to interview this person because he sounds fun and he has
lots of views on his social media platforms.
Guys, please say hello to Mr. Jason Anthony.
Jason, what is up dude? How you doing man?
Good. Afternoon, everyone.
How are you? Just so everyone knows I'm in
LA. You guys are in Florida and
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around the world. So welcome everyone, whatever
time it is where you are. Hello.
Oh, dude, it's only dude. It's only three o'clock over
here, man. Wow.
OK, don't tell me what happens. So first thing, first thing,
man, you start out as as a comedian and then did you get,
did you get bored, you know, becoming a, a comedian And like,
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you know what? I need to, you know, put my
voice out there. I'm gonna become like a voice, a
voice actor. How, how did it all?
How did it all started, man? Yeah, this is always a tricky
one, Remy, because I, I knew I wanted to be in the
entertainment industry. I just knew that growing up and
everything, I guess I didn't know exactly what I wanted to
do. So I just tried everything.
I have tried and done everything.
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I've done TV hosting, I've done stand up comedy and for for
significant periods of time, by the way, it's not just, oh, I
tried that, you know, did an open mic and you know, stand up
was 10 years. Television hosting was probably
another five years. A little bit of acting, acting
on camera acting was the thing Idid didn't like the least.
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I, I, I really did not gel with that as it because there was so
much sitting around and I, I came to LA in 05 with the
intention of continuing as a on camera host, television host.
And I got a job at E Entertainment.
And I thought, oh, great, it's going to be on camera.
But it wasn't, it was voiceover.And I thought, well, that's OK
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too. You know, it's a job.
It was a good job, it was fun. I did a couple of celeb shows.
They were really funny and at that time I really wanted to get
into and try stand up comedy because I knew that was such the
sharp, pointy end of entertainment and still is.
I really, really enjoyed that. I loved it until I had to start
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travelling. Oh boy, sounds fun.
All the all the travelling and everything you know that sounds
sounds cool. Yeah, it does sound cool, but
it's not as cool as it sounds. Sorry.
Hang on. This is my mum calling from the
UK. Oh, cool.
Sorry, mum. I forgot to let her know.
I'll call my mum back later. Yeah.
Yeah. So.
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So, yeah. I, I started travelling and it
took me away from home a lot. And I've realized that I just.
Marc Maron. I just saw an interview with
Marc Maron again, incredible stand up comedian and he said
the same thing he said with acting, people would say, yeah,
we need you in New Zealand for three months.
And he's like, Nah, no thanks. No, I like my home too much.
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And I'm like, Oh my God, I'm so the same.
So, so unfortunately I climbed the ladder of stand up comedy.
I did the clubs in LA, you know,got passed at the Laugh Factory
and you know, it's really cool stuff, but then you've got to
travel to make a living and I didn't like that.
And so. I started gravitating more
towards voiceover because it wasall done here fairly locally to
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where I live. You're in and out.
There's no arriving on set. And then, ah, we don't need you
today. Or oh, we'll be with you in two
or three hours. Right.
You arrive, you do your thing and you leave and it's very
intense. And then as technology has
advanced, I'm doing a lot of stuff from home now with my home
studio. So I've tried everything and
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I've really landed on voice thisacting because it incorporates
every skill I've learnt over thelast 20 odd years, stand up
comedy, improv, even hosting nowbecause a voice actor is a lot
more on camera now with the making of these video games and
TV shows and everything. So you know, I'm not a
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frightened of cameras, certainlynot frightened of live audiences
from stand up. So yeah, this the the voice
acting just suited me and my lifestyle and what I really
enjoy about the entertainment industry.
Dude, I mean, for me, I've been,I've been podcasting for, for
almost 6 years now and it's, youknow, I love what I'm doing.
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I love, yes, I have like a normal day job, but I do, I just
on the side, just to, you know, keep it, keep everybody
informative about what's happening at your local Florida
theme parks. Give you guys some like inside
tips and tricks on how to plan your vacation wisely and not
stupid, you know, just maybe save a couple extra bucks here
and there. There.
So all my like, all my family members, when they tell my
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family members who are out of state, they'll come and visit me
like, hey, we're going to a theme park.
You want to go with us? I'm like, are you going to give
me a ticket? Then?
Sure, yeah, I'll go. I'll go with you guys.
Yeah, so. I love that it's very niche.
It's also very niche and I, I think we're, we're in a time now
where that's really good. It's really good to have a niche
in anything that you do. Absolutely, man, absolutely.
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That's why I love doing, doing what I'm doing.
Talking to, you know, people whoare, who used to work at the
theme parks or, you know, outside of the theme parties,
you know, like yourself at beinga comedian, voice actor and
everything. I just want to kind of get to
know you guys, you know, to see there's some nice, you know,
little conversation, you know? Yeah, absolutely funny.
I just I I did an event with TikTok recently at Universal
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Studios here. Really.
Yeah. Yeah, it was a very, it was a
really great event and we got the tour of the park and that
and I've, I've been to the to the park before.
Do you like? It oh, I love it.
I I absolutely love it. What's?
Your What's your favorite? What's your favorite ride out
there? Let's see, I think probably I
tell you what, was really good. The new Nintendo ride.
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Hey, we. Hey.
World. Hey, we have it here in Florida.
It's over over by our new newesttheme party called Epic
Universe. And yeah, love to go.
So they have the Super Nintendo world there and I've seen all
the, I've seen all the videos and I'm like, man, I hate all of
you guys right now. I'm so jealous.
I want to go and see all that stuff.
It was. So much fun.
I mean, they have the mummy rideand of course when Fast and
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furious opens up, that's going to be their first official kind
of, you know, outdoor roller coaster ride, the Harry Potter
ride in in, in Hogwarts Is, is, is good, but it makes me feel
sick every time I go on it. But it is very good.
But this, this little Nintendo ride, it was so much fun.
And it's all interactive. It's all, you know, 3D got
goggles on and everything and you're playing the game and
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yeah, it's really immersive, which and it was just so much.
I didn't know what I was doing, but it was so much fun so.
As a person like you and I who wear glasses, is it, was it
difficult to put that Arkansas, you know, helmet on?
Nope, it was brilliant. It just literally went over the
front. Plenty of room.
Really. Yes.
Augmented reality. That was that Augmented reality.
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Yeah, it was great. Nope.
No problem at all. Yeah.
That is so cool, man. Yeah, so cool.
It was excellent. I didn't, yeah, I would like to
have just gone around and gone on it again, but we were on this
sort of whistle top stop tour, so it was like, no, come on,
we're off to here now and I'm like, wanna go on that again?
All right, so you did mention Hogwarts.
Now all of our listeners here inFlorida.
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Yes, I have a couple of gaming buddies and I told my friends
that guys, you guys, you know, Imissed this episode because this
is part of one of my favorite, one of my favorite video games.
I've been playing it. I haven't beaten the game yet,
sadly. I just love, you know,
challenge. Yeah, Yeah, it's it is a
challenge. Now, here's my here's my
question, man. When you got the call and they
said, hey, Jason, this is, you know, someone big in this
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company we have we have video game opportunity for you.
Yeah. Are you familiar with Harry
Potter or something like that? What was what was that call like
saying, hey, we want to we want to hire you as a voiceover for
our Hogwarts Legacy video game? Yeah, it was not too dissimilar
to that, Remy. They asked me if I I could come
in and test for Nearly Headless Nick and they, they're always,
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and I don't blame that. They're always give you as
little information as possible about these games until you're
actually working on them. You know very little about them.
It's all very, very top secret. So they brought me in first, as
could you do a test read for Nearly Headless Nick?
So I went in. Now they said right off the bat,
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look, we're not looking for a John Cleese impression, but we
have to maintain the energy and the the character voice print.
