Discussion for Driver [EU] / Driver: You are the Wheelman [US] (1999)
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By Wheelman75
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OK, so I was playing Perfect Dark & that somehow got me thinking: "How many of the voice actors in the original Driver are British"?

Now, why am I saying this? See, Perfect Dark & Driver were both developed by British video game companies. Perfect Dark was developed by Rare & Driver was developed by...well, this is a Driver site, so we all know who made this awesome game.

Anyways, in Perfect Dark, a lot of the enemy guards and some of the main characters speak with convincing American accents, though something in their voices tells me that they may be British voice actors speaking with American accents.

In Driver, most characters also have American accents, though what makes me think that they were voiced by British actors was not so much their accents, but their grammar. For example, in the briefing for the mission "The Chase", the guy tells you "stop him gettin' on the Frisco plane & we'll handle the rest." However, Americans would usually say "stop him from gettin' on the Frisco plane & we'll handle the rest.", which makes me think: 1. They guy voicing that character was British, or 2. The actor was American, but read the line without a second thought.

Now, I know that two of the voice actors for the original Driver were British: Bradley Lavelle, who did the voice for Tanner, and whoever voiced Ali. Question is, what about the other voice actors?

If nothing else, it's interesting to think about, yes?
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