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Phelps Twins on Doing Half-Blood Prince Video Game

James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films) were interviewed by SnitchSeeker about doing the voices on the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game. Read more to see some of what they had to say.

SS: How much say did you have in the game?

James: We did have some say but, to be honest, the script was so sound for the game itself. We just went in there and did our stuff. They said, "Is there anything you want to add, take out or do again?" So it's kind of like doing a film in the sense that there's a script. We met with the designers, and the developers were really happy to show us how the whole game is made. That really interested us. Just seeing it come from artistic concept to final cut.

SS: How does it feel now, having done the character and that's your voice, knowing that thousands of kids are playing the game?

James: You kind of forget that you've done them when you come to play it. Well, we did so many lines that you can't really remember what says what. It's kind of hard when you're playing other games like where you're in character it's kind of like having the perfect character of … in that aspect it's really cool.
Oliver: And it's quite fun as well when you're actually playing and you're running around as Harry Potter or Fred or George with a wand and see what they do. See what they say.
James: One of the reasons they record us in the booths doing that is because then when we do our actions then they can add the actions to the character speaking. And when they're doing that it's very real. It's very true to our being.

SS: How does the Order of the Phoenix game compare to the Half-Blood Prince one?

James: It's better in the sense that the graphics are sharper, there's more to do on it, there's more interaction, and the dueling on the Wii, that's a new feature. So that's quite cool. So you could fight against your mates, and there's the potion making where you can use your wand on how to make potions.

Read the entire interview here.

Thanks to SS for letting us know!

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by bets @ 10 Feb 2009 - 21:37

i'm not a video game type person but it sounds pretty cool..i bet the twins' voices are a riot