Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Meet the Actors Behind Alexios and Kassandra | Ubisoft [NA]
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- Voice actors Melissanthi Mahut and Michael Antonakos talk about their personal connections to Kassandra and Alexios and what it took to bring the heroes of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey to life. See footage from their mo-cap sessions, learn about how they tailored their performances to enhance player choice, and hear which character they think would win in a fight.
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ABOUT ASSASSIN’S CREED ODYSSEY:
BECOME A LEGENDARY SPARTAN HERO
Embark on your journey from humble beginnings to living legend as Alexios or Kassandra. Customize your gear, upgrade your abilities, and personalize your ship on your path to becoming a Spartan hero.
ANCIENT GREECE AWAITS
From the heights of snowy mountain peaks to the depths of the Aegean Sea, explore an entire country full of untamed environments and cities at the peak of Greece’s Golden Age. Unexpected encounters will breathe life into your story as you meet colorful characters, battle vicious mercenaries, and more.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH
Your decisions shape the world around you with over 30 hours of choice dialogue and multiple game endings. Experience a living, dynamic world that constantly evolves and reacts to your every decision.
FIGHT EPIC BATTLES
Show off your extraordinary warrior abilities and shift the tides of battle during one of the deadliest conflicts of the time, the Peloponnesian War. Charge into epic clashes between Sparta and Athens in big battles pitting 150v150 soldiers against each other.
SAIL ACROSS THE AEGEAN SEA
Find uncharted locations, uncover hidden treasures, or fight your way through entire fleets in naval battles. Customize the look of your ship, upgrade weaponry to suit your strengths, and recruit crewmembers with unique perks, tailoring naval combat to your style.
A LAND OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS
Discover a world rich with myths and legends. From ancient rituals to famed statues, come face to face with Greece’s legendary figures and discover the true nature of mythological beasts like Medusa and the Minotaur.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Meet the Actors Behind Alexios and Kassandra | Ubisoft [NA]
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This game introduced me to the single greatest insult ever “MALAKA!”
Omg so truee xDDd
It's not as hostile as you think. In greece we throw it randomly in conversations.
Yes my friend join us join Greece embrace this word😂😂😂
Also nowadays we use it in about 70% of our sentences and just say it randomly. We actually sometimes say hello malaka to greed a friend 😂😂😂
What does it mean?
I had to search it up and I ended up laughing so hard it’s a good insult lolol.
Kassandra's voice is really unique tbh. its deep and sounds strong like her character.
Yaass
And sassy sometimes.
When she defeated a challenger and he was moaning _"What feeling is this?"_ , Kassandra answered _"The shame of defeat."_ in a very sassy voice. Lol
She's definitely good, butI like Alexio's voice and character better.
I think it's dreamy. Strong and feminine. Like a Scottish woman's accent too. /Swoon
Probs why the casting chose her 😁
I met Michael Antonakos completely by chance at a bar in London and he was the nicest, kindest, most sincere dude. He was gracious enough to really chat to me and my brother and when we asked for his autograph he looked so moved. Absolute legend of a guy!
hell yeah
That's awesome
I would be so honored to meet him. He seems such a nice person
Wow, that's so cool!
He seems like he has great energy!
My favorite line from Kassandra: "Oh, he screamed. But not in agony"
That's my favorite from Alexios AS WELL ahahaha
I dont get it can someone explain
It’s more funny when Alexios says it I think lol
bob the builder it’s from a secondary quest, you can find it in the village near the red lake, if I remember properly
@@ArturoSM01 If that was the blacksmith, I turned him down because he was creepy. "hey I can take the flowers now, do you want to join me in my house?" umm..nope.
Basically Alexio is already a Spartan who is a Spartan 🤔
Spartanception?
I am Thrakien.
@@jorgos27 what is that is that I am good in history but never heard of that
I am cretan
@@adamayyad3744 never Heard from Thrakien sorry for you! Spartacus was from Thrakien AS an example
Much respect to Ubisoft for actually using real life actors of Greek descent. Ubisoft has always been great at authenticity and they spend a lot of time and effort to make games that respect history but also serve as great entertainment.
