Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actors Ben Starr and Jennifer English worry the J’RPG wouldn’t be “as sexy” if it wasn’t French: “French people are just sexier”

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"Everyone was so sexy"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 hero Gustave in a striped swimsuit
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is beautiful and melancholy, sure, but I think there are two adjectives that go above all others: French and sexy. That's how co-stars Jennifer English (Maelle) and Ben Starr (Verso) see it, at least.

Asked what excited him about taking on the role of Verso in a new Future Games Show interview, Starr says that "It cannot be understated how sexy this game looked." (I'm sorry to be pedantic, Ben, but I think you meant "overstated.")

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"I think about this all the time," he responds.

"French people are just sexier," English asserts.

"Yeah," Starr agrees. "I get really intimidated. We went to Paris recently for the concert and how sexy everyone was there."

"Everyone was so sexy."

"It was wild and everyone just looked cool," Starr concludes.

Starr and English go on to reminisce about trying to bust out some wine at the concert event early and being firmly told off by the event staff for the attempt. French people may be good at being sexy and making cool RPGs, but I guess they're a lot stingier with wine than all the other cultural stereotypes would've led me to believe.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr is still ready to "lose to Megabonk" at The Game Awards, since one "person's game of the year is going to be another person's worst game of all time."

Dustin Bailey
Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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