User blog:Spawny0908/Spawny0908 interviews Rob Wiethoff voice of John Marston!!

Hey guys! I have an extra special interview here for you today! With help from K Harrison Sweeney I snagged an interview with the biggest badass who ever hit the west! You know him and love him so now it's time to get to know him! Ladies and Gentlemen time to meet Rob Wiethoff voice of the one and only John Marston! So yet again grab a drink and get to know Rob Wiethoff!!

*Begin Interview*

1) Are you yourself a gamer? If so what's your favorite video game?



I have been asked this question several times and I hate to say it, but I am not a gamer. I know that probably doesn't go over well with many readers of this interview, but it's the honest truth.

 I used to love to play Nintendo back in the day, but I haven't been into anything to do with gaming since. I do have Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare and I have played them quite a bit. I haven't played any other games, though. I'm afraid to get any other games because, knowing myself, I'd probably end up getting all the games and never really doing anything but play them. Ha!





2) Have you yourself played the game? What do you think about how it ended?

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">As I mentioned above, I do play RDR and Undead Nightmare. I can't play them as often as I like for a few reasons. Probably the biggest reason now is that my wife and I just had twin boys. I don't have much time outside of doing my part in taking care of them and going to work. The other reason that I didn't play too much before the boys arrived is that my wife couldn't ever be comfortable in our house while I was playing. She would always peek in the room and ask if I was yelling at the TV or if the TV was yelling at me. The funny thing is that it was usually both! Of course, I always told her that it was just the game.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> The ending of the game was very strong, I thought. I really can't compare it to other games, obviously, but I do like how people are saying that it had an effect on them. I'm not sure if people look to video games for that kind of entertainment, but it sounds like they're getting it from the ending of this game.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">3)  How did you get the part?

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I got the part at a very weird audition. It was weird, mostly, because everything had to be so secretive and I really had no idea what I was even reading for. Also, it was a last minute audition where I had to be there as soon as I could.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> My agent told me where to go and that I was reading for an "untitled video game project". She said that she thought it was some kind of promo for a game or a game console. It was pretty annoying to get a call for a last minute audition and not know, entirely, what it was for. I almost didn't go. Ha! I'm very glad I did. Of course, I go to all the auditions I get unless they really are something that I'm not interested in being a part of. Some are just easier to make it to than others. This one was not one of the easy ones to get motivated about. How could I? I didn't even know what it was.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I got to the place that was holding the audition and saw a bunch of guys dressed in camouflage. At first, naturally, I thought it had to be for some kind of Army game or something. As soon as I got the material, I learned that I wasn't reading for anything that had to do with the Army at all. I still didn't know exactly what was going on, but it worked out. None of us knew what we were reading for/had read for, in fact, until we showed up for the first day of rehearsal.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">4) What was it like working with Rockstar?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Because I haven't worked on any other video games besides RDR and Undead Nightmare, I don't have anyone in that industry to compare Rockstar Games to. I can tell you with 100% certainty, though, that Rockstar Games is easily the best company I've worked for/with in any capacity. They were all very well educated in and good at what they do. They are all helpful, patient, fun, cool, and a pleasure to be around. I still keep in touch with and genuinely like those people. I feel like they've got it figured out.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">5) Do you play multiplayer and if so what character do you play as?

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I have never played multiplayer, actually. I have thought about playing that way and seeing if anyone would recognize my voice. It would be fun to see if anyone would notice. At some point, I'll try it out and see what happens.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">6) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">What do you like most about the character John Marston? Is there anything don’t you like about him?

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I like a lot about John. If I had to pick what I like the most about him it would be the fact that he is absolutely fearless. I love that about him. A close second would be the way that he cares about his wife and son.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Because the player can make the decision of whether John is a good guy or a bad guy, it's hard to say what is best about him. He can, sort of, be two very different characters. It just depends on who is controlling him. The two things I like the most that are constant no matter how the game is played, though, are his fearlessness and his love for his family.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I don't like that John did so many bad things early in his life. I really don't think that, if he could, John would disagree with me on that. By the time we meet him, it's clear that he learned from his mistakes has tried to be a better man.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">7) Is John like you in any way?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">The only thing that I can say that John and I share, for sure, is our voice. Ha! We sound exactly alike! --I'm an idiot for saying that. I just thought I was funny for a second.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I like to think that I'm, at least, half the man John Marston is. He may not have liked everything that he was asked to do in order to keep his family life the way he wanted it to be, but he didn't ever quit. He was a man about things.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I had an issue with an adult the other day and I was embarrassed at the way he handled himself. Without getting into what happened, I will just tell you it was pretty gross. This guy lost his cool and acted like a spoiled child.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I went home and told my wife that night that what this guy needed to be aware of is that just because you can no longer call yourself a child, that doesn't mean that you can call yourself a man.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> John Marston was always a man. I would hope my friends and family would agree that it's important to me to be looked at in that same light.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">8) What’s your favorite mission in the game?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">My favorite mission is number 29: The Mexican Wagon Train. I can remember shooting that scene like it was yesterday. The day that we shot it was one of those days when I was having trouble remembering my lines. I don't know if I was tired or if I was over thinking everything, but I wasn't feeling very good about my work. Right before we shot that scene, I was walking around with my script and my headphones trying to get the lines down. Because I would record myself speaking the lines the night before and listen to them while I read the script, I usually had pretty good luck remembering most of them. I could not get the lines from this scene down to save my life, though. I remember feeling like I was going to make everyone upset by holding everything up. I really didn't know what we were going to do. It was terrible.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Anyway, to make a long story short, as soon as Rod called "Action" I ended up knowing the lines more clearly in this scene than any others that I can remember. It was so weird. It was like I was reading them off the page. I had never experienced anything like that before and I haven't since.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I really enjoy the actual mission, as well. I think it's cool that you have to go chase down a guarded wagon, take it over, and release the prisoners when the work is done.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">9) What’s your favorite western and why?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">My favorite western is Tombstone. I'm not sure if I like it most because I really like the movie that much or if I like the story that much or if it's because I have seen it over fifty times. My college roommate loved that movie so much that he would have it on every single time we were about to head out somewhere or have people over. The funny thing is that if I was somewhere and I realized that Tombstone was on, I would gladly hang out and watch it again.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">10) Are you friends with the other voice actors?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I would like to consider the other voice actors as my friends. The only reason I don't just say that I'm friends with them is because I don't know all of them well enough to know if we are actually friends or not. Based off what I know of each of them, I would be happy to hang out with any them. They all seemed to be cool people. I know that if I did get a chance to hang with any of them, I would probably learn a lot. I can't tell you how much I learned by working with such talented people. It was incredible.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">11) What are your thoughts are on doing voice overs for animated films vs. video games?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I've often thought about doing voice overs for animated films. I'm not sure if I'd be any good at it or not. Honestly, I don't even know how it works. I would love to give it a shot!

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Most of the voice acting that was recorded in RDR and Undead Nightmare was recorded along with the motion capture. We didn't have to synchronize our words to lip movements or anything tricky like that. We just had to say the lines as we naturally would in any other format. It was pretty easy once all the blocking was in place and the scenes were rehearsed a few times.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">12) What modern voice actors are you a fan of?

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I really wouldn't know outside of what I've worked on. I haven't done any research on any other projects.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> If you haven't already done this, listen to K. Harrison Sweeney speak when he's not playing the character "Irish". If he was speaking to you in the grocery store and you didn't already know he was the guy that was Irish, you would never guess it to be him.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> K. Harrison and others who use an accent other than their everyday accent while delivering their lines are extremely talented people. Because they are able to pull off something that is so difficult as well as they do, I am absolutely fans of theirs.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">13) Did doing RDR change your life in any way?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">RDR has changed my life very little, actually. Other than being able to say that I was part of something so special, which is very cool, my life hasn't changed too much. Because nobody recognizes me by appearance when I'm walking down the street like they might if RDR was an actual movie instead of a video game, I haven't experienced much of a change. Once people know that I am the person that played John Marston, they tend to ask me questions about it. Most people have no idea what I really look like, though, I would imagine.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">14) Was it weird at first hearing your voice coming from John when you played the game?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Hearing my voice coming from John Marston is as weird as you hearing your voice when you set up your voicemail, probably.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> "Do I really sound like that?  ...Ugh!  I don't really sound like that, do I?" --It was kind of like that.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> It's really weird for my family and friends, too, to see my voice coming out of John Marston's mouth. Because I did the motion capture for John, people are freaked out seeing him move and sound like me.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">15) When Rockstar approached you about doing Undead Nightmare what was your reaction?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I loved the idea of doing Undead Nightmare. Working with Rockstar Games, as I mentioned above, was a very cool experience. I would work with them right now if they told me they have something for me to do. I wouldn't think twice about it. In fact, I'd be thrilled to work with them again.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">16) Was this your first time using motion capture technology when acting? If so was it hard to adapt?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">This was my first time working with motion capture and it was a very different way to do things, to say the least. Thankfully, the people at Rockstar Games are extremely patient because I didn't learn how to work with the new "gear" very well right off the bat.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I'm not sure if there is a website to look at or a YouTube video of someone working with motion capture so everyone can see what I'm about to try to explain, but I hope there is. I'm not sure where to start...

