Neil Newbon's Nicolas Cage Inspiration for Heisenberg | Resident Evil Village

[@Metalcherrytree]

Someone show this to the game grumps please cause their Heisenberg impression is totally rooted hysterical confusion and they need answers

[@DoinstuffwithNate]

"Uuugh, Ethan. Acting. What're you gonna do, study it?"

[@origrammar]

YES

[@gettingintrospective]

E Than

[@survivorguy19]

@gamegrumps

[@liamhuls470]

My first comment was going to be show this to arin and Danny please 😂

[@MrAw3sum]

Talented voice actor. I also appreciate the voice because we got the hilarious sassy game grumps impression which cracked me up every time.

[@misterturkturkle]

One thing I like is that after he got recognition for BG3 I found out he wasn't a brand new VA. He'd done a few things I liked but I didnt recognize him. Usually that's a strange thing to say as a compliment but it meant that he's got some range, and not a one note instrument. Let's see him in 10 years when he's even better !

[@LuizenL]

“Your daughter’s in four pieces. I don’t… uhhh” -Heisenberg NEED him in Guest Grumps

[@origrammar]

I’d pay like $50 for that.

[@Epicgorilla101]

I mean I do watch him play games so he would fit in that way. Now if he is interested is another story. I sure wish it would end in a Guest Grumps

[@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou]

I'd hope not, given what awful people GG turned out to be. like downright abusive, trying to brush horrific things they've done under the rug. like how a couple of them pushed fans into doxxing an employee simply because he had constructive criticism regarding a project.

[@megamandrn001]

@@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou Nah, not real.

[@ShoppingAttic]

​@@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou you consider doxxing to be horrific lol can't take you seriously. Yeah it's a crime, but FAR from horrific.

[@NetherStray]

Nicolas Cage is definitely an actor's actor. He's fascinating to just about everyone, of course, but he's doing some crazy stuff that people really take notice of when they know what they're doing.

[@Hawwwlucha]

Now I wanna hear Nick Cage saying "That boulder-punching asshole!"

[@Lucifronz]

He also admitted somewhat recently that it was partially because he had to pay off some houses/castles. lol He's aware of how odd he is and leans into it. Which is very good in the film industry. All those strange quirks people make fun of from famous actors, like Christopher Walken's way of speaking, or Robert De Niro's facial expressions? Those are the things people remember and generally grow fond of. Those aren't amazing examples, since those traits aren't really "made fun of" so much as parodied lovingly, but I would argue Nicholas Cage has never... well, that's not true, plenty of bad movies, but he's never been boring in any of them and that's an accomplishment. Even in the movie where he doesn't speak a fucking word while he disassembles angry animatronics, he's still interesting. He's great.

[@IgnatiusJohnson]

@@Lucifronz Nic Cage has always felt like a guy who was acting for the back of the theatre, in the best possible way. He's a phenomenal actor, and can play things straight when needed, but most importantly, he goes out and gives it his all in every performance he does, from small indie weird flicks to, as you say, a movie where he doesn't say a word while destroying haunted animatronics. It's always fascinating to watch him and see what he will come up with next, for sure.

[@Dean444ful]

“I’m going to murder that boulder punching asshole!” Heisenberg was so great and so much fun. Never understood the criticism that he was too silly. I thought he was perfect as this insane goofball. Really well voiced.

[@misterturkturkle]

With all the other characters taking themselves so seriously (except the doll but .. doll) it was a good counterpoint. One of the spookiest things you can have is a villain that's having a good time. So like... That first scene when you meet the four Lords and Heisenberg is hamming up...calling on the lycans... That's some straight circus from hell bs and its hilarious... Unless you are the one in first person in the handcuffs. Also... "Boulder punching bastard" is going to go down in history right next to s*** like "nano machines, son" and "so long gay Bowser" as milestone quotes in game history.

[@tarayarizzo6602]

He’s one of my favorite VAs and one of my favorite characters, but the Grumps version of him looms large in my brain 😭 “I’m a friend of your dad” is my favorite vocal stim now 😂😂😂

[@gettingintrospective]

Mine is E than WINters!

[@tarayarizzo6602]

@ “that’s a lota *books*” 😂

[@Scented_Shadow]

For me it's just "ETHANNN..." in that stupid moan 😂 And "what are ya gonna do, read 'em?"

[@raelaurenmccoy803]

He definitely channeled Tim Curry for Astarion. I am absolutely a fan!

[@governor_explosion]

Astarion reminds me of Tim Curry, David Bowie, and Matt Berry (all people I adore) somehow combined. I love it.

[@Adoravivos999]

He actually channeled a few friends of his and the stray cat that lives in his garden. He took the laugh from the actor who played Mozart in the Amadeus movie. He talks about Astarion on his live streams on Twitch all the time!! Highly recommend, he's hilarious.

[@governor_explosion]

@@Adoravivos999 I keep meaning to watch his full streams, but I know if he Perceived me I might collapse.

[@Adoravivos999]

@governor_explosion oh he doesn't look at chat much, there's too much going on most of the time lol. His chat is just as chaotic as his BG3 runs. 😂💀

[@Adoravivos999]

Heisy's voice suits him SO WELL. I love it. Neil brings crazy life into all his characters.

[@jsokobo]

That’s so interesting because I didn’t hear it at first but now I totally hear the Nic Cage in Heisenberg’s voice.

[@rose_river_]

This is such a fun explanation of how to develop a character's voice!

[@Kludge]

It really was. I don’t know too much about voice acting, nor have I heard about how to develop a character’s voice (aside from the vague idea of imagining you’re the character, I guess). Something about him considering the grating idea of metal was super cool to hear about.

