The Voices of Texas
Here is a deep dive into the Voices of Texas.
Here at Gun, authenticity is one of the things we strive to obtain. Whether it’s recreating the right shade of a sunflower during a Texan sunset or replicating a film scene, voice casting is no different. Being able to bring Victims and Family members to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre before the events of the original 1974 film has been a dream come true. We were able to do so with the help of many amazing voice actors.
For those who may not know, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre features a unique voice system where Victim and Family players experience proximity-based dialogue. Victims players talk to one another when they run into each other. Family has dialogue that showcases their dynamics. When Victims and Family interact, it can make for an intense and cinematic moment.
Our Voice Cast is as follows:
Ana Flores is voiced by Jeannie Tirado.
“Jeannie delivered one of the most impactful performances of anyone who auditioned. So much so that it brought tears to our eyes during her recording sessions. She was absolutely perfect and encapsulated what we were looking for, for the role of our final girl, Ana.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director and Robert Fox II, Designer/Producer
Connie Taylor is voiced by Bryarly Bishop.
“Bryarly had one of the best screams we had ever heard. We would listen to her screams on repeat and it gave us chills. We’d pull up a photo of Connie while listening to Bryarly’s voice. It matched up exactly to what we thought Connie’s look would sound like.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director and Robert Fox II, Designer/Producer
Julie Crawford is voiced by Scout Taylor Compton.
“When we were creating Julie we had a Southern California girl in mind. We felt that not only us, but other people would look at Scout and see the character of Julie. When comparing Scout’s voice to pictures of Julie, knowing the horror scream queen that Scout is, it was a no-brainer on who to cast for the role of Julie.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director
When asked what were some inspirations for creating the voice of Julie, Scout had this to say:
“It’s so crazy because when you do a movie. You’re given pretty much the description of the character or the director says this is who she is. You kinda base your stuff around that. When I was doing Julie, it was me. Julie was Scout and that’s exactly what I did. I took from myself. Which is really cool that I was able to be given that opportunity to make that character 100% me. She’s super tough. She’s a fighter. She has a foul mouth… It was really cool to put 100% of myself into a character.”
- Scout Taylor Compton
Leland Mckinney is voiced by Matt Lowe.
“Matt projected just the right amount of southern charm that we wanted portrayed from Leland. On how he delivered his lines, to his natural temperament. It’s everything we wanted out of the Leland character.”
- Robert Fox II, Designer/Producer
Sonny Williams is voiced by Zeno Robinson.
“Zeno encapsulated exactly how we envisioned Sonny to sound. Intelligent, but still passionate for his friends. Not to mention, Zeno’s voice work for “Buggzy” on Friday the 13th: The Game was outstanding. These factors made him a slam dunk to take on the role of Sonny.”
- Robert Fox II, Designer/Producer
The Cook is voiced by Troy Burgess.
“Troy secretly learned the Cook’s dialect and voice lines from the 1974 film several months in advance. He went out of his way, did all this behind the scenes before he had even asked to audition for the voice role of the Cook. He had already been cast to perform the mo-cap for the Cook, but he desperately wanted to do the Cook’s voice work as well. After he sent us his recordings, we were blown away. He paid the perfect tribute to the late Jim Siedow, but also put his own stamp on the character. The more you try to sound like someone, the easier it is to not sound like them. Troy wanted to voice this character badly, and it shows in his performance.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director
When asked about Troy’s initial thoughts on becoming a part of this iconic horror franchise, he had this to say:
“My initial thoughts about being in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre? I wanted it so bad. I wanted it so bad. To be, in a way, immortalized in this project.. This is such an iconic property and product and there’s so much in there. I want to honor Jim [Siedow]. It was an amazing opportunity to be surrounded by such talent.”
- Troy Burgess
The Hitchhiker is voiced by Ed Neal.
“To this day, Ed Neal still does all kinds of voice over work. When asked to reprise a role from his 20’s, he was able to step right back into the role instantly. It was an incredible thing to witness first hand. From day one, we really wanted Ed to be involved in the project. With Sean Whalen performing the mo-cap for the Hitchhiker, it was very important to us to get Ed Neal to reprise the role of the Hitchhiker in a voice work capacity. We were elated to get him onboard, and bring this iconic character back to life almost 50 years after the 1974 film.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director and Robert Fox II, Designer/Producer
Johnny Slaughter is voiced by Damian Maffei.
“We knew Damian from the horror industry. We were very impressed with the work he had done in the 2019 film HAUNT. We ran into each other at a horror convention and he expressed his interest in the role of Johnny. Damian’s a huge fan of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) film so the fit was almost too perfect. We needed Johnny to be cold, chilling and narcissistic. We knew Damian could capture the tone we were looking for in Johnny. After crushing the audition, the deal to cast Damian was struck over dinner at a Cracker Barrel.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director
This is what Damian had to say when asked how he prepped for the role of Johnny:
“Getting ready for the role of Johnny. I revisited some characters from the franchise. I looked at a dash of Matthew McConaughey from Next Generation. You know, I watched part 3 a little bit. There’s some Billy from the Scream movies in there. Johnny is just really really into what he’s doing. He really takes a great amount of joy and pleasure in that hunt, that chase and taking his time. He’s kind of playing with his food. In the real world, of course, that’s horrible. As a character, that’s something that’s really delicious and you can really dive in there and have fun with.”
- Damian Maffei
Leatherface is voiced by Lex Lang.
“Lex was our voice director for the characters, but he expressed a huge interest in playing Leatherface. Lex is notoriously known in the voice acting world not only for his voice talents of monsters, but as a voice director as well. Once we heard his tapes of Leatherface grunts and yells, we knew it was meant to be.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director and Robert Fox II, Designer/Producer
Sissy Slaughter is voiced by Kristina Klebe.
“Knowing that we needed an actor who could sing, Kristina was always the right choice. We had already worked with her on Friday the 13th: The Game where she did the voice work for Jenny Myers, and I was always impressed by that performance. We knew we wanted someone who not only had that sweet singing voice, but also someone who could capture a level of insanity that Sissy possesses. One thing of note about Kristina’s singing; she can sing very well and had to ask her repeatedly to try to not sing as good as she was.”
- Ronnie Hobbs, Creative Director
This is what Kristina had to say about some inspirations that went into creating Sissy from both the voice acting and mo-capping perspective:
“Some of the inspirations that were brought in to make Sissy was Juliette Lewis from Natural Born Killers, one of my favorite movies, and Ronnie gave me such a great breakdown. There was a photo [of Kelly Mittendorf] who the character is based off of visually. So, just seeing all of those things and listening to the Manson songs, even before knowing that I was going to do the voice over, I was listening to them and preparing the movements based off of singing the songs while I was moving. I learned a couple of them by heart so that I could bring them into the mo-cap stage… when you listen to those mansion songs, it’s already creepy. You get into a weird mindset.”
- Kristina Klebe
Thank you for reading all about our amazing voice cast! For additional information about the Mo-Cap Sessions, click here. Keep the conversation going on our official subreddit, r/TXChainSawGame, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