So yes. So I went hello.
Sir Nicholas de Mimsey. Paul Pinton actual service yes
and so I did a a test read and they liked it and that was one
of the first characters I started recording and this is
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very common in video games. I just came off another game
recently that's coming out in November.
And when you're in the session, they will literally just start
throwing some characters at you if you can do them, one, if you
have time in your session. And two, they think, well, we
really get on with this guy. Can you do And then it's like,
you know, a bit of a pop quiz then.
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And because this world, as you know, and anyone who plays
Hogwarts Legacy there, it's so incredibly rich in characters.
I mean, there's hundreds, you know, tons of students, tons of
professors, tons of dark Wizards, goblins.
It's so rich the world. So they were really up against
it to find people to to do thesearray of characters.
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So every time I went in and another script was finished, it
was like, Hey, could you, could you try and read for this
goblin? You know, he's lost his moon
calf and you know, so he needs to be very different from this
character. And you know, and then and then
you start to go and and play. And that's what's really lovely
about the voice acting in particular with a project like
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this, is that you really then just start to play around with
with voice placements and accents.
Obviously there was some Scottish in there too, you know,
because of it's proximity to Edinburgh.
So there was some Scottish accents in there too.
And you know, and and then, you know, nobody's actually met a
goblin. So what do they sound like?
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Again, taking a lot of lead fromthe movies and you know,
playing, paying close attention to the details from the movies
in the characters, but again, not trying to copy them exactly.
So when you first, you know you when you got when all that was
taken care of, did you go back and did you play the the video
video game itself? No, I, I, I don't play video
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games. What?
No, no, I, I don't I never have done.
And I love, I love watching people playing video games like
my partner here. She she she got spider man,
which was fantastic. Yuri Lowenthal is Spider Man on
on PS4. I'll do a great, great video
game. My my buddy my buddy had it and
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I went over to his house. We we were taking turns back and
forth playing it and I'm like, Dang it, I need to go give me a
PlayStation right away. So.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Well, I've worked with Yuri and
he's, he's just great. But it's such a stellar job,
Spider Man and I, I was quite happy to sit on the couch and
and watch my girlfriend play Spider Man.
I was like, that's cool, this isreally cool.
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And you know, the cutscenes and things like that.
But no, I've never, I've just never got into playing video
games. But I, I clearly, I love working
in them and I, I like to be amidst the, you know, the
communities and stuff. And you know, it's not like I do
it and then and I kind of forgetabout it, you know, and I, and I
think thanks to TikTok now it allows that connection with me
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and, and the gaming communities and, and fans of the franchises
and stuff, which is really awesome.
Oh, absolutely, man. I mean, not only you know,
Hogwarts Legacy is a very popular game, but the one thing
I the one there's one video thatI kept rewatching over and over.
Not only did those voices, but you did a certain Disney voice
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character, which was awesome. I mean, you're your your
modification of this character. I really enjoyed your Baymax.
Do you dude, You pull it all. The Baymax Hello, I am Baymax,
your personal healthcare companion.
You've gotten so you've gotten so many views just for that
video and now, but not only thatvideo, but you did the voices
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for you did you did your own voices for one of my favorite
bands, Gorillas and I always, yeah.
Oh, all right. Yeah.
Nice. OK, yeah.
Now. Now that's really interesting
because a lot of my characters are pulled from impressions.
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Really. Yes, specifically Murdoch
Nichols, because Murdoch Nicholsis not a too far of a stone's
throw away from the Sorting Hat.Yeah.
That's interesting. It's the same placement as the
sorting. Hat so there are certain
impressions that I'm already trained in doing because I know
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where the placement is and I know the cadence and and
delivery helps. So rather than reinvent the
wheel. Sorry.
I, I just pull, I just pull from, from those impressions and
tweak him a little bit. Oh, I can hear somebody talking
in. Yeah, that's why that's my wife.
She's she's on, she's on the Zoom call as well.
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So I'm like, I'm like, wait a minute.
That's all good. So what was pretty cool about,
what's pretty cool about this isthat she's she's also on the
podcast as well, but she's on her own Zoom, Zoom meeting right
now. Yeah.
Speaking like speaking about impressions, like the only
impression I can do is Marlon Brando as a godfather.
I do Elmo Mickey every once in awhile, but my wife, she'll get
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annoyed when I'm doing my Elmo voice and she's like, don't you
dare do that voice ever again. I'm like, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
honey, I'm sorry, but it is it'shard to do, you know, certain
type of impressions. It's very hard.
Well, it's. It's hard in the sense of
sustaining a character, I think,and this is, this is very true
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in voice acting. You know, if it's OK, you could
do like a line or two or a catchphrase, but when you're
presenting a voice or an interpretation of a character,
you really need to be presentinga fully rounded voice that you
can sustain and that you can bleed in emotion to it as well.
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And that you don't lose the the the voice, the character.
See, This is why I miss doing myimprov classes back in high
school because my my drama teacher, he showed my potential
on how do voices and how to keepthat voice going for like a
different scene and stuff. But then it start, but then it
started going away. He's like Remy, bring it back a
little bit, bring it back. I'm like, OK, I got it, I got it
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and then boom, I'm right, I'm right there.
So as voice actors. We use all the same tools as an
actor would. It's just that we are focused in
on this on on the microphone andand that's a very technical
aspect of it because we can't gooff mic.
We have to stay on mic, but we have to physicalize everything
as well. And a lot of characters, not
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only do you develop the voice, but you also naturally develop a
physicality as well. You know, So if I, if I did, you
know, nearly headless Nick, all of a sudden I'm, I'm like this
bouncy. Hello.
Right. Yes.
Ah. You know, and so there's a
physicality with that, but with Garnoff, you know, Garnoff was
all very small. And so you just hunch your
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shoulders up and, you know, and that helps you maintain the
character voice, you know, and, and if all that fails, of
course, the engineer, the director, you know, they can
always play you a voice reference or something.
If it's a new accent or a new voice for me, I'll often bring
into the studio a little voice clip for me to keep me in
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character if I happen to sway off.
But yeah, you need your kind of,you know, little, you know, pins
in there so that you can either work your way back to the
character or stay on track with the character.
But yeah, not as easy as maybe some people think.
You see when I do my Mickey, I know right away like how to do
my Mickey voice which is 0. Boy.
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Like, see right there, that's where I get my Mickey voice, but
then I can bring it down a little bit.
Did you ever see the the show dinosaurs like on?
Oh yeah. Yeah.
You know, you know the baby, youknow the the.
Little baby, Little baby. Yeah.
Not the Mama. See that voice right there?
Yeah, yeah, that voice right there.
He's also that guy is the same voice as Elmo on Sesame Street.
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Yeah, that's. A stained throw away from Elmo,
Yeah. So I'm like, if I can mimic his
voice, I can definitely do Elmo.And when I do my Elmo, I go
honey, go give me a beer out of fridge.
Right. Yeah, and it's there and.
It's right there. But she, she'll, she'll slap me.
So all right, so I want to have a little fun with some of your
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Hogwarts characters. I sent you a little script, a
little a little script with someof your favorite characters.
Oh, it's called. It's called the hat.
The ghost in the Slytherin scheme.
Oh, right. So in this, so in this, in this
little scene, you know, As for me, I am I am called Remy
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Potter. So that.
Right. Right, so there we go.
Get this script? I can't see it anywhere Remy.
Oh, you can't. You can't see, I thought I sent.
It's in your one of your messages I sent you.
Let's see, let's have a look. Oh here we are Google Doc and
just oh I need a request access.Oh, go ahead request and I'll
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get you. I'll give you it.
Great, great. Hang in there, listeners.
Yeah, guys. Right.
