[STEAM] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Star Charlie Cox Says 'Any Nomination or Credit' Should Really Go To Someone Else, Following The Game Awards Nomination

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Daredevil actor Charlie Cox has said that any awards he might win for

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should really be given to his character's French motion capture artist instead.

Speaking this weekend at an event in Mexico, Cox said he was "thrilled" to be recognised but believed that any credit should go to someone else: his character Gustave's motion capture artist, who had physically brought the role to life.

"Yes, I'm thrilled for this nomination," Cox acknowledged. "I've said this before and I think it's important to say: there's an amazing French actor, by the name of Maxence Cazorla, who did almost all of the motion capture for that role in that game.

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El protagonista de

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blockquote.tiktok-embed[data-video-id='7575433617237642517'] { width: 325px; margin-left: 0; } blockquote.tiktok-embed iframe { border-radius: 8px; } "So any nomination or credit I get, I really have to give to him — I believe that the performance of that character is really down to him, and my voice was just part of that process."

Cox has been nominated for Best Performance at The Game Awards, as part of

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. Indeed, Cox will need to fight off competition from two of his fellow Clair Obscur co-stars, Final Fantasy 16 voice Ben Starr and Baldur's Gate 3 actress Jennifer English, who are also nominated for their work in the same game.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is also up for Best Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Audio, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Independent Game and Best RPG, as well as the ceremony's coveted Game of the Year gong.

This isn't the first time that Cox has made clear he actually had very little to do with the making of Clair Obscur, despite performing the voice for one of its most prominent characters. Back in June, the actor said

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, and admitted he had recorded all of his lines in around four hours.

The following month, Cox was asked about Clair Obscur again and

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. "I remember being in the studio and thinking, 'This is beautiful, the visuals are extraordinary,'" Cox said. "They've come a long way since Mario 64, which is probably the last computer game I played."

In

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, we described it as a "modern RPG classic," adding: "In so many ways, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reminded me of numerous classic and contemporary RPGs I love, but developer Sandfall truly understood why those games are special and made the pieces it borrowed its own."

Image credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky

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