More than perhaps any other cast member, you’ve always lent into your character, wearing Asuka-themed apparel and cosplay at conventions. One of the biggest reveals is what’s under that eyepatch! Now THAT was something I was totally unprepared for, and involved visuals that were certainly NOT written in the script. So the surprises happen in real-time! Plus, we never see any shots of our characters where there’s no dialogue, which means we really have to wait to watch the finished film to see ALL the surprises! We only see the bits that our character is in just before we record them. There certainly were! But as with nearly all anime projects, we do not get the scripts in advance or even read the whole script while we’re in the recording studio. Were you surprised reading the script? What were your thoughts on the reveals? There were some pretty wild revelations about Asuka in this most recent film. Though having a teenager of my own certainly gave me an interesting new perspective – character behaviour that might have made me go “what an annoying brat” in the past, I recognize and understand a little better now. I’ve always been a nurturer, so I just let some of my real Amanda Love Vibes shine through. Enduing such warmth and compassion into a famously understated character must be no easy feat, how do you balance that? Does having a teenager around their age help with the “mum vibes”? Rei’s maternal instincts have been increasingly emphasised as the Evangelion franchise has gone on. We talked about the balance between her “awakening” to human emotions and being “back to square one.” I think this is my favourite iteration of Rei yet. Yes, Joe was very diligent about which Rei we were recording in any given session. Did you take a different approach to Miss Lookalike? Thrice Upon A Time ’s “Rei” is not quite the character you originally portrayed. I didn’t realise how much I had truly missed her. It felt like coming home, or like slipping into an old, favourite dress. What was it like to resume the role and protect the Third Child again after so many years? Your voice as the original Rei Ayanami was such a formative part of so many fans’ earliest experiences of anime. Yes! Very!! I’m shocked and pleased that I still fit in it! □ Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Amanda Winn Lee (Rei Ayanami)įirst and foremost, you’re back in a plugsuit! How exciting! If you haven’t already, you can stream it now on Amazon Prime. Buckle yourselves into the robot and check out what the English voices behind Rei, Asuka and Shinji thought of the film below! To celebrate the resounding success of Thrice Upon A Time and the all new ‘End of Evangelion’ (for real this time, probably), we caught up with a few of our favourite Eva pilots, legendary voice actors and Supanova alumni Amanda Winn Lee, Tiffany Grant and Spike Spencer. What else is there to say except… “Congratulations”! Rather than “tumbling down, tumbling down”, the film has been enthusiastically received by audiences, boasting a coveted perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer, as well as a healthy 8.74 average rating on MyAnimeList. We’re delighted to report that it was more than worth the nearly nine-year wait. The cult classic mega-hit Neon Genesis Evangelion has finally drawn to a close with its hotly anticipated final installment, Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time, released internationally just last month.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |