Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Monoco actor reveals Ben Starr “was wrong”
Rich Keeble, the actor who plays Monoco in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, is the latest guest in our Arcade Hang interview series. And in the chat, he reveals that his co-star Ben Starr was staggeringly incorrect in predicting how well the game’s launch would go down. You can watch our conversation over on YouTube — where we get into the origins of the Monoco role, Keeble’s reaction to the game’s success, and a whole lot more — or you can read on for some choice quotes. Recalling how the role of Monoco was first described to him, Keeble tells us, “It just said ‘rich, deep, booming’ for the voice, and it did show a little image of him, which, I couldn’t really work out what was going on, to be honest. Having done booming voices before, Keeble got to work. He remembers, “They did tell me a bit about him in the audition, and the script just seemed to be quite funny, so I just did it fairly deadpan and throwaway.” “But when I booked …
