Graha Voice Actor Change?

[paradisea]

im sorry are you implying jonathan bailey won sexiest man alive 2025 because of Final Fantasy Fourteen G'raha Tia fans and not the fact he has an extensive and impressive acting career

No. I'm. Did that guy just imply it's Final Fantasy Fourteen G'raha Tia fans' fault we may be losing Bailey in the cast because it was our, uh, unparalleled fandom power that voted him Sexiest Man Alive 2025 and not the fact he plays a heartthrob in both Bridgerton, a massive Netflix exclusive series, and both Wicked movies, which are blockbusters?

I love this place.

[Lara_Kotzji]

No. I'm. Did that guy just imply it's Final Fantasy Fourteen G'raha Tia fans' fault we may be losing Bailey in the cast because it was our, uh, unparalleled fandom power that voted him Sexiest Man Alive 2025 and not the fact he plays a heartthrob in both Bridgerton, a massive Netflix exclusive series, and both Wicked movies, which are blockbusters?

I love this place.

Bro thinks JB wasn't a great actor and famous before XIV, I'm tears

[mildlymoonstruck]

Oh, god I'm so sorry guys it was me. I cast the deciding vote of People's Sexiest Man Alive 2025 with these wretched hands. My bad.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Oh, god I'm so sorry guys it was me. I cast the deciding vote of People's Sexiest Man Alive 2025 with these wretched hands. My bad.

Any guy here hoping to be Sexiest Man 2026 knows who to dance partner with now lol.

[shoebilldreams]

Just to chip in with some info on how fees for voice acting in games work in the US vs UK:

In the US, the biggest stars can basically set their fee however high they like. You're super super famous now because of some movies you've done? Name your price.

In the UK, we don't have that setup. We can barely get studios to pay what our union is suggesting is the minimum rate for AAA studios to pay a voice actor. Bigger actors can't generally demand much more than that fee - the game studio can simply turn them down and hire someone who'll take the guideline fee.

No matter how famous JB gets, there's an upper limit to how much he - or anyone else - can ask for as a voice actor in the UK without the studio just laughing in their face. JB's agent would know that, and wouldn't demand an unreasonable fee on his behalf because they'd know he'd be recast instead, and would start getting a reputation for being a bit of a diva/having an ego.

All this to say - it's unlikely he asked for such a large fee that SE had to recast him for budget reasons.

(For what it's worth, I'm on team "it's not JB" - I don't think it sounds like him, and it fits that he'd be extremely busy round about the time they were recording this patch - but not because I think he asked for too much money.)

[Lara_Kotzji]

I wanna tell you this guys not out of spite or malice but as a warning for the future when something else like this happens.
When you vote a not very well known actor into People (yes THE People Magazine) and shine a giant spotlight on him there's bound to be repercussions abroad, you're gonna have to deal with the fallout from that, just saying. I've seen this happen SEVERAL times in the entertainment industry. Again, this is more of a cautionary lesson more than anything.
Welp, parasocial relationships not even once.

this made me laugh, thanks

[peachsyder]

im sorry are you implying jonathan bailey won sexiest man alive 2025 because of Final Fantasy Fourteen G'raha Tia fans and not the fact he has an extensive and impressive acting career

i'm in tears dude WHAT is bro talking about

[Bantochan]

i'm in tears dude WHAT is bro talking about

This offered some much needed levity to this thread. Goodness xD

[WillIrishclover]

XIV fans in a try not to be parasocial challenge = impossible