If you’re Charlie Cox, then you’re having a pretty good 2025 so far. We saw the return of Daredevil in Daredevil: Born Again, possibly the most violent thing you can watch with a Disney+ subscription. But Cox can also be heard, though not seen, on the new hit video game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Cox says it’s wonderful to hear the praise for his voice work, though he also reveals he feels like something of a fraud receiving the accolades.
Appearing over the weekend at the Washington State Summer Con (via @bursinxmurdock), Charlie Cox was commended on his voice work for Clair Obscur, a recent game that has been a pretty significant hit overall. The actor took a moment to say thank you, while also making it clear he felt out of place accepting the compliment, because he doesn’t really know games, and apparently didn’t work very hard doing the work that everybody is so happy with. Cox said…
I don’t mean to minimize it in any way, it’s so cool, apparently the game is awesome. I’m not a gamer, I have no idea, I haven’t played it. My agent asked me if I wanted to go and do a voice-over. I was in the studio for four hours, maybe. People keep saying how amazing it is, and congratulations, and I feel like a total fraud.
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he did for Daredevil: Born Again, which certainly looked like a physically and emotionally taxing production. But there’s an argument to be made that the limited amount of time spent working on the game shows just how great a performer Charlie Cox is.
Video game voice acting is one of those thankless jobs that is rarely celebrated when it’s done well, so it’s great to hear that Cox is getting praise for his performance at all. He may not be a gamer, but if he’s this good appearing in games, and doing well is so easy for him, perhaps we’ll see him in more games login forward.
Cox is now hard at work on Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, which probably feels like he’s earning his paycheck a bit more. He’ll appear alongside a returning Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones will be making he official MCU debut in the new series.