Minus Unity where they used Brits to voice French people... >_
@@LulitaInPita ahaha true, pretty ironic coming from a French company and a studio based in Montréal, but they knew as all French people know that the French accent would end up annoying people. As a Frenchman I feel like they did a good job balancing French and English, all the ambiant dialogue is in French and it's wonderful, they really nailed Revolutionary Paris and if you don't speak French you are going to miss a lot of what they did for authenticity, it's crazy how many discussions there are in the background, lots of them actually interesting. Also, Elise is actually voiced by a Quebecer. With the AC series Ubisoft really set the bar high for creating historical environments.
@@kattharsismic yeah, that's great and all, but they could've at least provided some subtitles for those background conversations, for those of us who don't speak French! That's one of the things I like most about exploring the game's world and I couldn't understand 90% of what they were saying... :/
Ubisoft was not very good with prince of Persia series, The accent of Vizier and Elika was horrible! They didn’t even try to find an Iranian 😁
@@manibabai2115 The accent is not Persian?
I was wondering why Alexios sounded so much like Ezio. He took the most inspiration from him.
I felt the same way. I’m playing it now for the first time, and I kept wondering why he was giving me Ezio vibes. It didn’t feel natural, imo. I think it would’ve been better if he tried to make Alexios more original.
@@3DSDF Greek and latin-italian language have many similarities and there are to mediterenean countries
That is because Ezio speaks in English with a Greek accent especially in revelations.
@@pita6865 Im italian, Ezio sounds russian to me. Fortunately i played it in the italian version. Its a shame that there isn't a greek version of Odyssey...that should be the real original language.
@@emanuelelivraghi6910 Nah, he doesn't sound russian at all.
Kassandra's face is so expressive, and the voice is so perfect, it really brings the character to life. She performs it in a way that isn't obvious, and acts it out so well. Some voice actors can ruin a character, and some can save bad writing, but she totally nails what was already some solid stuff. I hope Alexios is even half as good on my next playthrough.
Best voice actor is female in Odyssey. Fast forward 2 yrs, worst voice actor is female in Valhalla
@@SF-li9khsince I played Odyssey as a woman, I started Valhalla as a man, so I haven't seen that yet. I might switch it to check, but I'm pretty happy with the current Ivarr. Although the Valhalla protagonist is less likable than Odyssey to lmo.
yeah too bad alexios is better
@@chillimack so whos better alexios or kasandra
@@chillimack I was the girl in Valhalla for one mission and restarted the game with they guy in odyssey kasandra sound way better than alexios
I wanna see Markos. Evvvvverybody benefits. xd
MALAKA!!
@@MrMichaelsu chaire misthios
The voice actor for Markos is Damon Papadopoulos
Ze. etc. super late but I totally heard markos when I read that and started laughing, hahaha
Ze. etc. *CHOOSE WISELY*
Ooff, she's pretty even in real life xD
Damn you know right
And there goes my comment
He looks good too. Give credit to both.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze not really your problem to begin with dude
@@adamayyad3744 I was just pointing out the obvious. It's not like i have an obsession with her, i don't even know who she is lmfao
@Ethan Johnson how? I am saying they pedos which they are who the hell goes online to call people hot
Kassandra has such a powerful, unique and authentic sounding voice that really pulls you into the story (and after learning about Melissanthi makes me like Kassandra more!).
Melissanthi is Greek , it comes to her naturally
@@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606 I'd assume Michael is also Greek because, well, his Spartan heritage and surname.
@@vievievievievie he is , although he doesn't speak greek
Kassandra is one of my favorite game character, Really a badass woman.
Usually, seeing the actors behind a beloved character ruins some of the wonder of that character for me, but this reveal made me like Alexios and Kassandra even more!
even the dude who voiced byek looks like him
Kassandra looks beautiful in game and IRL
check out vaas in far cry 3 .
Advaith Bhasi my guy you’re talking about nacho varga and now in far cry 6 they got gustavo fring
You mean your fapping fantasy?
Kassandra's voice actor did an amazing job voicing Kassandra.