Go anywhere. Guys staying here live.
Guys, we're having fun. So we're having a lot of fun and
Oh yeah now let's see where look.
Can I share while offline? What offline.
Geez Louise. OK, hold on.
Let me there's, there's gotta bea way on on on Zoom to do this
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because. Screen or something is it?
Oh yeah, I can. I can do that.
Let me go back to my Google Docsreal quick.
Or actually if I just do this tomyself real quick, I get I have
everything like all, like all saved, saved on my phone.
So I can just send it directly back to my e-mail address if I
wanted to? Oh, I know.
No, that's fine. I'll just send it to myself.
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Let's see. Got this sent to my e-mail.
There we go and do that. Cool.
Yeah. Nobody's gonna see this, so I'm
just gonna do this. So since we're still waiting,
Jason, what part? What part of the UK are you
from, man? Buckinghamshire.
Where's that? I grew up, it's sort of
southeast UK and and it's about 14 miles outside of the center
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of London. Really.
What? They call the suburbs, the
counties, southern counties and it's about.
I grew up about two miles 3 miles away from Windsor Castle.
Really, we do That is a. Good idea.
That's insane. All right, Since you don't,
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since you don't play any, since you don't play any video games.
Are you a huge football fan? No, no.
So no sports, no video games. No.
What do you do? OK, well here's here's my
question. What's the what is the coolest
thing to do in London? What's your?
What's your? What's your go to spot?
I would say a, it's a, it's a toss up between Kensington and
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Covent Garden. But equally the best thing to do
in London is just take a day anddo a walkabout tour.
It's that small. You can walk from iconic
location to iconic location. You can walk from Trafalgar
Square to Buckingham Palace, from Buckingham Palace at Green
Park, from Green Park, you walk down past the Ritz Hotel down to
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Leicester Square. From Leicester Square, you can
walk to Covent Garden. And it is just, I would imagine
anyone who hasn't been there before.
It's just so surreal because everything is such an iconic.
Oh my gosh, I've been in a bit like when I went to New York, I
felt like everything was a movieset, but it's a lot bigger.
London is, is, is a fantastic city to do a walking tour.
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You know, yes, you can go on thebus, but you're stuck on the
bus, you know, so if you can do do a walking tour.
But Covent Garden is is absolutely fantastic.
So it's such a beautiful place. Royal Opera House is there but
yeah there's there's just so much to see the shops in
shopping in Kensington High Street and stuff.
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Oxford St. Regent Street but it's all
walking distance. I did a walking tour with my
friend there from America. Oh cool.
Yeah, I just walked him all round.
He couldn't believe how close things were.
Alright, Jason, I was able to send you the file so you're able
to to get on it man. Oh great, let's have a look.
Did you send it on on? No I I sent it back it says
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share and it let me it will allow me to share.
I just had to go to my e-mail. Gotcha.
Let's have a look. Oh yes, here we go.
Yep. Cool, yeah, I I was I was now
you know me. I mean, I love I love using oh,
what you call it. I love using AI.
So I'm like, I want to have somefun with these characters and
this is this is all AI. So I'm like, wow.
I'm like, let's, let's do it. So.
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OK, let's do a code read. So it all takes place in
Hogwarts Great Hall. Candles float, enchanted ceiling
shimmers. Students buzz with excitement.
The sorting head sits proudly onstool, it's brim twitching.
And we had the professor, he says.
Remy Potter as I walk, eyes trying not to trip.
He sits on the stool. The sorting head is placed on
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his head. Remy Potter.
Curious, Very curious. Hi.
Let's see. Clever, imaginative.
Oh. Yes, the bravery is there.
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But ambition? Cunning.
You've got more edge than most. A dash.
Of mischief, a hint of. Greatness.
Oh yes, you do well in Slytherin.
Slytherin really, but I thought Gryffindor was my path.
Isn't it that where the brave go?
And Slytherin is where the bold thrive you.
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My boy could make real. Moves in Slytherin influence
legacy. Imagine.
Remy's Round Table, but broadcasting from deep beneath
the lake. The first Into House podcast run
with cunning precision. Suddenly, suddenly, a cold voice
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slithers into the head's thoughts.
Victor Rock. Rookwood.
Rockwood. Sorry, Rockwood.
Whispering from the shadows of the hall.
Choose Slytherin. He is valuable.
We'll mold him into something. Powerful quid, I told you to
stay out of my brim space. Wait, are you arguing with
someone? Listen Remy, you've got the
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traits of greatness, don't wastethat on scarlet and gold
nonsense. Join the serpents embrace.
Your ambition? But suddenly, the heck crackles.
A small ember flares near Remy'sforehead.
No, no, no, not again. Blasted interference.
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Who set this? Back in the Great Hall, soon as
screams, some applaud, others cheer, Remy grabs a goblet of
pumpkin juice and splashes it all over the hat.
Fine, fine, Gryffindor. Happy now.
Scorched and unappreciated. So wait, does that mean I'm in
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Gryffindor? Burned me to a crisp and still
got what you wanted. Typical.
Ohh, look here comes helly headless neck, flows through the
whole, flows through the wall. Ohh.
Remy Potter, yes, you've officially made history.
Yes, not many first years roast the Sorting Hat and still end up
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in Gryffindor. Well done that.
Thanks Sir. Nick, I really thought I was
heading to Solarium for a second.
Not all villains, you know. No, but let's just say, well,
your style suits us lions better.
That whole burn first, ask questions later.
Energy is very on brand. Yeah, I guess setting has on
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fire isn't very subtle, huh? No, not at all.
But it's legendary. Oh great, here comes from the
Slytherin the Slytherin common room earlier that day.
Victor Rockwood paces in a in a corner of the shadows, growling
at flickering candle. He was perfect.
Ambition, potential, The Potter with an edge, and that cursed
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hat. Always.
Playing favorites, but it's not over.
Back to Gryffindor. Nearly Headless Nick raising an
invisible goblet. To Remy Potter, brave of heart,
quick on the draw and the first Gryffindor to barbecue the
Sorting Hat twice before dessert.
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Two Gryffindor and a fireproof hat rack.
Yay. And there you have it, guys.
That was the scene from a Hogwarts Legacy that had the
ghost and the Slytherin scheme. Dude, what do you think?
What do you think about that? I I.
Hate to think what you put in for the prompt.
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You know, I had this, I had thisimaginative, I was like, you
know what, let me, I want to do something fun stupid, but at the
same time have fun with this character.
So this with the sorting hat. I know you said it's all over on
your social media that he he wasyour favorite character to, to
voice the the sorting hat. He it's certainly he had held
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the most he held held the most gravitas.
I think for me be because part of all the characters I did
voice, he's the most known one in Harry Potter.
You know, today's Harry Potter, of course, at the game set in
1890. So even though Peeves and
professor bins are Canon, they are not in the the the movies
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that are so beloved. Obviously they're in the books.
So yes, the sorting hat came with with a certain
responsibility, I think, right. You know, Leslie Phillips, such
a wonderful, beloved British actor.
And I wanted to do him justice, but not again, not try and just
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copy him. Just take that that essence from
him. And, you know, I played it as
pretty close as possible becauseI I knew that if I didn't get
that one right, a lot of people would have been, you know, quite
rightly upset a bit like, well, it doesn't sound anything like
him, you know, So, but, you know, there's no taking away
from from Leslie Phillips. He was just, it was so, so
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charming and delightful as the hat.
But I think the one for me that was so rich was in a blank slate
was, was Victor Rookwood. You know, there was no voice
print for him. I literally went on.
I didn't, I think even when I came up with Victor Rookwood's
voice, I didn't have any artworkeven to to lean on.
It was just a character description.
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And I instantly thought of Lucius Malfoy.
