Nine years ago, a group of friends gathered one night to playDungeons & Dragons.
That game would change their lives.
It sounds like some opening line a theatrical narrator might use to kick off a thrilling, high-stakes epic.
(Back row) Travis Willingham; (second row) Taliesin Jaffe, Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Sam Riegel; (third row, L to R) Ashley Johnson, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Laura Bailey; (front) Marisha Ray.Chris Lockey, courtesy of Amazon/Critical Role
It also happens to be how the story behindThe Legend of Vox Machinabegins.
They just needed more players.
Luckily, they had a lot of friends in the voice acting community.
Liam O’Brien’s Vax’ildan, Taliesin Jaffe’s Percival de Rolo III, and Laura Bailey’s Vex’ahlia in ‘The Legend of Vox Machina.'.Amazon
“We were all on different levels.
“All of that backstory and the character traits and everything, those come out as you’re playing.
And I think that’s the fun thing about it.
Nobody else is giving you that input.
It’s coming from you.”
Listen to the full roundtable interview with cast above.The Legend of Vox Machinapremieres on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.
