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#139 - Ellen McLain Interview (Portal 2, GLaDOS, Voice Acting, Improvising, Broadway, Valve etc.)
Episode 139
Ellen McLain is an accomplished singer and voice actress who is best known for voicing GLaDOS in Portal 1 and Portal 2.
#portal2 #valve #glados
SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER - @ellenmclain
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro/Kiwi Talkz Name
01:23 - Original Intention Of Robotic GLaDOS Voice
03:35 - How To Sound Like A Robot/Initial Recordings
06:07 - Candide Operetta/Broadway
08:05 - Throwing Out Ideas In The Studio
09:02 - Dynamic In The Studio With Valve Devs
10:32 - Advocating For More Valve Games/Erik Wolpaw
11:45 - Ellen Worked On Portal 2 From The Very Beginning Of Development
14:42 - Working On Other Projects Well Working On Portal 2
15:20 - Studio Sessions Never Became Monotonous/Ellen Never Gets Bored
16:40 - Books Ellen Is Currently Reading/Russia & Putin
20:02 - Drawing On Your Own Life To A Voice Project
21:00 - Ellen Has Dreams Of Murdering People
22:50 - Working With Valve
24:20 - How Still Alive Song Came About//Jonathan Coulton/Turret Choir
29:00 - Approaching Recording GLaDOS different for the Portal Songs
32:00 - Recording Dialogue Out Of Order
34:00 - Ellen Got Given Recordings Of Stephen Merchant & JK Simmons For Portal 2
34:38 - Outlaws/Stephen Merchant/Not Disappointing Fans
38:00 - Whiplash/JK Simmons/Juiliard School//Teaching
40:34 - Ellen Is Keen For Portal 3
41:10 - The Job Of The Actor Is To Not Make A Role Stale/Ellens Marriage
43:30 - Bickering Couple In Left 4 Dead/Valve Not Knowing Ellen Was Married To John Lowrie
45:58 - Improvising On Portal
48:20 - Getting The Call To Come Back For Portal 2/How GLaDOS Influenced Ellens Work On Pacific Rim
51:22 - Projects Ellen Has Worked On Recently
54:50 - Ellen Loves Working & Rehearsing
56:24 - Ellens Favourite Performance Was Opera
58:40 - Ellen Doesn’t Like Watching Her Own Performances
1:01:00 - Where To Follow Ellen McLain
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