Michael Wighton they need to use her for the other assassin’s creed games. Minor or a civilian for a side mission. Lol
You could really feel the emotion in The Legacy of the First Blade Episode 3....shit had me on the verge of tears it was so good.
2:47 you can hear Kassandra slowly coming out of her 😂
They definitely have chemistry 2:35
😂😂
@@TheChickenlittle11 Lowkey, even though they're supposed to be brother and sister 😂
Their depth as actors really made me feel for this game. No spoilers, but there's a scene in Athens that made me so emotional I shed tears. Bravo to these actors for bringing Kassandra and Alexios to life.
That scene in athenswith Alexios moved me. People say that Alexios voice acting was inferior but I disagree, scenes like this he delivered with such emotion it was great job.
Which scene ?
@@SF-li9kh spoilers if you haven't already finished
Probably when Phoibe died
@@jaxirraywhisper741 Agreed.
I know what your talking about 😭😭❤
Melissanthi killed it on the Kassandra performance so glad I chose her character on my play through
Im Glad i chose Alexios
Same
The only choice tbh
I’m glad I chose Alexios
I like kassandra more and I chose Kassandra, and tbh the only reason why I chose her was that when she plays Deimos it does not suit her character on the other hand Alexios makes a way better Deimos
Kassandra is easily one of the best AC protagonist.
Kassandra as Eagle Bearer
And Alexios as Deimos are simply perfect.
Idk about that...there's Altair, Ezio, Bayek, Edward, shay I mean there's no character development with her she has good voice acting but a interesting story with a ending that could of been so much better.
Kassandra is not assassin.
@@aleksababic9967 agree, she is mercenery
@@aleksababic9967 but he said protagonist not assassin
@@capo_2224 Ac protagonist, all the names mentioned above are also AC protagonist with better story and character development.
Alexios failing an assassination at 2:35
⁉️
Kassandra's level too high. 🙄
Yeah it happens.
perfect casting, her voice gave me goosebumps everytime kassandra walks into battle
These two are so talented! 😍 I'm amazed at their work. Thank you for the behind the scenes videos!
Not really
Absolutely!
true... some say alexious voice acting wasn't that good but i enjoyed it a lot
@@mohammedal-hawri920 Something that's not good doesn't have to be Not Enjoyable
He works better as the bad guy ..... Melissanthi Mahut is just so good as Kassandra that it overshadows Alexios
The game is a lot better than I thought it was gonna be. One of the best in series.
Los Random that’s fine it’s not for everyone.
jesse fein indeed
@@No-hd2pd what makes you think it's better than other entries? I want to hear your opinion
Riften City Guard Honestly I cant explain it to well it just works. The choices are pretty cool, the setting is too, it’s got a lot of content that’s for sure, the combat has greatly improved in my opinion with a lot more executions and the skill tree is a lot better than orgins. It’s got its issues but the good outways the bad for me. But everyone is different.
They did a great job with this game. Slowly taking the story in so far I'm having a blast.
To be honest these voice actors should be a part of future AC games as well. Kassandra's voice acting was top quality. Her voice would work with Scandinavian AC as well
Melissanthi already did voice work on Origins before she was called to audition for Kassandra.
Well this comment aged really well
Melissanthi is the single best video game actor, her facial expressions and voice are what make Kassandra! All the kudos to her.
I think this is one of the best Assassins Creed game ever made. I also love ancient Greece & learning about the Greek Gods.
I don't like the gameplay in Odyssey as much as I liked Unity but Odyssey looks so awesome. Even the detail on the characters in Odyssey is awesome.
That being said, Unity can frustrate the hell out of me. But I'm not really a gamer.
She's perfect, don't tell her
I just told her what you said, she said she’s flattered
@@Alltimefox
Very happy aren't you simps?
@@jayeezus Happier than you it seems
@@HeloisGevit simping much?
This is one of the longest games I’ve ever played in my 34 years of life and I’m nowhere near getting tired of it 😄. I’m using Kassandra.
Played ODYSSEY 3000 hours ha ha...after you finish and restart again the main story is just 70 hours this is very good....
