#KUBEN BLISK VOICE ACTOR MOVIE#

And I don’t care how many times I go on that Universal tram tour, it’s still movie magic to me. You can do studio tours! Warner Bros has costumes and props from their films in a mini museum. Specialty shops like Geeky Teas or Little Tokyo’s pop culture shops or galleries like Q Pop. Where shouldn’t you go? Love our local comic shops and nerd bars (Guildhall, thank you for welcoming our raucous post-twitch show nights). I’m a bit of an animation/sci fi/Comic Con nerd. When I was a struggling performer, I’d get frustrated and drive up there on my own, look out over the town, and remember everything I love about it. Find an isolated spot and watch the city start to light up. For a quiet moment, go to Griffith Observatory at dusk. My go-to used to be the Santa Monica pier and downtown LA’s bars and fine dining. My favorite place in town is The Magic Castle, but you must be a member or convince a friend who is a member to take you. There’s goth or emo nights at places in Hollywood and Echo Park. oh noooo over a year, due to quarantine, but in the before times I loooved exploring all of LA. Can you give us a vampire’s guide to LA at night? Ishii at the Tokyo lesbian bar Goldfinger I think it was a real game changer for me when I created a bisexual, nonmonogamous, and radical progressive character for my Vampire the Masquerade show and the community’s response was an overwhelming, “Yes please, more of this!” In addition, where traditional Hollywood was lacking, tabletop roleplaying games and other online projects have allowed me to create the characters and stories I wanted to see in the world. We’ve got a lot of work still to do, but even in the past couple of years I’ve seen better roles and more attempts to cast appropriately for ethnicity, sexuality, and gender identification. It makes for better art and it’s what the majority of the world wants to see. The industry is beginning to recognize the value of authenticity and inclusion. On the contrary, I have benefitted from being very public about who I am, both in finding a like-minded community and in booking roles that resonate. How have you built your career while staying authentic?Įarly on, I got the unfortunate old Hollywood advice: “Don’t disclose your sexuality or politics, you don’t want to lose work!” and “Make yourself likeable to everyone!” I was lucky to quickly be assured by my friends and community that was not. And a bit of a hot mess. So, I get to represent that aspect of my identity as well! She’s mixed Japanese, she’s lesbian (and not in a tokenized way, but she embraces her sexuality while not being defined by it), but more than that she’s cool. I’m similarly thrilled to be continuing the legacy of this incredible game and to be representing communities I belong to while diving into this whole, layered character. She’s a badass flyboy following in the footsteps of her ace pilot father (a fan favorite villain from Respawn’s previous game Titanfall 2), but finally striking out to make a name for herself. (I may be biased but also, I was a fan of the game before I was cast!) What’s even more remarkable is its intersectional inclusiveness. One thing that makes the game unusual for its genre is its compelling and grounded characters, relationships, and extensive lore. The short version is that 20 teams of 3 players are dropped onto an island and gather supplies and weapons, then fight it out until only one team is left standing. She recently spoke with Out Traveler about their career, her Hollywood roots, and their favorite places in Los Angeles.įor the uninitiated, what is Apex Legends?Īpex Legends is a free-to-play online battle royale game available on all gaming systems. Ishii uses she/they pronouns and says they identify as queer, pansexual, or bisexual, or just say, “I am attracted to humans.” In addition to her role as Valkyrie, they voiced Ana Bray & Kridis in Destiny 2, and had roles in Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, and Sailor Moon. Her official bio concludes, “But even though she had her ladies, her liquor, and her love of the sky, she was still obsessed with finding the man who’d put her father in harm’s way: his commander, Kuben Blisk.” In April the online game, which has been declared the best modern battle royale game by the game review site IGN, reached 100 million unique players, and that audience is getting to know Ishii’s very butchy character Kairi Imahara who grew up in the “shadow” of her father, Viper. Erika Ishii may not be a household-name but the genderfluid actor’s voice is recognized by millions of gamers as Valkyrie, the star of Apex Legends Season 9.

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