Watching the English voice solid behind fantasy journey Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 attempt to pronounce the French phrase for "s—" is a sight to behold.

"My mouth doesn't make these noises," British actor Ben Starr, identified for his gaming function in Remaining Fantasy XVI, remarks as he struggles to say "merde" throughout a Might 2024 recording session in London. Jennifer English (Baldur's Gate III) and Wealthy Keeble (Amazon's Good Omens) discover themselves in the identical boat.

"How do you say that second one?" Keeble asks. That may be "putain," which suggests "whore."

Recreation director Broche Guillaume, the one French particular person within the room, delights within the comedy, calling this second "the very best a part of the voice performing" course of. Nobody can say the semi-bleak premise of the brand new turn-based RPG isn't with no humorousness.

Leisure Weekly can solely reveal a behind-the-scenes take a look at the making of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, highlighting the voice expertise bringing the characters to life — and cussing in French. "This is among the most lovely initiatives I've ever labored on," English says (proven within the video above). "Prepare for one thing completely lovely and particular and magical…. I feel it's gonna actually, actually wow folks. And it ought to. It's implausible."

The sport, developed by France-based indie studio Sandfall Interactive and printed by Kepler Interactive, units gamers in a Belle Époque- and Artwork Deco-inspired world. A being generally known as the Paintress awakens every year to color a quantity upon her monolith, inflicting everybody of that age to show into smoke. The quantity she paints ticks down with every passing 12 months, however the day earlier than the Paintress is anticipated to color the quantity 33, a gaggle of Expeditioners embark on a quest to slay the entity and finish her dying cycle.

Charlie Cox (Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Once more) voices Gustave, an engineer within the metropolis of Lumière who dedicates his closing 12 months of residing to killing the Paintress and safeguarding Lumière's future kids. English voices Maelle, an orphan who bounced round foster properties earlier than Gustave took her in.

"She's a tremendous character," English says within the behind-the-scenes look. "She's so vibrant and so lively and sass, however she's not with out complexity or ache. So it's been such a pleasure to play her. I feel she's one of the sensible characters I've ever performed, really."

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Kirsty Rider (Netflix's The Sandman) voices Lune, whom the actress describes as "an bold, pushed lady" and "very badass." The daughter of outstanding researchers, Lune inherits her dad and mom' mission to unravel the secrets and techniques of the Paintress.

"She's fairly decided with it, she received't let something distract her. It's all about attending to that aim," Rider says. "She's additionally fairly sarcastic and humorous…and isn’t afraid to place the lads round her of their place. I feel there are occasions when perhaps there are folks round her who’re going by means of fairly devastating circumstances and she or he will be fairly inflexible. However I perceive it. I perceive the drive. She's such an motion hero. She's so energetic and her powers are so cool."

Sciel is a farmer-turned-teacher, voiced by Shala Nyx (Netflix's The Previous Guard). "I actually valued her optimistic nature regardless of what she had been by means of," Nyx teases. "She'd come by means of a lot grief and she or he makes use of that as her energy. And I discovered that basically relatable."

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Keeble voices Monoco, who's a Gestral, a gaggle of pleasant beings who get pleasure from battle and see competitors as a type of meditation. One of many few Gestrals that may converse the human language, "he exhibits off a few of his character fairly early on," Keeble guarantees. "He's received a little bit of pleasure and competitiveness. Simply attempting to indicate off, I suppose. It was written fairly clearly that there was clearly some humor in there."

French actor Maxence Cazorla (Ineffable) each voices the character of Esquie and executes performance-capture for the sport. "The Esquie is type of a fantasy," he explains. "He's a legendary creature. No person actually is aware of if he exists or not. So when the Expeditioners lastly meet him and he joins the group, it's type of an enormous deal. He turns into their journey companion and their emotional help, as nicely."

Cazorla additionally notes Esquie takes every thing fairly actually. "There are scenes which can be fairly heavy, and simply by Esquie being there, it does lighten the temper," he continues. "And he’s very highly effective, as nicely. Oh! And he can't hold a secret. It's unattainable. When you inform him one thing, everybody will know."

Not highlighted within the behind-the-scenes sneak peek however nonetheless included are Andy Serkis (twentieth Century Studios' Planet of the Apes movies) as Renoir, who's described as "relentlessly pushed and myopic in his quest to save lots of his household."

As for the character Verso, he's described merely as an outsider of unknown origins. Starr can't fairly say rather more. In a comical behind-the-scenes second, he seems to be over to Guillaume for affirmation, who silently glares at him from behind the rim of his espresso mug. "Subsequent query," Starr jokes.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is accessible to pre-order now. The sport will drop on April 24 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S (out there day one with Xbox Recreation Go), and PC by way of Steam and Epic Recreation Retailer. Watch EW's unique sneak peek above.