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Final Fantasy 16 Clive actor Ben Starr was "quite nervous" about voicing a villain in Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles because he didn't want to "soil" his contribution to the series
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Final Fantasy 16's Clive actor Ben Starr is set to return to the franchise in a new role in the upcoming Final Fantasy Tactics remaster, The Ivalice Chronicles, but he's now admitted that he was "quite nervous about agreeing" to do it.
Unlike the original tactical RPG, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles features fully voiced dialogue. Starr voices Dycedarg Beoulve, one of the tactical RPG's antagonists, but switching away from being the good guy isn't what made him apprehensive about taking the role. As reported by Popverse, speaking at PAX West, the actor explains that he didn't want to "soil" his previous contribution to the series.
"I was quite nervous about agreeing to be a part of Final Fantasy Tactics, because I was really happy with my contribution to the Final Fantasy franchise as Clive," he says. "And I didn't really want to maybe kind of soil that. I didn't want to come back in and do something badly, because I was so happy... But when I was given the opportunity to do Dycedarg, he's so textually different from Clive; very, very different."
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While it's fair to say that Starr's performance as Clive would be a hard one for anyone to beat, the actor has been continually brilliant in his other video game performances since FF16, from Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to Dorian the door in Date Everything. As such, he almost certainly has nothing to worry about.
The good news is that there's not too long to wait to see him in action in his latest role, either. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is set to launch across PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Switch 2 on September 30.
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