Right. I can, I can hear it in his.
And Rock was character's voice. I mean, it's your voice.
But one thing I noticed is that it really given that luscious
Malfoy vibe it gave me, you know, it remind me of Jen.
Jen, help me out here. Who?
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Who played Dumbledore in the newHarry Potter movie?
Who? Yeah, the new Harry Potter
movie. Who?
Who was it? Like are we talking?
About Michael Gambon. No, I'm Michael and I'm Michael
Gambon. I'm trying think of the same.
Richard Harris because there were only.
Two that I know from Fantastic Beasts.
We talk about Luby's mouthful, aren't we, Jason Isaacs?
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Jude Law as Dumbledore. Jude Law.
Yes, yes. So you're, so you're Rockwood,
you know, with the artwork instead.
Reminds me of Drew Law as Dumbledore.
Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Interesting.
Yeah, I, I just instantly when I, when I saw the breakdown for
him, I immediately just thought this is somebody who will not
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break under pressure. I know he had his little 1
little spat, but generally he iscalm, cool, collected, in
control of the situation. So yes, again, just draw from
inspiration from the incredible work that Jason Isaacs did and
just pepper it, peppering that in.
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You've what you've did. You watch all the Harry Potter
movies. Yeah, I was a yeah, I, I love
them. I, I would never say, you know,
I love the Harry Potter films, just love them.
And I've watched them numerous times.
I just think they're timeless. They still are.
I think we only watched them again, I think even just last
year, and it's wonderful to watch them all in, in a row and
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they're just timeless. I, I feel they're just still
stand up today visually, musically, the score and the
acting is just phenomenal. So yeah, I, I think they will
always, it'll be a bit like StarWars.
I think they'll just be around for a very, very long time.
So you know which I, I, Yeah. Which house are you in?
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Well, my my official test came through as Gryffindor.
Yeah. But I on any given day I could
be. Slithering.
See, I'm the same way, man. I mean, so when I used to work
for Universal here in Florida, Iwas on the opening team for
Harry Potter section at that theme park.
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They're they're right, Forbiddenjourney.
So we, we all had to take the test and everything.
And somehow I end up as Slytherin.
But I'm like, Nah, I'm not Slytherin.
I'm Gryffindor. Give me my robe.
So yeah. Yeah, I got, I think at any any
given day I could switch from Gryffindor to to Slytherin,
which I've got no problem with. They're both really cool houses.
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Have you been, have you been to any of our any of our theme
parks here in Florida? No, I I did stand up comedy
once. I think I've only been to
Florida once. I did stand up comedy in Tampa
in the Hard Rock Cafe, which I know is only a stone's throw
away from all the parks. Yeah, I've never been.
I would. Oh my God.
When I've seen the the videos from the Epic Universe it.
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Just does is. Very well named, it does look
epic. This certainly it certainly
does. But from one, from all my
friends who have been to Epic Universe, they said that the
theme park is very small. You can do it all in one day.
It's it's it's that small. So I'm like, why?
You know, why is it that small? And is Epic Universe going to,
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you know, bring in more things to that theme park, which we're
probably we're, we are going to see more stuff coming to that
theme park, not only more Harry Potter themes, but maybe some
more IP stuff for that, for thattheme parks, which.
Are they running out of space? There's still, there's still
land back there somewhere. There's still some swamp they
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could could take over, isn't it?Don't you have a problem with
that in in that area? So our theme parks are actually
not in the swamp, not in the swamp area.
I mean, the only theme park thatis swamp ish is Gator land.
And that's like one of the Gatortheme park where you go see the
Gators, feed, feed them and everything.
It's that's kind of like a swampy area.
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But when Disney was built, that was all swamped and Walt Disney
had to come to Florida and took out a bunch of orange Groves and
then took out lots of swamp areas to build the to build the
Magic Kingdom. Universal was just all a was all
on dirt. It was just a dirt land.
Oh, OK. So it was a lot.
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It had it somewhere. So it was a lot.
So it was a lot easier for them to build universal on a dirt
land. So that that's kind of how it
all happened. Wow.
No, I think, I think they've done an incredible job, Ministry
of Magic, and that looks just incredible.
And I mean I I can't imagine thecost of it, but the attention to
detail and of course the accuracy has to be screen
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accurate. That's right.
And also make it an experience which I just think is so
demanding to to not only just present a beautiful thing to
look at, but make a ride out of it.
Make it an experience. Very, very clever stuff.
So I hope if anyone's listening,I would love to come and I'll
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bring my I'll bring my sorting hat and I'll bring, I'll bring
Victor Rickwood's wand with. Me.
Dude, that is awesome. Whoa.
It's a beauty. That is a cool wand.
Yeah, Victor Rickwood's wand is is a very, very cool wand.
Yeah, so that's awesome. I got I have Harry Potter
because I kind of look like Harry Potter, so.
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Yes, you do, Yes. Just just a tad bit, just a tad
bit. All right, Jason.
So before we before we head out on here, head out out of here, I
have a rapid question. And this is this is this is
coming from this is coming from the the late James Lipton from
inside the Actor's Studio. All right, yes, I have a
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question number. So what is your favorite?
What's your favorite word? Favorite word?
Your favorite word? Love.
Love What is your least favoriteword?
Hate. Hate.
OK, what sound or noise do you love?
Birds chirping. What sound of noise do you hate?
Traffic. Yeah, I agree.
I agree. Jason, what's your favorite cuss
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word? Oh.
There are many. I can't say it on there.
Yes, you can. On this podcast you can.
You can say whatever you want. Gosh, well.
OK, you get. OK, I'll tell you what, it's a
two thing. You can do the you can do AUS
cuss word or what's auk cuss word?
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There there is a cuss word that does actually, I don't know if
it actually comes under a harsh cuss, but it still feels good
and it's one of my characters from Call of Duty.
Says it a lot. And it's or you Muppets.
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It just, it just sums it up. You're a muppet.
I mean, it feels right, but I don't think that's like, I don't
think that's like a cuss word. I mean, I was like, man, I
thought you're going to say a wanker or something like that.
I mean, that's a that's a cuss word.
Yeah, I don't use that one very often.
Ah Dang man. So I have children watching.
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Sorry, I'm sorry. Little ears.
Sorry, little ears. Sorry.
Little ears cover your ears. All right, so, and last, a final
question is this. If heaven exists, what do you
want to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
You're too early. Sod off.
Dude, that is awesome. All right, Jason, please, Jason,
please let our audience know where can everybody check you
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out on social media and do you have any upcoming projects you
can talk about? Yes, you can find me on TikTok
and Instagram at the Jason Anthony.
You can also check me out in thenew June awakenings game.
I play several characters in that.
You can check me out in the Gameof Thrones video game that's
(38:26):
just come out Gone 2, which is avery gory VR gladiator game just
came out in that. And then keep your eyes peeled
for in the autumn. There's a very, very big video
game franchise that I've worked on and it's highly anticipated
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and it's on mobile. So it's it's free as well, which
I think the fans are really, really thrilled about.
So I'm very excited to announce that.
So if you stay on my socials, you'll you'll hear about it
first there. Awesome.
Well, Jason, thank you so much. And guys, it's time for us to
get up on out of here. Thanks guys.
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he's a voice over actor. He is a comedian and let's put
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this, I've been playing a certain video game and I just
want to interview this person because he sounds fun and he has
lots of views on his social media platforms.
Guys, please say hello to Mr. Jason Anthony.
Jason, what is up dude? How you doing man?
Good. Afternoon, everyone.
How are you? Just so everyone knows I'm in
LA. You guys are in Florida and
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around the world. So welcome everyone, whatever
time it is where you are. Hello.