Melissanthi did AMAZING I absolutely love Kassandra's voice and her performance, seriously emotionally moving and chilling. Her performance really makes you feel like you are Kassandra which is great. I just wish people in comments would stop reducing her to her looks
MALAKA! #teamkassandra ❤❤❤
"Aw, aw, damn flames, put out!" 😂
@@theonefrancis696 hahah "Away child of Hephaestus"
Neket iadet!
"More oars! Let's head out to set sail!"
66% Alexios and 33% Kassandra ;)
Kassandra is bae😍
Please stop saying that word
Nah she ugly we need to keep the umah pure brothers!
Stronk bae
Kassandra is the better VA imo
I know right? I currently have her wearing armor that makes her look like WW. 🤣/😍
I love the way she says - Malaka !!
Odyssey was such an amazing game and Kassandra might be my favorite character in the series. Played through Valhalla but it wasnt nearly as good as Odyssey.
Odyssey felt magical. Valhalla's tone was too sorrowful
I know this is kind of weird but i'm in love with Kassandra
@Vision 94 in other words he's sad
@@symbolitical4158 😂
Understandable, but do remember she isn't real (at all)...
It's not weird ! Michael Stevens (vsauce) has episode about it in Mind Field series. We all were in love with Aloy from HZD before :) It's harder to be in love with Ellen Page from "beyond: Two souls" or with Ashley Johnson from "The Last of Us" because they are real and it's harder to be crushed by :))))))
That's how u know they made a good strong female character lead. You fall in love with her without her being sexualised.
Give them Oscars, they deserve it
nice pfp
Yeah that's not how that works
Currently playing this game. I love Kassandra.
Awesome to see these amazing voice actors they certainly bring this game to life.
Always cool to see who the actors are 😊
Kassandras voice and attitude was awesome in the game great actress Malaka 😂👏👏
Bravo! This is my FAVORITE game of ALL TIME. I've dreamed of visiting Ancient Greece, and everything about this game from the scenery, to the music, to the incredible voice acting and beautiful animation took me there. I am so very happy to have made the purchase, and to have experienced this unforgettable game. A special thanks to everyone involved with this project for helping me to walk through this incredible era of human history. Also the story was simply amazing. Loved it--and to any gamer even thinking of grabbing a game, GRAB THIS ONE. I played as Kassandra, an amazing character and will try the game next as her brother. Can't possibly get enough time in this world. Ubisoft, you have created a masterpiece.
Also, I DO NOT work for Ubisoft; I'm actually a gamer, history fan, and veteran's lawyer by trade. The developers got so much right with this game, everything from the way the characters move to the way the scenes of Greece looked back in the day. Historians were clearly consulted.
AC Odyssey have such a good theme song, one of the best of all the games
Kassandra voice actor is AWESOME
But Alexiosnis awful, I am from Mexico and normally I do not like the spanish version of games because is Spanish from Spain, yet I had to choose to play with those settings due the bad acting and ring voice in Alexios, I did love Bayek, Jacob, Connor, Ezio, Altair and all others in English, Bayek was tricky compare to Adewale but I end loving how he was portrait, I just have a couple hour of gameplay and I do not feel attach to Alexios as I did with Bayek and his journey of revenge. I am thinking that Oddisey was meant to play as Kassandra
@@pandacozumelable Yup. Especially since she's considered to be the canon character choice.
@@pandacozumelable Boii Bayek was really Guud 😍😍
I'm french and i prefer the english voice of kassandra due to her accent
Melissanthi Mahut did an amazing job with Kassandra!
This was the best Assassins creed. The actors and writers made you feel Alexioes, & Kassandra pain and the game is super long. Great game
10. out 10
A masterpiece. I have played it 3 times on PS4. Favourite Assassin's Creed game for me.
Same here I love the time they took to make this amazing game its so beautiful and I love the characters and story I would give it a 10/10 loved the game so much
This is the longest game I've ever played. Still playing after 2 years 😀😀👍👍
Same, clocked 1123 hours so far. :)
The best AC game ever made. I hope we get another one like this one day.
She's as beautiful as Kassandra herself
Simp
dammnnnn Alexios’ voice actor is finnneeeeee
Gay
@@adiddy911 and???????