[@MadameSpoopy]

The fact that this was uploaded a day ago just as I’m hyperfixating on Heisenberg feels like fate. I see I am one of the rare few who really love the vocal choice.

[@toastyskyshroom]

God Neil for Guest Grumps I'd love to hear him talk with Arin about this

[@thecheapnessreview]

Next character should be more of a challenge: Tim Curry + Billy Connely + Al Pacino

[@mouldywilson]

Sprinkle in a little Vincent Price and you have the voice of my fever dreams.

[@rahjeel]

Nicolas Cage is my favorite voice to do during D&D campaigns, its just hilariously out of place but still works 😂

[@Gobbostopper]

This is so fascinating, the way he breaks down a voice, and you hear the influences now when he explains them, holy fuck this is so, so good for a v.a

[@palindrome2599]

God his laugh is already Heisenberg, love it😭

[@d.g.5690]

i think he really brought the character to life. The voice suites him so well.

[@BrightBlueInk]

My dad is a huge Jimmy Stewart fan so I grew up watching a lot of his movies, especially It's A Wonderful Life. Love Neil giving him a shout-out!

[@thatguybehindtheglass]

I always thought he sounded so much like Timothy Olyphant as Heisenberg. Like spot on.

[@Dean444ful]

Whoa you’re right. I can totally hear Olyphant in there. It’s not just the tone but some of the enunciation too.

[@elitecabela5329]

Finally some Heisenberg appreciation, the Grumps will be happy

[@DioLT]

I just want to see Neil Newbon and The Grumps all doing Heisenberg voices.

[@princeblackelf4265]

I'm convinced this video got directed to me by the algorithm because of how big a Grumps fan I am even more than I am a BG3 fan, but to echo the sentiment, we have to get Neil on an episode of Guest Grumps, been saying it for months now

[@zoushaomenohu]

What's funny is now Newbon's own career is starting to resemble Nic Cages, considering the list of characters he's portrayed now includes Heisenberg, as mentioned here, a vampire elf who uses pomposity to mask the intense PTSD he's dealing with, a talking fish who's ALSO struggling with PTSD and terminal illness and the horror of trying to figure out how to navigate sentience when he didn't have it before, and the second-in-command of a fascist paramilitary group trying to deal with an out-of-control virus that combines people and machines into mutated bio-tech horrors (the latter two IN THE SAME GAME no less)!

[@Bundito20]

Neil Newbon putting on a CLINIC right now holy hell

[@munaus-3345]

Only reason I watched Renfield was for Nick Cage. I could care less whoever else was on the screen, when Cage was on, it was ON! 🔥

[@Critter94]

Playing Village after BG3 I was so shocked when Heisenberg spoke haha.

[@TheCuddlyPlagueDoctor]

I don't think the originally intended voice would have worked for Heisenberg in the end. I think Neil did a fantastic job breathing life into that character, and I remember Heisenberg's parts being some of my favorite parts of that game. A lot of it was the voice direction and delivery, and the wild emotion behind it.

[@caraelizabeth7307]

Jimmy Stewart plus Cary Grant plus Nic Cage apparently gives you Mae West? 😂 because I hear Mae West a lot in Heisenberg.

[@juliehammer2903]

Lol OMG. I can totally hear a "Come up and see me some time" coming from Heisenberg!!!

[@TheLunatiched]

I immediately heard Jeffrey Combs when Heisenberg started talking.

[@joshuahancock2079]

When I first heard Heisenberg, I thought: “is that Nick Cage? That sounds just like Cage… almost like Cage? That’s Nick Cage, right? RIGHT!?” I was kinda floored after a google search that it wasn’t.

[@DomIstKrieg]

I always thought the voice sounds Jeffrey Coombs.

[@DatNinjaCow03]

GOD I love Jeffrey Combs

[@ChronicDoodles]

I like describing Heisenberg as "Nick Cage doing a Tim Curry impersonation", so to hear that he was in fact channeling Nick Cage is SO vindicating lol

[@MegaVidFan1]

IT ABSOLUTELY WAS NIC CAGE! HAHAAAA HE'S A GENIUS!

[@kapwski]

Christopher Walken looks great for his age!

[@birdquest8695]

Does anyone else think Nick Cage could play Jack Baker in an RE7 movie?

[@octagonseventynine1253]

Bro looks like John Constantine.

[@Chalepastel]

how it'd get burned??? *how it'd get burned?* how it'd get burnnnnnedddddddd???

[@A-man1998]

I think I'm suffering from serious Mandela effect cause I thought Heisenberg sounded like Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

The algorithm is so funny. This has nothing to do with Game Grumps technically and yet there are so many fans here. Somehow it knows

[@octosalias5785]

Campy over the top characters are at home in Resident Evil

[@gianni_descalzo]

I feel likenim the only person tgat doesnt hear Nick Cage at all.

[@adamcammack3534]

HES BRITISH?

[@ginxtv]

Yes :)

[@MoonDoggie82]

The voice is why I hated Heisenberg. Any time he started talking I would either tune it out or skip. It was just terrible.

[@Iluvpie6]

Well I think he’s supposed to be insufferable. That’s the point.

[@Laerei]

Sucks to be you, then.

[@Lady_Stardust73]

What a weird comment to leave on a video of the actor explaining how he arrived at the voice

[@Adoravivos999]

@MoonDoggie82 even if you didn't enjoy it yourself, I'm sure you can at least appreciate why he sounds that way. He was a hermit, so it's insinuated that he listened to old radio broadcasts for the accent.. and the metal gears.. I think that's obvious. The layers Neil added were for good reason. He may not be your cup of tea, but I personally didn't like Lady D. You don't see me posting negative comments about her character. 🤷🏽‍♀️