Oh, dude, it's only dude. It's only three o'clock over
here, man. Wow.
OK, don't tell me what happens. So first thing, first thing,
man, you start out as as a comedian and then did you get,
did you get bored, you know, becoming a, a comedian And like,
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you know what? I need to, you know, put my
voice out there. I'm gonna become like a voice, a
voice actor. How, how did it all?
How did it all started, man? Yeah, this is always a tricky
one, Remy, because I, I knew I wanted to be in the
entertainment industry. I just knew that growing up and
everything, I guess I didn't know exactly what I wanted to
do. So I just tried everything.
I have tried and done everything.
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I've done TV hosting, I've done stand up comedy and for for
significant periods of time, by the way, it's not just, oh, I
tried that, you know, did an open mic and you know, stand up
was 10 years. Television hosting was probably
another five years. A little bit of acting, acting
on camera acting was the thing Idid didn't like the least.
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I, I, I really did not gel with that as it because there was so
much sitting around and I, I came to LA in 05 with the
intention of continuing as a on camera host, television host.
And I got a job at E Entertainment.
And I thought, oh, great, it's going to be on camera.
But it wasn't, it was voiceover.And I thought, well, that's OK
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too. You know, it's a job.
It was a good job, it was fun. I did a couple of celeb shows.
They were really funny and at that time I really wanted to get
into and try stand up comedy because I knew that was such the
sharp, pointy end of entertainment and still is.
I really, really enjoyed that. I loved it until I had to start
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travelling. Oh boy, sounds fun.
All the all the travelling and everything you know that sounds
sounds cool. Yeah, it does sound cool, but
it's not as cool as it sounds. Sorry.
Hang on. This is my mum calling from the
UK. Oh, cool.
Sorry, mum. I forgot to let her know.
I'll call my mum back later. Yeah.
Yeah. So.
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So, yeah. I, I started travelling and it
took me away from home a lot. And I've realized that I just.
Marc Maron. I just saw an interview with
Marc Maron again, incredible stand up comedian and he said
the same thing he said with acting, people would say, yeah,
we need you in New Zealand for three months.
And he's like, Nah, no thanks. No, I like my home too much.
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And I'm like, Oh my God, I'm so the same.
So, so unfortunately I climbed the ladder of stand up comedy.
I did the clubs in LA, you know,got passed at the Laugh Factory
and you know, it's really cool stuff, but then you've got to
travel to make a living and I didn't like that.
And so. I started gravitating more
towards voiceover because it wasall done here fairly locally to
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where I live. You're in and out.
There's no arriving on set. And then, ah, we don't need you
today. Or oh, we'll be with you in two
or three hours. Right.
You arrive, you do your thing and you leave and it's very
intense. And then as technology has
advanced, I'm doing a lot of stuff from home now with my home
studio. So I've tried everything and
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I've really landed on voice thisacting because it incorporates
every skill I've learnt over thelast 20 odd years, stand up
comedy, improv, even hosting nowbecause a voice actor is a lot
more on camera now with the making of these video games and
TV shows and everything. So you know, I'm not a
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frightened of cameras, certainlynot frightened of live audiences
from stand up. So yeah, this the the voice
acting just suited me and my lifestyle and what I really
enjoy about the entertainment industry.
Dude, I mean, for me, I've been,I've been podcasting for, for
almost 6 years now and it's, youknow, I love what I'm doing.
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I love, yes, I have like a normal day job, but I do, I just
on the side, just to, you know, keep it, keep everybody
informative about what's happening at your local Florida
theme parks. Give you guys some like inside
tips and tricks on how to plan your vacation wisely and not
stupid, you know, just maybe save a couple extra bucks here
and there. There.
So all my like, all my family members, when they tell my
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family members who are out of state, they'll come and visit me
like, hey, we're going to a theme park.
You want to go with us? I'm like, are you going to give
me a ticket? Then?
Sure, yeah, I'll go. I'll go with you guys.
Yeah, so. I love that it's very niche.
It's also very niche and I, I think we're, we're in a time now
where that's really good. It's really good to have a niche
in anything that you do. Absolutely, man, absolutely.
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That's why I love doing, doing what I'm doing.
Talking to, you know, people whoare, who used to work at the
theme parks or, you know, outside of the theme parties,
you know, like yourself at beinga comedian, voice actor and
everything. I just want to kind of get to
know you guys, you know, to see there's some nice, you know,
little conversation, you know? Yeah, absolutely funny.
I just I I did an event with TikTok recently at Universal
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Studios here. Really.
Yeah. Yeah, it was a very, it was a
really great event and we got the tour of the park and that
and I've, I've been to the to the park before.
Do you like? It oh, I love it.
I I absolutely love it. What's?
Your What's your favorite? What's your favorite ride out
there? Let's see, I think probably I
tell you what, was really good. The new Nintendo ride.
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Hey, we. Hey.
World. Hey, we have it here in Florida.
It's over over by our new newesttheme party called Epic
Universe. And yeah, love to go.
So they have the Super Nintendo world there and I've seen all
the, I've seen all the videos and I'm like, man, I hate all of
you guys right now. I'm so jealous.
I want to go and see all that stuff.
It was. So much fun.
I mean, they have the mummy rideand of course when Fast and
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furious opens up, that's going to be their first official kind
of, you know, outdoor roller coaster ride, the Harry Potter
ride in in, in Hogwarts Is, is, is good, but it makes me feel
sick every time I go on it. But it is very good.
But this, this little Nintendo ride, it was so much fun.
And it's all interactive. It's all, you know, 3D got
goggles on and everything and you're playing the game and
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yeah, it's really immersive, which and it was just so much.
I didn't know what I was doing, but it was so much fun so.
As a person like you and I who wear glasses, is it, was it
difficult to put that Arkansas, you know, helmet on?
Nope, it was brilliant. It just literally went over the
front. Plenty of room.
Really. Yes.
Augmented reality. That was that Augmented reality.
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Yeah, it was great. Nope.
No problem at all. Yeah.
That is so cool, man. Yeah, so cool.
It was excellent. I didn't, yeah, I would like to
have just gone around and gone on it again, but we were on this
sort of whistle top stop tour, so it was like, no, come on,
we're off to here now and I'm like, wanna go on that again?
All right, so you did mention Hogwarts.
Now all of our listeners here inFlorida.
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Yes, I have a couple of gaming buddies and I told my friends
that guys, you guys, you know, Imissed this episode because this
is part of one of my favorite, one of my favorite video games.
I've been playing it. I haven't beaten the game yet,
sadly. I just love, you know,
challenge. Yeah, Yeah, it's it is a
challenge. Now, here's my here's my
question, man. When you got the call and they
said, hey, Jason, this is, you know, someone big in this
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company we have we have video game opportunity for you.
Yeah. Are you familiar with Harry
Potter or something like that? What was what was that call like
saying, hey, we want to we want to hire you as a voiceover for
our Hogwarts Legacy video game? Yeah, it was not too dissimilar
to that, Remy. They asked me if I I could come
in and test for Nearly Headless Nick and they, they're always,
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and I don't blame that. They're always give you as
little information as possible about these games until you're
actually working on them. You know very little about them.
It's all very, very top secret. So they brought me in first, as
could you do a test read for Nearly Headless Nick?
So I went in. Now they said right off the bat,
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look, we're not looking for a John Cleese impression, but we
have to maintain the energy and the the character voice print.
So yes. So I went hello.
Sir Nicholas de Mimsey. Paul Pinton actual service yes
and so I did a a test read and they liked it and that was one
of the first characters I started recording and this is
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very common in video games. I just came off another game
recently that's coming out in November.
And when you're in the session, they will literally just start
throwing some characters at you if you can do them, one, if you
have time in your session. And two, they think, well, we
really get on with this guy. Can you do And then it's like,
you know, a bit of a pop quiz then.