@@adiddy911 damn
Andrew Di Re wtf
@@adiddy911 how do you know its a boy?
Omg the voice actress of kassandra is absolutely breathtaking to say the least 🌹
Mhm..yup
The voice actors were on point in Odyssey! I was so impressed. Odyssey made me want to travel to Greece, and my holiday in Greece made me want to learn the Greek language.
This game is amazing, thanks for everyone who put their love in bringing it to life.
I remember when I found kassandra in assassins creed: valhalla
*I was so amazed that they put her in*
I like the chemistry between these two.
Melissanthi is beautiful, and her voice is beautiful too.
Kassandra is one of the best assassin creed characters ever made.
Both of you gave an absolutely phenomenal performance. Thank you for making this one of the best games and stories I have ever played/heard. ❤️
I have to say as an adult I truly love these Assassin Creed games. Such dedication to detail and the graphics especially in Odyssey are stunning. Truly. Makes me wish that the landscape as it was then. Would of been breathtaking.
Kassandra is hands down the most beautiful character model in any game. She is absolutely fantastic with feminine beauty and muscularity.
I loved playing as kassandra bc somehow I felt like she was more compassionate with her responses. Both characters are still amazing
It's nice to know she did mocap for it. Kassandra has really good facial expressions alongside her voice, so the actress did a phenomenal job!
Melissanthi Mahut she was really good being her voice as Kassandra it's sounds so good in Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Kassandra has such a good voice.
I'd say Melissanthi Mahut is up there with Jennifer Hale. Was really impressed with the voice acting in AC Odyssey.
Highly addictive game , can't stop playing it .... Best Assassins Creed so far ... Voice acting straight to the point with right pronunciation of a Greek talking in English (Alexios till now ). Thanks Ubisoft for such a great game. Big respect from Greece 🇬🇷 ...
omg the voice actress of kassandra is soo beautiful is real life just like her and the voice actor of alexios soo handsome
1:25 I love that he brings this up because its actually noticeable in-game. In my first play through, I tried to make sure i chose every dialogue option; which was cool for exposition sake, but felt awkward because the emotion of each line felt just a tad different from each other. In my second play through i decided to breeze by the options and found the acting to be much more natural.
Kassandra is an amazing character.
Melissanthi did a great job as K.
Absolutely amazing.
Truly Blown away by her VA skills.
Kassandra's voice is just wonderful; "Feel that wind!".
Odyssey is a masterpiece. Please keep creating games like this.
It’s an amazing game. But a terrible Assassisn creed game
@@akaeario9995no, it explains everything that happens in the assassins creed games
@@no_commentary_gamer212He said It's a amazing game but is a bad Assassin Game
Because Everytime Stealth is Non-existant
@@Gotouchgrass69 Not if you know how stealth works.
00:55 thats why i get hella Ezio vibes playing as Alexios, its by far one of my favourites with Brotherhood and Origins
Damn she is beautiful...i wanna start over with her just to show my thanks!
Oof
hol up
nope not the voice actor
Woah woah woah.. that’s a tall order. Lol
Randall Knight should’ve started with her all the long lol no going back 😂
Thank you all of you for this GAME ! 🙏🌟✨🍀💚
They both did an amazing job voicing in this game
The voice actress is freaking 🔥🔥🔥🔥
cant beleive im saying this but....this is the best Assassins Creed so far...keep it going guys!!!!!
No.
It definitely is
BellPepperB oh, I see you’re one of those guys
Well, you probably knew some attacks were going to come because of your statement, you should have upgraded your armor first, maybe got some engraving as well. Lol
BellPepperB its an origin story of the templars. and with DLC(tragic but real) we’ll see more AC lore.
I like Alexios's voice actor's natural voice much more. In game he sounds kind of comical from time to time.
Alexios' voice is best when he's pissed off or being sarcastic, Kass voice is better in the more neutral situations.
@@Bruced82 agree, especially Deimos Alexios, he sounds like a true villain.
+Bruced82 Totally man, his voice always sounds like he's being sarcastic in places where it totally doesn't fit in as well.
