Bethan Walker (Alisaie Leveilleur) talks about her journey in Final Fantasy XIV. From being cast as Alisaie to meeting her fellow castmates, her favorite scenes, and more! Please make sure to follow Bethan on her YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyMVsAnMtEq0a-GEDCpTcg?app=desktop
I hope that you enjoy this first episode of The People Behind Eorzea! Telling the stories of the people from both the production of Final Fantasy XIV as well as the community is truly a passion of mine, and I can’t thank Bethan Walker enough for agreeing to participate in this series! Never in a million years would I have dreamed that I would get the opportunity to interview such an amazingly talented actress who has made us all laugh, cry, and smile while bringing to life one of our dearest friends, Alisaie.
If you want to see more content like this, it would mean the world to me if you could like, subscribe, and share this video, but more important than that, please show Bethan some love in the comments down below. I know that her performance has meant a lot to many of you, just like it has to me, so let’s let her know! I’m sure that she would love to read your comments.
Thanks again for watching everyone! Lali-ho and peace out!
Check out The Popoto Pub FFXIV Podcast here: https://youtu.be/A-mEPtgDHzk
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Bethan Walker is amazing! the way she gives life to Alisaie, I don't think I would be so attached to her is it wasn't for her amazing work, she truly gives soul to Alisaie, she's also super nice and caring <3
Love the character, the relationship with WoL. Superb performance!
This was fantastic! Thank you for helping make Alisaie one of my adopted children online. I love her passion and her spunky attitude.
When I heard the start of the interview I could hear the trailer in her voice: "I can take care of myself, you know!"
I'm hoping you can do Urianger next.
Thanks for this video. Alisae is my favorite character, she reminds me of my little sister growing up and a whole like like my first daughter too!
It was such a treat to get to see the people who bring her to life in the game and what it means to them to play that character! Thanks again. This was a great video for me to watch.
I think my favorite Alisaie line is actually from Shadowbringers.
"Our worlds may not live up to your lofty standards… But they are our worlds! Our homes! Full of life and love and hope! And we won't stand by and let you destroy them!"
I love all the Endwalker stuff, but that's one I actually still recall and it still makes me smile to think about. Right up there with Venat's speech for me.
<3
She is amazing! ♡
Thank you Bethan and thank you Popo for this interview! It's amazing to see how the actors themselves can be so connected and invested to the characters they play and for a role that's been reprised over a number of years! Again thank you for giving us, not just a voice, but the heart and soul of one of our favorite characters.
Well, count yourself one of those very talented voice actors/actresses. She's my favorite out of all the characters in 14.
You can tell the emotion you put into Alisae. Out of the characters you can play with, there never seems like a friendship as deep as yours. The rest in comparison feel like acquaintances.
The player characters tied quite heavily to the twins. It was so refreshing seeing her be so different than Alphinaud. It was a breath of fresh air at times.
She reminds me alot of my little sister its uncanny. So its just a wonderful treat.
I think what you've done so well is show such human moments with the delicate respect that they deserve. Utterly cuts through me like a hot knife through butter. I don't think any other character has that effect on me.
Thank you sooooo so much for the wonderful work you do. ❤
I was very surprised to hear that the VAs had never met despite working on the same project for so long. I thought that at least the twins' VAs would rehearse their banter and that would be why it came out so great.
What an amazing interview! Thank you Popo and thank you for the amazing voice acting, Bethan. I do wonder if she ever watches the story later on Youtube or something though, to see Alisaie's journey all these years.
This is unrelated but I dont understand why people dont like pickles
How much do I like Alisae? I took some of the best moments from the end of the 5.3 patch and put them up on my channel.
How much do other people like Alisae? At the time of writing that video's got… what… like… 237k views? None of that is my work, however, I just highlighted some stuff here and there. It's the talented people behind FFXIV that got it there.
I'm always amazed how clearly she speaks in real life.
This was fantastic to watch!! I adore Alisaie, and without a doubt she is my favorite character. Wonderful questions, and I can't wait for more! I hope the other actors agree to interviews.
This was so wholesome, she is an amazing voice actress, looking forward to her future Alisaie performances <3
Thank you Popo Jagaimo and Bethan Walker for this lovely interview. She is one of many scions that I personally love and have a connection with. I recently found a orphaned russian blue kitten on the streets here where I live. She lost her mother and was only 3 months old. We took her to my local vet to be checked out and discovered she was not chipped or had a collar on. The vet asked me if I wanted to keep her before I could even breathe I said YES immediately. I only had her for a few hours and I loved her immensely to turn her over to our local humane society. When my partner asked me what I was going to name her(we are both FFXIV players ourselves and LOVE the story and game) I smiled and immediately said, Alisaie. And boy is she so much like the character too. The name was well chosen <3
This is the content I’d like to see more of! 👏🏼
Thank you for making this video popo and Bethan 🙂 I agree with the majority of the statements below. You brought Alisaie to life and was able to draw emotion and a connection with so many people around the world. They definitely casted this role perfectly.
Loved this interview. Such a talented, beautiful, and elegant woman. She absolutely killed it as Alisaie!
Alisaie and Y'shtola are my favourite Scions, I have multiple chars, but for my first playthrough of EW, any chance I got to pick Alisaie for anything, I did so. Thank you Bethan, for giving her so much life and passion, I look forward to hearing more!
ok who were the three who downvoted this?
I just want to thank her so much for the scenes with Ga Bu. One of the things that have just emotionally destroyed me in this game has been Alisaie's ability to look at beings seen as 'lesser beastmen' and treat them with the same love and compassion as any other child of the star.
Alisaie is always open-hearted- she never closes herself off to the world. She passionately, almost violently cares about everyone so deeply. And Bethan's commitment to the performance is such a huge part of what makes me absolutely love this character.
"i've had two children since i started this job"
me remembering lvl 85 msq:
oh god
Alisaie is my absolute favorite
I would probably save her over half the scions if I was put to choose
Bethan Walker, thank you for giving her your voice
Loved this. I am so grateful that FF14 have such amazing voice actors. They are all absolutely perfect. Would be nice if they would stop trying to make me cry though!
6 years?… FFXIV has been going for 6 years? holy…
A big thank you to Bethan Walker and to you, for being able to share this wonderful interview with us! I enjoy hearing about how much a voice actress put her all into breathing life into Alisaie's words, interactions, and emotions that helped cement her as a fan favorite character!
Absolutely touching interview! What a treat to meet the actor that breaths life into one of the most beloved of all FFXIV characters. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Bethan!