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And because this world, as you know, and anyone who plays
Hogwarts Legacy there, it's so incredibly rich in characters.
I mean, there's hundreds, you know, tons of students, tons of
professors, tons of dark Wizards, goblins.
It's so rich the world. So they were really up against
it to find people to to do thesearray of characters.
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So every time I went in and another script was finished, it
was like, Hey, could you, could you try and read for this
goblin? You know, he's lost his moon
calf and you know, so he needs to be very different from this
character. And you know, and then and then
you start to go and and play. And that's what's really lovely
about the voice acting in particular with a project like
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this, is that you really then just start to play around with
with voice placements and accents.
Obviously there was some Scottish in there too, you know,
because of it's proximity to Edinburgh.
So there was some Scottish accents in there too.
And you know, and and then, you know, nobody's actually met a
goblin. So what do they sound like?
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Again, taking a lot of lead fromthe movies and you know,
playing, paying close attention to the details from the movies
in the characters, but again, not trying to copy them exactly.
So when you first, you know you when you got when all that was
taken care of, did you go back and did you play the the video
video game itself? No, I, I, I don't play video
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games. What?
No, no, I, I don't I never have done.
And I love, I love watching people playing video games like
my partner here. She she she got spider man,
which was fantastic. Yuri Lowenthal is Spider Man on
on PS4. I'll do a great, great video
game. My my buddy my buddy had it and
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I went over to his house. We we were taking turns back and
forth playing it and I'm like, Dang it, I need to go give me a
PlayStation right away. So.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Well, I've worked with Yuri and
he's, he's just great. But it's such a stellar job,
Spider Man and I, I was quite happy to sit on the couch and
and watch my girlfriend play Spider Man.
I was like, that's cool, this isreally cool.
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And you know, the cutscenes and things like that.
But no, I've never, I've just never got into playing video
games. But I, I clearly, I love working
in them and I, I like to be amidst the, you know, the
communities and stuff. And you know, it's not like I do
it and then and I kind of forgetabout it, you know, and I, and I
think thanks to TikTok now it allows that connection with me
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and, and the gaming communities and, and fans of the franchises
and stuff, which is really awesome.
Oh, absolutely, man. I mean, not only you know,
Hogwarts Legacy is a very popular game, but the one thing
I the one there's one video thatI kept rewatching over and over.
Not only did those voices, but you did a certain Disney voice
(14:20):
character, which was awesome. I mean, you're your your
modification of this character. I really enjoyed your Baymax.
Do you dude, You pull it all. The Baymax Hello, I am Baymax,
your personal healthcare companion.
You've gotten so you've gotten so many views just for that
video and now, but not only thatvideo, but you did the voices
(14:41):
for you did you did your own voices for one of my favorite
bands, Gorillas and I always, yeah.
Oh, all right. Yeah.
Nice. OK, yeah.
Now. Now that's really interesting
because a lot of my characters are pulled from impressions.
(15:04):
Really. Yes, specifically Murdoch
Nichols, because Murdoch Nicholsis not a too far of a stone's
throw away from the Sorting Hat.Yeah.
That's interesting. It's the same placement as the
sorting. Hat so there are certain
impressions that I'm already trained in doing because I know
(15:26):
where the placement is and I know the cadence and and
delivery helps. So rather than reinvent the
wheel. Sorry.
I, I just pull, I just pull from, from those impressions and
tweak him a little bit. Oh, I can hear somebody talking
in. Yeah, that's why that's my wife.
She's she's on, she's on the Zoom call as well.
(15:46):
So I'm like, I'm like, wait a minute.
That's all good. So what was pretty cool about,
what's pretty cool about this isthat she's she's also on the
podcast as well, but she's on her own Zoom, Zoom meeting right
now. Yeah.
Speaking like speaking about impressions, like the only
impression I can do is Marlon Brando as a godfather.
I do Elmo Mickey every once in awhile, but my wife, she'll get
(16:07):
annoyed when I'm doing my Elmo voice and she's like, don't you
dare do that voice ever again. I'm like, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
honey, I'm sorry, but it is it'shard to do, you know, certain
type of impressions. It's very hard.
Well, it's. It's hard in the sense of
sustaining a character, I think,and this is, this is very true
(16:28):
in voice acting. You know, if it's OK, you could
do like a line or two or a catchphrase, but when you're
presenting a voice or an interpretation of a character,
you really need to be presentinga fully rounded voice that you
can sustain and that you can bleed in emotion to it as well.
(16:49):
And that you don't lose the the the voice, the character.
See, This is why I miss doing myimprov classes back in high
school because my my drama teacher, he showed my potential
on how do voices and how to keepthat voice going for like a
different scene and stuff. But then it start, but then it
started going away. He's like Remy, bring it back a
little bit, bring it back. I'm like, OK, I got it, I got it
(17:11):
and then boom, I'm right, I'm right there.
So as voice actors. We use all the same tools as an
actor would. It's just that we are focused in
on this on on the microphone andand that's a very technical
aspect of it because we can't gooff mic.
We have to stay on mic, but we have to physicalize everything
as well. And a lot of characters, not
(17:33):
only do you develop the voice, but you also naturally develop a
physicality as well. You know, So if I, if I did, you
know, nearly headless Nick, all of a sudden I'm, I'm like this
bouncy. Hello.
Right. Yes.
Ah. You know, and so there's a
physicality with that, but with Garnoff, you know, Garnoff was
all very small. And so you just hunch your
(17:54):
shoulders up and, you know, and that helps you maintain the
character voice, you know, and, and if all that fails, of
course, the engineer, the director, you know, they can
always play you a voice reference or something.
If it's a new accent or a new voice for me, I'll often bring
into the studio a little voice clip for me to keep me in
(18:15):
character if I happen to sway off.
But yeah, you need your kind of,you know, little, you know, pins
in there so that you can either work your way back to the
character or stay on track with the character.
But yeah, not as easy as maybe some people think.
You see when I do my Mickey, I know right away like how to do
my Mickey voice which is 0. Boy.
(18:37):
Like, see right there, that's where I get my Mickey voice, but
then I can bring it down a little bit.
Did you ever see the the show dinosaurs like on?
Oh yeah. Yeah.
You know, you know the baby, youknow the the.
Little baby, Little baby. Yeah.
Not the Mama. See that voice right there?
Yeah, yeah, that voice right there.
He's also that guy is the same voice as Elmo on Sesame Street.
(18:57):
Yeah, that's. A stained throw away from Elmo,
Yeah. So I'm like, if I can mimic his
voice, I can definitely do Elmo.And when I do my Elmo, I go
honey, go give me a beer out of fridge.
Right. Yeah, and it's there and.
It's right there. But she, she'll, she'll slap me.
So all right, so I want to have a little fun with some of your
(19:19):
Hogwarts characters. I sent you a little script, a
little a little script with someof your favorite characters.
Oh, it's called. It's called the hat.
The ghost in the Slytherin scheme.
Oh, right. So in this, so in this, in this
little scene, you know, As for me, I am I am called Remy
(19:40):
Potter. So that.
Right. Right, so there we go.
Get this script? I can't see it anywhere Remy.
Oh, you can't. You can't see, I thought I sent.
It's in your one of your messages I sent you.
Let's see, let's have a look. Oh here we are Google Doc and
just oh I need a request access.Oh, go ahead request and I'll
(20:01):
get you. I'll give you it.
Great, great. Hang in there, listeners.
Yeah, guys. Right.
Go anywhere. Guys staying here live.
Guys, we're having fun. So we're having a lot of fun and
Oh yeah now let's see where look.
Can I share while offline? What offline.
