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     Voici une interview de Tara Strong, la voix de Rikku dans Final Fanatsy 10, réalisée par le site américain www.allrpg.com (en anglais).

Recently, I had a chance to ask Tara Strong, a well respected and talented voiceover actress, a few questions. Some of you may recognize Tara as the beloved voice of Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls or maybe Baby Dil from The Rugrats. Tara has also been credited for providing voices for other interesting roles such as The Little Mermaid’s Melody, the Extreme Ghostbuster’s Kylie Griffin, Spot the chicken from 101 Dalmations, and Batgirl/Barbara Gordon from the Batman animated series.

A native of Ontario, Canada, Tara began her acting career at age 12. She was often caught performing various Yiddish songs up until the age of 13 when she booked her first major role in the movie, T.N.T. with Mr. T. This Canadian acting prospect eventually took her into the voice-acting realm as she starred in the English version of the Hello Kitty anime as Kitty. Since then, many of her characters can be seen in our favorite TV cartoons such as The Family Guy and King of the Hill.

Despite all of her glorious gigs in multiple cartoons and TV series, most RPG fans recognize her as the voice of Rikku from Square’s Final Fantasy X. Tara Strong is the one responsible for providing that unforgettable performance as that cute, spunky blonde from FFX. This Al Bhed teenage sensation is one of the most important characters in FFX and few can deny that she is the most adorable and loveable in the party.

In the following interview, you will be able to read (and hear) Tara Strong discuss the games she plays, how she got involved with the Final Fantasy X production, what she thinks about her character Rikku, women in videogames, voice-over acting in games, and how videogames have turned mainstream. The interview has been transcribed into text format and is displayed below for those who wish to read; however there is also an .mp3 file which contains Ms.Strong’s answers to all of our questions.

We encourage all of you to listen the .mp3 while reading along. The .mp3 file (2:01) can be accessed here. (Download)

The Interview

Chase: Do you play videogames often? If so, what types? Any favorites?

Tara: I don’t get to play a lot of videogames now that I’m a new mom but I did play a lot of ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ while I was pregnant.

Chase: How did you get involved with Final Fantasy X?

Tara: I’d worked with Jack Fletcher, the director of Final Fantasy, on several occasions before and he brought me into audition and luckily I booked the part.

Chase: Did you approach doing a voice over for a videogame any different than doing a cartoon? How so?

Tara: There are differences between doing videogame auditions and doing cartoon auditions and you can learn all about that on our website VoiceStarz.com. In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.

Chase: What messages do you think were conveyed in Final Fantasy X? (i.e. morals and values).

Tara: I don’t know.

Chase: Many FFX fans pick Rikku is their favorite character. What did you try to add to her personality? Do you see any resemblances between her character and yourself?

Tara: Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it’s inevitable that part of your personality comes into play. I’m not sure specifically but there’s definitely parts of me in Rikku.

Chase: What do you like about Rikku? Her cute looks? Her optimism? Her fashion? Style?

Tara: I don’t know that it’s so much about Rikku but stylistically, I think Final Fantasy is just amazing looking in general.

Chase: In FFX, there were 3 main female characters (Yuna, Lulu, Rikku), and in many circles, these 3 women are the most popular. Do you think women are becoming more recognizable as characters in videogames nowadays?

Tara: I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that’s because videogames in general are more diverse now. There’s a lot more to see when you’re playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters.

Chase: Would you be interested in doing more voice-overs for videogames? Any particular game?

Tara: I do a lot of videogame voice-overs and I don’t have any particulars in mind, but I do them all the time.

Chase: The amount of voice acting in videogames has been increasing rapidly over the past year or so. What is your view on voice acting in videogames? How does it affect them? Do you think it adds more realism to the characters?

Tara: I think it’s definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they’re part of the game and that they know these characters. I’ve had people say to me ‘Oh, I loved listening to you in this game and working with you on that game’ so it kind of makes people feel like they know you and that they know these characters.

Chase: Videogames have become more of a mainstream entertainment medium lately. Retailers are ordering more, videogames have bigger budgets, there’s more advertising, there’s more videogame-esque movie special effects (think The Matrix), and the level of hardware is increasing at a rapid rate. What are your views on videogames finally being recognized as a main source of entertainment and how is it a microcosm of society?

Tara: I think clearly with the success of videogames, entertainment people know that it’s definitely a lucrative and popular field and certainly with all the fan-based websites and the fans writing in, I think it’s taken very seriously.

Closing statement: "Chase is Cool."

End

Well there you have it, AllRPG.com’s exclusive Tara Strong interview. We’d like to thank Tara for taking time out of her busy schedule to join us. Her agency was very cooperative in the planning stages of the interview and a shout out goes to the entire VoiceStarz crew, along with Craig Strong. Tara will always have a home here at AllRPG and feel free to come back and visit anytime!

If there are any readers who are interested in voice-over acting, Tara Strong has a website called www.VoiceStarz.com where you can learn all about it. The site contains info on the entire VoiceStarz cast as well as ways to get involved in the voice-over community. They even have a great membership program that gives you access to voice-over classes, personal auditions, message boards, tips, and much more. You could even get an autographed Tara Strong photo!

Just remember fellow videogamers and aspiring voiceover actors/actresses, this is Chase is Cool, signing off.

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