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I'm not going to get technical and start explaining how everything works because I really have no idea. I can tell you, though, that we all looked like we were wearing full length wet suits with little ping pong balls stuck all over them. On top of that, we had helmets on that held a camera with lights out in front of our faces. This was what was used to capture our facial expressions and eye movements.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> It was a little distracting especially when working on a scene when the characters had to be positioned close together. We all kept banging our "faces" off of each other. It was actually pretty funny.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> If there is a motion capture class out there, I would recommend to any actor that is serious about the business take it. Having all of the different suits, batteries, helmets, and lights in your face takes some getting used to.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">17) Is there anything you know about John and wasn’t revealed in the game that you’d like people to know or wouldn’t mind telling?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">John Marston is the character that everyone already knows. What I mean by that is that there really isn't anything about him that wasn't presented to the player.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> If you want to know who I thought about most of the time when I was trying to get into character, it would be my brother-in-law. That man lives in Seymour, IN and owns a concrete finishing company. He is the modern day version of John Marston if you play the game as John being a good guy. Actually, my brother-in-law had a much different upbringing than John did and he was never involved with any kind of gang or robbing banks or trains. He's never held anyone for ransom, either. He is, though, the kind of guy that demands respect and gets respect. I thought of him many times while getting into character.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">18) Which did you have more fun with Red Dead Redemption or Undead Nightmare?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I'm not sure if I can pick which was more fun. There were a lot of similarities between both of the shoots, and both were a lot of fun in their own ways.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I didn't have to do anything on either of the games that made me feel uncomfortable which I'm very happy about. I did, however, have to pretend to be a zombie several times while shooting Undead Nightmare. I'm not sure why, but I would get so embarrassed every time I had to do that. Ha! Just mentioning it makes me feel embarrassed! It was a lot of fun, but everybody would stare and laugh at me because they could tell it was killing me. Small price to pay for the incredible experience I had, I suppose. I'm just glad that part is over. Laughing that off is hard when you know you're going to have to do it again at some point.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">19-23) Tell me about “From the Trailer to the Grave"

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I'm not sure what I can say about "From the Trailer to the Grave". I am very excited to get back with some of the guys and get to work on what I feel is an excellent script.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> K. Harrison Sweeney is more likely to be open about this film because he is the one who has poured his heart and soul into it for the past couple of years. I would hate to spoil any surprises by saying too much. I will say again, though, that I'm excited to be a part of it.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I think there is a real good chance that it will be seen by a lot more people that K. Harrison Sweeney is anticipating. Either that or he is just being really cool about it when he and I talk.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> He's a smart guy. People will love his story. He will eventually run Hollywood because of it. --Ok. I'm getting a little carried away, probably. It's gonna be awesome, though.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">24) Where are you from?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I'm from Seymour, IN which is the "Small Town" if you listen to John Mellencamp.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">25) Did you always want to be an actor?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I didn't always want to be an actor, actually. I have always wanted to be a pilot or own a construction company.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I flew a plane in Santa Monica, CA with an instructor a couple years ago. It was one of the coolest things I've ever done. I actually flew a plane!! If I were young enough, I would probably go to school and get my pilot license. I would still love that as a career.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I still do construction work from time to time. I love to get into a project and really work hard. It's great to be able to see, each day, exactly what you have accomplished. I love the instant gratification and the good exercise construction work provides.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I became an actor when I moved to LA about 11 years ago. I had no idea what I was getting into, but it seemed like fun so I ran with it. Why not? -You only live once, right?!!

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">26) What were you doing before being cast in RDR?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> I was fortunate enough to have been cast in a number of commercials before being cast in RDR. I, also, was a bartender for about 8 years and worked as a door host at a bar for 3 years before that.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> After I had been living in LA for about 3 years, a few of my friends and I went to Vegas for a long weekend. While sitting at a Black Jack table, the dealer asked us what we did for a living. A couple of the guys had regular 9-5 jobs and said what they were, but the rest of us sat there quietly hoping that she would know we were actors. I'm not sure how she would know. None of us had done anything, really, that she would have seen. We just wanted her to know without us telling her, somehow. We were terrible idiots, basically, is what I'm saying.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> Anyway, when this dealer heard my friend say, "The rest of us are actors", she, without hesitation asked, "So, which restaurant do you wait tables in?" Ha! I will never forget that moment. She nailed us! We deserved it, too. We thought we were so cool. Good for her.

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<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">27) Where did you study?

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I never really studied in an acting class in LA. I never did that anywhere for that matter.

<p style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> There were a couple classes that I started because I had a manager that told me I needed them. I hated them so much, though, that I never went. I always thought the teacher was just collecting and check and not really teaching anything.

<p style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">*End Interview*

<p style="line-height: normal;">I'd like to thank Rob Wiethoff for this awesome opportunity! I got to interview the actor who voiced my favorite video game character! Now if you'll excuse me I have to go cry tears of joy now. Bye!

<p style="line-height: normal;">Spawny0908