“And then add a whole other cast of actors that I got to work with in the room like we were doing a play or shooting a movie. “We got to work together the entire time for recording as well as for the performance capture,” Lowenthal says.
For the remake, he’s joined instead by Supinder Wraich, who is playing the role of Princess Farah. “I hope it wasn’t my fault,” Lowenthal jokes. Shortly after the first Sands of Time launched, Wasick left acting. I know it’s been tough in the post-production, but I’m really excited.” I can’t wait for people to finally get a chance to play it. I love the new director, we got to keep all of Jordan Mechner’s brilliant writing and then and then redo the game better. I honestly couldn’t say enough good about the experience. I got to rewind time and see if I could do it better. This time I got to literally step into the shoes again. “When we did the first The Sands of Time, I may have done three to five recording sessions for the whole game, and that was my contribution. “For them to want to do the remake 15 years later and to come to me and not some younger, hotter actor was truly an honor. “It was one of the greatest honors of my life to return to a role that I had loved so much and thought was in the rearview mirror for me,” Lowenthal explains. While being together in the same booth for the original game made Lowenthal’s and Wasick’s chemistry feel more natural, advances in technology will hopefully take that to the next level when the remake lands in 2022. For the upcoming Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, Lowenthal had the opportunity to activate the dagger of time and cause a paradox by stepping both backward and forwards through time simultaneously. Using motion capture suits, all the actors get together with stunt performers, and they film scenes from start to finish, sometimes with ensemble casts. These days, performance capture is the preferred method used by most big video game studios. Back then, video game actors would generally deliver their lines in isolation, with the conversations spliced together after the fact.
The Sands of Time was an anomaly because both he and his scene partner, Joanna Wasick (Farah), recorded their lines in the same booth, reacting to each other. When Lowenthal first stepped into the Prince’s shoes, the game industry was in a very different place. Whether wall-running, swinging across chasms, or fighting monsters, the Prince can undo his mistakes by activating the dagger, which rewinds time, transporting him back to safety. In 2003’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, players take control of an acrobatic royal who wields a dagger that can control the flow of time.
Looking back now, he wouldn’t change a thing. It’s a voice that’s opened up doors for Lowenthal, allowing him to portray a wide range of characters that a middle-aged actor wouldn’t be able to play in traditional media. He might have hated it while growing up, but his voice is a gift. “I’m getting swole with your dad,” he tells them, bestowing me the gift of the official title: Coolest Father of the Year. Rather than instantly turning me into a meme, Lowenthal doesn’t miss a beat, speaking to them in character as Peter Parker before switching to his dudebro voice as Bugsnax ’s Chandlo Funkbun. Being the adaptable actor he is, I’d like to see it happen, too.Īs we’re talking, my children, who have realized I’m talking to the guy who plays PlayStation’s version of Spider-Man, burst into my office. In his own words, he’s “more of a Robin than a Batman”, though he’d love a chance at playing the Dark Knight. “And I didn’t want to sound like a little kid, you know? I wanted to sound like a big, manly man.”īorn in 1971, Lowenthal isn’t exactly a child, but he doesn’t sound like your stereotypically gruff video game character. “I sounded like a little kid,” he tells USA Today.