Geez Louise. OK, hold on.
Let me there's, there's gotta bea way on on on Zoom to do this
(20:23):
because. Screen or something is it?
Oh yeah, I can. I can do that.
Let me go back to my Google Docsreal quick.
Or actually if I just do this tomyself real quick, I get I have
everything like all, like all saved, saved on my phone.
So I can just send it directly back to my e-mail address if I
wanted to? Oh, I know.
No, that's fine. I'll just send it to myself.
(20:45):
Let's see. Got this sent to my e-mail.
There we go and do that. Cool.
Yeah. Nobody's gonna see this, so I'm
just gonna do this. So since we're still waiting,
Jason, what part? What part of the UK are you
from, man? Buckinghamshire.
Where's that? I grew up, it's sort of
southeast UK and and it's about 14 miles outside of the center
(21:08):
of London. Really.
What? They call the suburbs, the
counties, southern counties and it's about.
I grew up about two miles 3 miles away from Windsor Castle.
Really, we do That is a. Good idea.
That's insane. All right, Since you don't,
(21:29):
since you don't play any, since you don't play any video games.
Are you a huge football fan? No, no.
So no sports, no video games. No.
What do you do? OK, well here's here's my
question. What's the what is the coolest
thing to do in London? What's your?
What's your? What's your go to spot?
I would say a, it's a, it's a toss up between Kensington and
(21:54):
Covent Garden. But equally the best thing to do
in London is just take a day anddo a walkabout tour.
It's that small. You can walk from iconic
location to iconic location. You can walk from Trafalgar
Square to Buckingham Palace, from Buckingham Palace at Green
Park, from Green Park, you walk down past the Ritz Hotel down to
(22:19):
Leicester Square. From Leicester Square, you can
walk to Covent Garden. And it is just, I would imagine
anyone who hasn't been there before.
It's just so surreal because everything is such an iconic.
Oh my gosh, I've been in a bit like when I went to New York, I
felt like everything was a movieset, but it's a lot bigger.
London is, is, is a fantastic city to do a walking tour.
(22:42):
You know, yes, you can go on thebus, but you're stuck on the
bus, you know, so if you can do do a walking tour.
But Covent Garden is is absolutely fantastic.
So it's such a beautiful place. Royal Opera House is there but
yeah there's there's just so much to see the shops in
shopping in Kensington High Street and stuff.
(23:05):
Oxford St. Regent Street but it's all
walking distance. I did a walking tour with my
friend there from America. Oh cool.
Yeah, I just walked him all round.
He couldn't believe how close things were.
Alright, Jason, I was able to send you the file so you're able
to to get on it man. Oh great, let's have a look.
Did you send it on on? No I I sent it back it says
(23:29):
share and it let me it will allow me to share.
I just had to go to my e-mail. Gotcha.
Let's have a look. Oh yes, here we go.
Yep. Cool, yeah, I I was I was now
you know me. I mean, I love I love using oh,
what you call it. I love using AI.
So I'm like, I want to have somefun with these characters and
this is this is all AI. So I'm like, wow.
I'm like, let's, let's do it. So.
(23:50):
OK, let's do a code read. So it all takes place in
Hogwarts Great Hall. Candles float, enchanted ceiling
shimmers. Students buzz with excitement.
The sorting head sits proudly onstool, it's brim twitching.
And we had the professor, he says.
Remy Potter as I walk, eyes trying not to trip.
He sits on the stool. The sorting head is placed on
(24:11):
his head. Remy Potter.
Curious, Very curious. Hi.
Let's see. Clever, imaginative.
Oh. Yes, the bravery is there.
(24:31):
But ambition? Cunning.
You've got more edge than most. A dash.
Of mischief, a hint of. Greatness.
Oh yes, you do well in Slytherin.
Slytherin really, but I thought Gryffindor was my path.
Isn't it that where the brave go?
And Slytherin is where the bold thrive you.
(24:55):
My boy could make real. Moves in Slytherin influence
legacy. Imagine.
Remy's Round Table, but broadcasting from deep beneath
the lake. The first Into House podcast run
with cunning precision. Suddenly, suddenly, a cold voice
(25:16):
slithers into the head's thoughts.
Victor Rock. Rookwood.
Rockwood. Sorry, Rockwood.
Whispering from the shadows of the hall.
Choose Slytherin. He is valuable.
We'll mold him into something. Powerful quid, I told you to
stay out of my brim space. Wait, are you arguing with
someone? Listen Remy, you've got the
(25:38):
traits of greatness, don't wastethat on scarlet and gold
nonsense. Join the serpents embrace.
Your ambition? But suddenly, the heck crackles.
A small ember flares near Remy'sforehead.
No, no, no, not again. Blasted interference.
(26:00):
Who set this? Back in the Great Hall, soon as
screams, some applaud, others cheer, Remy grabs a goblet of
pumpkin juice and splashes it all over the hat.
Fine, fine, Gryffindor. Happy now.
Scorched and unappreciated. So wait, does that mean I'm in
(26:24):
Gryffindor? Burned me to a crisp and still
got what you wanted. Typical.
Ohh, look here comes helly headless neck, flows through the
whole, flows through the wall. Ohh.
Remy Potter, yes, you've officially made history.
Yes, not many first years roast the Sorting Hat and still end up
(26:45):
in Gryffindor. Well done that.
Thanks Sir. Nick, I really thought I was
heading to Solarium for a second.
Not all villains, you know. No, but let's just say, well,
your style suits us lions better.
That whole burn first, ask questions later.
Energy is very on brand. Yeah, I guess setting has on
(27:08):
fire isn't very subtle, huh? No, not at all.
But it's legendary. Oh great, here comes from the
Slytherin the Slytherin common room earlier that day.
Victor Rockwood paces in a in a corner of the shadows, growling
at flickering candle. He was perfect.
Ambition, potential, The Potter with an edge, and that cursed
(27:30):
hat. Always.
Playing favorites, but it's not over.
Back to Gryffindor. Nearly Headless Nick raising an
invisible goblet. To Remy Potter, brave of heart,
quick on the draw and the first Gryffindor to barbecue the
Sorting Hat twice before dessert.
(27:50):
Two Gryffindor and a fireproof hat rack.
Yay. And there you have it, guys.
That was the scene from a Hogwarts Legacy that had the
ghost and the Slytherin scheme. Dude, what do you think?
What do you think about that? I I.
Hate to think what you put in for the prompt.
(28:15):
You know, I had this, I had thisimaginative, I was like, you
know what, let me, I want to do something fun stupid, but at the
same time have fun with this character.
So this with the sorting hat. I know you said it's all over on
your social media that he he wasyour favorite character to, to
voice the the sorting hat. He it's certainly he had held
(28:35):
the most he held held the most gravitas.
I think for me be because part of all the characters I did
voice, he's the most known one in Harry Potter.
You know, today's Harry Potter, of course, at the game set in
1890. So even though Peeves and
professor bins are Canon, they are not in the the the movies
(29:00):
that are so beloved. Obviously they're in the books.
So yes, the sorting hat came with with a certain
responsibility, I think, right. You know, Leslie Phillips, such
a wonderful, beloved British actor.
And I wanted to do him justice, but not again, not try and just
(29:20):
copy him. Just take that that essence from
him. And, you know, I played it as
pretty close as possible becauseI I knew that if I didn't get
that one right, a lot of people would have been, you know, quite
rightly upset a bit like, well, it doesn't sound anything like
him, you know, So, but, you know, there's no taking away
from from Leslie Phillips. He was just, it was so, so
(29:41):
charming and delightful as the hat.
But I think the one for me that was so rich was in a blank slate
was, was Victor Rookwood. You know, there was no voice
print for him. I literally went on.
