Re:CoM Casting News + Pics

[Final Keyblade]

Some Re:Chain of Memories updates for you guys. First off, some casting news and rumours. Recently, Derek Stephen Prince has updated his MySpace Blog confirming his role in the game. He will be voicing the Organization Member Vexen, commenting on how he had twelve hours of recording and that he was sure fans would “love to hate” him. In his post, he also confirmed that Christopher Lee would be back to voice DiZ/Ansem the Wise, and that Richard Epcar would also reprise his role as “Ansem”/Xehanort’s Heartless.



Among those official voice actor confirmations, there are also some rumours floating around, via Wikipedia, that Josh Keaton and Tara Platt would be voicing Zexion and Larxene, respectfully. But, due to there being no source to these claims listed, this should be treated as purely a rumour until an official announcement regarding the casting of the characters is made.

According to her official site, Meaghan Jette Martin will now be doing the voice of Naminé. The Disney Channel Star (who most recently appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie ‘Camp Rock’ as ‘Tess’) will be taking over the role of Naminé, replacing Brittany Snow as the previous actress for the character. No reason has been given as to why she was recasted, but fans know that this isn’t the first time they have seen a beloved character being voiced by a different actor (”Ansem”/Xehanort was previously voiced by Billy Zane and is now voiced by Richard Epcar).

It’s also unknown if this recast is purely for Re:CoM, or if it will also be for future games (such as 358/2 Days).

UPDATE: More rumours are being squashed, thanks to KHI forum member .:Raz:.who got in contact via email with Tara Platt who was rumoured to be playing Larxene. When asked if the rumours about being cast in Re:CoM were true, she had this to say:

Sorry I am not in Kingdom Hearts. But it is a great game series!
Best, Tara

Also, IGN and a few other gaming sites have updated with English Screenshots of Re:Chain of Memories, seen below.

[iXenon]

The last picture isn't really new. It's been used for the JP game.

[Larxene]

I'm looking for some sort of audio of Tara Platt, just to see what her voice was like... but....this stupid computer I'm on........

>.> I want MY computer.... D<

I'll have to check out this stuff on a different computer, though. D:

[kingdomkid]

It's actually been confirmed that Tara Platt will not be doing the voice for Larxene. I don't know who they're getting to do her voice now.

[Larxene]

I think they should use Yuko Miyamra. Yes. for the English. D<

Cuz NO ONE can match what she's already done for Larxene.