So I assume this was different from anything you've acted before? She's a chick! And never been a chick before. She's human, and she doesn't understand why, but she's very emotional. So now she's dealing with mortality, and the whole thing is that Chief's human, right? And she's a computer. So I think that's a huge difference in Cortana in this game than the previous ones, where she's never had to deal with something like this. So I mean, every day it was like, you know, it was emotionally draining. So it was like, "Okay, just go," you know, in whatever order you want, like, whatever ways, so you know, it's like 100 varieties of one line-because they're going to splice them and edit them so it's like she's glitching. Yeah! It's like, I mean, it's-imagine I give you one line, like "Chief, go!" and then you have to say it in ten different emotions back to back and just, like, go. Was it challenging for you to act that all out? I'm a huge Halo nerd, so I know exactly what you're talking about. Or giving you-you asked me a question about how we're going to get out of this ship, and I tell you how to get out of a planet that we left five years ago. So I could be talking to you right now like this, and then all of a sudden I'm bawling, saying a line from, like, ten years ago. So basically she has highly emotional states that are uncontrollable. So that basically begins to deteriorate, and she can't gather information as quickly as she used to. That data doesn't get erased, so it all just stays in her. Every time she downloads something-to tell Chief where to go, or to get them out of a situation-she has to download data. So basically, it means that her knowledge is full, so she can't gain any more. So that basically happens when she's seven years old. So I think that by the end I was able to do it, and the big thing with Cortana in this game is that she's going through something called Rampancy, which is deterioration of the computer that she is. I mean, I spent a lot of time trying to figure that out, and a lot of auditions. Well, because we're doing the performance capture, it required an actor who could do-not only physicalize Cortana, because she never has been before, it's all been computerized-so, all of the movements, the way she moves, the way she approaches things, has to be organic, and a person. So what do you bring to the role of Cortana? It's as much information as Star Wars, and as much knowledge and following as Star Wars does. And then I think because it's so popular-and I think it was one of the first video games that was so, so big-and it had so much recognition, that I think that everyone's somehow heard of it.Įxactly. Read on and decide for yourself just how different the new Cortana will be-and find out just how much Mason was willing to reveal. That definitely came through in our chat-as well as some hints about Halo 4's ending, Cortana's newfound rampancy, and other parts of Halo 4's story. She's a Super Mario World enthusiast with an acute appreciation for what makes Halo, Halo. And Mason seems perfect for the role (to see what we mean, watch her in action in this video). Like the other characters in Halo 4, she's been given new life (it might be extra startling, since she's an AI) by a new cast of performance capture actors. But for all intents and purposes, Mason is Cortana. My lips move her lips." Cortana's previous voice actor, Jen Taylor, dubbed over Mason's performance in post, as 343 was reportedly hesitant to give Cortana a brand new voice as well. What does that mean, exactly? Mason spent around six months acting out every one of Cortana's scenes, line for line and movement for movement. Not according to Mackenzie Mason, at least, the actress behind the face and performance capture for the sexy AI. Cortana has always been a central character in the Halo story, but never before has she been brought to life like she has in Halo 4.
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