I didn't, I think even when I came up with Victor Rookwood's
voice, I didn't have any artworkeven to to lean on.
It was just a character description.
(30:01):
And I instantly thought of Lucius Malfoy.
Right. I can, I can hear it in his.
And Rock was character's voice. I mean, it's your voice.
But one thing I noticed is that it really given that luscious
Malfoy vibe it gave me, you know, it remind me of Jen.
Jen, help me out here. Who?
(30:22):
Who played Dumbledore in the newHarry Potter movie?
Who? Yeah, the new Harry Potter
movie. Who?
Who was it? Like are we talking?
About Michael Gambon. No, I'm Michael and I'm Michael
Gambon. I'm trying think of the same.
Richard Harris because there were only.
Two that I know from Fantastic Beasts.
We talk about Luby's mouthful, aren't we, Jason Isaacs?
(30:45):
Jude Law as Dumbledore. Jude Law.
Yes, yes. So you're, so you're Rockwood,
you know, with the artwork instead.
Reminds me of Drew Law as Dumbledore.
Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Interesting.
Yeah, I, I just instantly when I, when I saw the breakdown for
him, I immediately just thought this is somebody who will not
(31:11):
break under pressure. I know he had his little 1
little spat, but generally he iscalm, cool, collected, in
control of the situation. So yes, again, just draw from
inspiration from the incredible work that Jason Isaacs did and
just pepper it, peppering that in.
(31:31):
You've what you've did. You watch all the Harry Potter
movies. Yeah, I was a yeah, I, I love
them. I, I would never say, you know,
I love the Harry Potter films, just love them.
And I've watched them numerous times.
I just think they're timeless. They still are.
I think we only watched them again, I think even just last
year, and it's wonderful to watch them all in, in a row and
(31:52):
they're just timeless. I, I feel they're just still
stand up today visually, musically, the score and the
acting is just phenomenal. So yeah, I, I think they will
always, it'll be a bit like StarWars.
I think they'll just be around for a very, very long time.
So you know which I, I, Yeah. Which house are you in?
(32:12):
Well, my my official test came through as Gryffindor.
Yeah. But I on any given day I could
be. Slithering.
See, I'm the same way, man. I mean, so when I used to work
for Universal here in Florida, Iwas on the opening team for
Harry Potter section at that theme park.
(32:33):
They're they're right, Forbiddenjourney.
So we, we all had to take the test and everything.
And somehow I end up as Slytherin.
But I'm like, Nah, I'm not Slytherin.
I'm Gryffindor. Give me my robe.
So yeah. Yeah, I got, I think at any any
given day I could switch from Gryffindor to to Slytherin,
which I've got no problem with. They're both really cool houses.
(32:56):
Have you been, have you been to any of our any of our theme
parks here in Florida? No, I I did stand up comedy
once. I think I've only been to
Florida once. I did stand up comedy in Tampa
in the Hard Rock Cafe, which I know is only a stone's throw
away from all the parks. Yeah, I've never been.
I would. Oh my God.
When I've seen the the videos from the Epic Universe it.
(33:16):
Just does is. Very well named, it does look
epic. This certainly it certainly
does. But from one, from all my
friends who have been to Epic Universe, they said that the
theme park is very small. You can do it all in one day.
It's it's it's that small. So I'm like, why?
You know, why is it that small? And is Epic Universe going to,
(33:39):
you know, bring in more things to that theme park, which we're
probably we're, we are going to see more stuff coming to that
theme park, not only more Harry Potter themes, but maybe some
more IP stuff for that, for thattheme parks, which.
Are they running out of space? There's still, there's still
land back there somewhere. There's still some swamp they
(34:00):
could could take over, isn't it?Don't you have a problem with
that in in that area? So our theme parks are actually
not in the swamp, not in the swamp area.
I mean, the only theme park thatis swamp ish is Gator land.
And that's like one of the Gatortheme park where you go see the
Gators, feed, feed them and everything.
It's that's kind of like a swampy area.
(34:23):
But when Disney was built, that was all swamped and Walt Disney
had to come to Florida and took out a bunch of orange Groves and
then took out lots of swamp areas to build the to build the
Magic Kingdom. Universal was just all a was all
on dirt. It was just a dirt land.
Oh, OK. So it was a lot.
(34:44):
It had it somewhere. So it was a lot.
So it was a lot easier for them to build universal on a dirt
land. So that that's kind of how it
all happened. Wow.
No, I think, I think they've done an incredible job, Ministry
of Magic, and that looks just incredible.
And I mean I I can't imagine thecost of it, but the attention to
detail and of course the accuracy has to be screen
(35:06):
accurate. That's right.
And also make it an experience which I just think is so
demanding to to not only just present a beautiful thing to
look at, but make a ride out of it.
Make it an experience. Very, very clever stuff.
So I hope if anyone's listening,I would love to come and I'll
(35:26):
bring my I'll bring my sorting hat and I'll bring, I'll bring
Victor Rickwood's wand with. Me.
Dude, that is awesome. Whoa.
It's a beauty. That is a cool wand.
Yeah, Victor Rickwood's wand is is a very, very cool wand.
Yeah, so that's awesome. I got I have Harry Potter
because I kind of look like Harry Potter, so.
(35:50):
Yes, you do, Yes. Just just a tad bit, just a tad
bit. All right, Jason.
So before we before we head out on here, head out out of here, I
have a rapid question. And this is this is this is
coming from this is coming from the the late James Lipton from
inside the Actor's Studio. All right, yes, I have a
(36:12):
question number. So what is your favorite?
What's your favorite word? Favorite word?
Your favorite word? Love.
Love What is your least favoriteword?
Hate. Hate.
OK, what sound or noise do you love?
Birds chirping. What sound of noise do you hate?
Traffic. Yeah, I agree.
I agree. Jason, what's your favorite cuss
(36:35):
word? Oh.
There are many. I can't say it on there.
Yes, you can. On this podcast you can.
You can say whatever you want. Gosh, well.
OK, you get. OK, I'll tell you what, it's a
two thing. You can do the you can do AUS
cuss word or what's auk cuss word?
(36:56):
There there is a cuss word that does actually, I don't know if
it actually comes under a harsh cuss, but it still feels good
and it's one of my characters from Call of Duty.
Says it a lot. And it's or you Muppets.
(37:16):
It just, it just sums it up. You're a muppet.
I mean, it feels right, but I don't think that's like, I don't
think that's like a cuss word. I mean, I was like, man, I
thought you're going to say a wanker or something like that.
I mean, that's a that's a cuss word.
Yeah, I don't use that one very often.
Ah Dang man. So I have children watching.
(37:41):
Sorry, I'm sorry. Little ears.
Sorry, little ears. Sorry.
Little ears cover your ears. All right, so, and last, a final
question is this. If heaven exists, what do you
want to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
You're too early. Sod off.
Dude, that is awesome. All right, Jason, please, Jason,
please let our audience know where can everybody check you
(38:03):
out on social media and do you have any upcoming projects you
can talk about? Yes, you can find me on TikTok
and Instagram at the Jason Anthony.
You can also check me out in thenew June awakenings game.
I play several characters in that.
You can check me out in the Gameof Thrones video game that's
(38:26):
just come out Gone 2, which is avery gory VR gladiator game just
came out in that. And then keep your eyes peeled
for in the autumn. There's a very, very big video
game franchise that I've worked on and it's highly anticipated
(38:47):
and it's on mobile. So it's it's free as well, which
I think the fans are really, really thrilled about.
So I'm very excited to announce that.
So if you stay on my socials, you'll you'll hear about it
first there. Awesome.
Well, Jason, thank you so much. And guys, it's time for us to
get up on out of here. Thanks guys.
(39:21):
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