The ironical thing is that in the game when I first heard the voice actors i thought Kassandra's voice actor was Greek and Alexios an English speaking person. Well, I was wrong :/
@@Bruced82 No, its exactly the opposite.
She is so good! I'm an interpreter and Voiceover actor in Arabic ... And I notice the amazing attention to the details. I know how hard it is to fit a seamless dialogue options in a natural flow.
I don’t know if there’s anyone with me but I’d love a continuation of kassandra’s/allexio’s travels to recover artifacts
Omg! I just love her voice so much.
The Casting is so perfect 💯
Melissanthi is so dang good. She really nailed Kassandra
yeah kassandra is amazing character and very beautiful as well ;)
Totally deserves our respect..huge applause to Ubisoft team🤟🤟
I knew he would say he liked Ezio, of course, we loving our Italian ladies man 😂
The Italians say "una faccia, una razza."
Im starting to wonder he based that accent of his ingame on Ezios
Who else played assassin creed odyssey in 2019 december for the first time?
Me in November lol
Got the game yesterday and I’m hooked 😂💯
Trying to start today, but can’t choose between Alexios and Kassandra.
I didn’t lose any chocolate I just added vanilla Which one did you pick? Alexios or Kassandra?
J C kassandra she’s a badass
Love it. Love these performers, their performances, and their RL chemistry. So cool. And Melissanthi's name... SO beautiful!
the first assassins creed game i cannot stop playing its so addictive..
Same
samee
Same with me lol... i downloaded so much new games (black flag, unity, syndicate, arkham knight, tomb raider, uncharted 4, horizon zero dawn, and witcher 3), but i just cant leave odyssey. Last games that made me addictive is last of us and origins (which i played for about 2 weeks), but this game is so addictive that made play for over a month, and im not even playing the new game plus yet lol
@@ih5004 same here, I just can't turn off my laptop if I don't spend at least 2 hours playing that game
@@ih5004 Odyssey is amazing but I found myself having a harder time putting down Witcher 3 ;)
Didn’t think it was possible, but I love both Kassandra and her VA so much. Such a unique voice, the deep/husky timbre kinda reminds me of Kuvira from Korra.
The voice acting in this game is truly legendary. Love this inside look.
I love this game. Favourite quest was when there was an imposter eagle bearer. And when Alexis met him he was a skinny guy with a chicken on his shoulder. !! Brilliant
Alexios voice actor is spot on, yall just never heard a thick greek accent is all.
This is the point where I edit my comment to let you all know an important caveat to my original post.
Edit: I've not played the game! I have no idea if he is a good or bad voice actor. Honestly Ubi games tend to be a 50/50 chance in that regard. People tell me Kassandra is the best choice so I'm cool with that. His greek accent isn't bad though, just sayin'.
so you are greek i take ?
@@bladerj Nah, but there's a big greek culture where I live.
Im greek though did you guys call ? Typing from the land of Makedonia (The real Greek one ofc)
Breakzoras obviously the true Macedonia is greek
Greekadonia
The best game I’ve ever played. Great job. Thank you guys
They both did a fantastic job. Perfect casting choices. They should be very proud of the work they have been immortalized in.
Love what melissanthi brings to the table as an actor. She’s also stunning.
Kassandra is one of the best female characters ever. No matter which way you play as her, she's always so awesome.
Maybe she is ONE of the best but not the best, VA seems too chill at times
Kassandra is one of the most memorable main characters I have played in a long time. Ranks up there besides Geraldo of Riviera. And that is as high as a praise I can give.
They are both metrosexual fruitcakes
Kass is MEH
jonny s how is this average character on top with geralt ??? i dont understand you people
Geraldo of Riviera? Is that the bootleg Witcher from Mexico lol
@@byronius7012 😂😂you had me there mate
"In the battle of witts definitely"
I'm glad they are good friends because that would burn :))))
Thank you Melisssanthi and Ubisoft for bringing such a great character to life!
I came back to this video after watching her in The Sandman. All I hear and see in the episode is Kassandra and not Calliope 😂
My favorite Creed game
Very talented, Amazing game with so many details of ancient Greece. Sucha huge effort for this presentation, words are not enough to express admiration.
It's crazy how much the characters look a like in real life.