{"id":428504,"date":"2023-11-15T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/?p=428504"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:01:59","slug":"ilkka-villi-discusses-playing-alan-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/ilkka-villi-discusses-playing-alan-wake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilkka Villi discusses playing Alan Wake"},"content":{"rendered":"
After 13 long years, Alan Wake has returned and his flashlight is brighter than ever. Ilkka Villi, who stars as Alan in Alan Wake 2<\/a><\/em> and its predecessor, recently had an interview with Wassup Conversations<\/a> where he discussed his experiences playing the writer. <\/p> Villi explains how he landed the role over a decade ago. He claims he was already familiar with Remedy in 2005, and he went for an audition for the studio. Not long after, he got a call from Sam Lake<\/a> and found himself as the protagonist of Alan Wake<\/em>. <\/p> It’s no easy feat playing Alan, as separate people perform the character’s voice and motion capture. While Villi handles the motion capture, Matthew Poretta voices the writer. Achieving this requires fine-tuned coordination, as Villi has to ensure his performance matches the voice acting. <\/p> Alan isn’t the only character Villi has played in the franchise. He reveals that he also did motion capture for one of the Anderson brothers and even a few female NPCs in the first game. In Alan Wake 2<\/em>, he also plays Scratch and Thomas Zane. <\/p> When discussing Alan’s personality, Villi points out how the character can be quite angry and abrasive at times. Alan “really gets a punishment” by being trapped in the Dark Place, though Villi admires how the character never gives up despite his monumental challenges. <\/p>