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Mackenzie Mason is a Filipino-American actress and voice actor who has appeared in video games, movies, TV shows and shorts. She is best known for voicing Cortana in Halo 4 and playing Tina in Life Gets in the Way.
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- What Video Games Did You Play Growing Up?
- What Was One of Your Favorite Memories from Gaming Back then?
- What Are Your Thoughts of How Much Video Games Have Evolved Since then?
- What’s Your Favorite Halo Game That Has Already Been Released and Why?
- What Was It Like Bringing Cortana to Life in Halo 4?
- What Were Some of The Challenges of Performance Capture?
- Did You Ever Get Used to The Skin-Tight Suit and All The Sensors?
- Were You Able to Interact with Other Actors During The Performance Capture?
- How Much of The Game Were You Able to Play Or See During This Process?
- What Are Your Thoughts on How Far Games Have Come Today as Entertainment?
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I played a lot of Super Mario. Super Nintendo really was my system…Donkey Kong, Lion King, which I beat. That’s the only game that I can say I beat by myself without cheating. Super Mariois probably my favorite; I love Yoshi.
It was definitely the moment I beat Lion King. There’s no prouder moment for someone who played a game for weeks and had to redo every level when you lose your lives. Throwing Scar off the cliff really resonated with me.
Taking a look at the graphics alone back then and then looking at now, where I’m a real person playing in the video game is insane. It’s leaps and bounds crazy.
I liked the first, but I think Halo 3 was my favorite. I think there was a lot more exploration. I guess because I’m approaching the games from the actor perspective, not the gaming. I don’t know gaming-wise, but I liked the character development and story line in Halo 3a lot.
It was one of the best experiences to be able to play. She’s such an amazing character. She has so much strength, and the story line for Halo 4is so strong for Cortana and her struggles, dealing with her own mortality, and all the emotions that go with it. I got a great chunk of acting, so I’m super excited about that.
Getting in the dots for my face was always a really long process, but I got a mask made for me, so it shortened up the time a bit. The struggles were really just specific to my character, so all of the emotional changes I would have to go through back to back. The crying and screaming were the hardest, but I think that in a way, it’s easier to shoo...
No. That’s so itchy. Where the shirt meets the pants there’s a band of Velcro, and that’s just so itchy. There’s no hiding; it’s so tight. There are 500 cameras everywhere, so you’re there. Everyone gets to see when you get to wear the bright blue suit. It’s just right on your butt, just aqua blue. So, no, I do not get used to that.
Yeah. There [were] very rare takes of me alone. It’s all with Bruce Thomas, who did Chief. A lot of it was me and him, and then all the characters. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say their names of who’s been announced. There were a lot of group scenes, and the cinematics are really involved, so there was a lot of interaction.
None. They don’t show me anything. I saw some “War Games” at PAX, and that was it. They were doing Capture the Flag. I’m just like everyone; I have not seen anything.
Now, more than ever, just shooting this, it was like a movie. I don’t think a video game has ever provided entertainment value like a movie. I think it’s more about gameplay than entertainment. I think now with these cinematics, at least what we’re doing for Halo, if you take all the cinematics back-to-back, you could make a movie. I think that’s h...
Mackenzie Mason is an actress who plays the AI Cortana in Halo 4, a video game franchise with millions of fans. She talks about her role, her gaming experience, and the challenges of performance capture in this exclusive interview.
Mackenzie Mason is an actress born in the Philippines and raised in various countries. She has appeared in Halo 4 and other projects, and is a comedy writer and performer.
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Nov 17, 2012 · In this exclusive interview, I sit down with McKenzie Mason to dive deep into her exciting role as Cortana in Halo 4! 🌟 Ever wondered what it's like being Cortana?
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Oct 17, 2012 · Mackenzie Mason is the performance capture actor who brought Cortana to life in Halo 4. She talks about her role, her experience, and her love for Halo in this interview with Complex.
Interview with Mackenzie Mason about playing Cortana in Halo 4. HALO CODEX. 2.04K subscribers. Subscribed. 161. 10K views 3 years ago.
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Beautiful and charming, Mackenzie Mason is a star in her own right. An amazing woman with style and grace that includes an incredible range of acting talent, she could easily fit in with the glamorous, women of the 1940s silver screen.
