#139 - Ellen McLain Interview (Portal 2, GLaDOS, Voice Acting, Improvising, Broadway, Valve etc.)

Ellen McLain is an accomplished singer and voice actress who is
best known for voicing GLaDOS in Portal 1 and Portal 2.


 


#portal2 #valve #glados


SOCIAL MEDIA


TWITTER - @ellenmclain


 


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro/Kiwi Talkz Name


01:23 - Original Intention Of Robotic GLaDOS Voice


03:35 - How To Sound Like A Robot/Initial Recordings


06:07 - Candide Operetta/Broadway


08:05 - Throwing Out Ideas In The Studio


09:02 - Dynamic In The Studio With Valve Devs


10:32 - Advocating For More Valve Games/Erik Wolpaw


11:45 - Ellen Worked On Portal 2 From The Very Beginning Of
Development


14:42 - Working On Other Projects Well Working On Portal 2


15:20 - Studio Sessions Never Became Monotonous/Ellen Never Gets
Bored


16:40 - Books Ellen Is Currently Reading/Russia & Putin


20:02 - Drawing On Your Own Life To A Voice Project


21:00 - Ellen Has Dreams Of Murdering People


22:50 - Working With Valve


24:20 - How Still Alive Song Came About//Jonathan Coulton/Turret
Choir


29:00 - Approaching Recording GLaDOS different for the Portal
Songs


32:00 - Recording Dialogue Out Of Order


34:00 - Ellen Got Given Recordings Of Stephen Merchant & JK
Simmons For Portal 2


34:38 - Outlaws/Stephen Merchant/Not Disappointing Fans


38:00 - Whiplash/JK Simmons/Juiliard School//Teaching


40:34 - Ellen Is Keen For Portal 3


41:10 - The Job Of The Actor Is To Not Make A Role Stale/Ellens
Marriage


43:30 - Bickering Couple In Left 4 Dead/Valve Not Knowing Ellen
Was Married To John Lowrie


45:58 - Improvising On Portal


48:20 - Getting The Call To Come Back For Portal 2/How GLaDOS
Influenced Ellens Work On Pacific Rim


51:22 - Projects Ellen Has Worked On Recently


54:50 - Ellen Loves Working & Rehearsing 


56:24 - Ellens Favourite Performance Was Opera


58:40 - Ellen Doesn’t Like Watching Her Own Performances


1:01:00 - Where To Follow Ellen McLain