Kingdom Hearts 2 Interview: James Woods

[DarkRetroFan64]

"Kingdom Hearts isn't dark or violent" Um, you never saw the cutscene where Zexion dies, have you, Mr. Woods? Oh, how about the fact that the Organization XIII was killing their own members?

[edykrueger]

He does the best voice acting in all kingdom hearts II. Fact!

[ASKTHEGEEK1]

WHY ARE ALL THE VOICES SHUT OUT WHEN THE REAL PERSON IS TALKING?

[speyeker]

He is the sole reason why Leonard Nimoy is NOT the most entertaining voice actor in Birth By Sleep.

[speyeker]

@speyeker Though admittedly, it is a very close call.

[nomnomnom31895]

Kingdom hearts isn't violent, said right before hades punches auron with fire -_-

[JoeTheBored]

JAMES WOODS PETER PUT YOU IN THE BOX GET BACK IN THERE!!!

[MCSuire]

James Woods always gets to voice someone badass >:D

[SGFwiffle]

ooo a piece of candy

[InfernaTheDragon]

I HAVE James woods!

XD

[hlodog]

i freakin love james woods doing voice over

[ecylisis]

Oh my God I thought I recognized his voice, but never realized it was James Woods! :O

[xxGenniexx225xx]

@ecylisis I did! I was like, 'DAD LISTEN IT'S JAMES WOODS!'

[AntiweaponXIII]

heh, he was in family guy

[Insert8bit]

OOH A PIECE OF CANDY!

[dt120]

lol james woods was in gta: san andreas.

[leonpal14]

i fucking love james woods i was watching an episode of family guy right before starting to play kh 2 and i knew that hades voice sounded familiar! :)

[RoyMustangBest]

James Woods versus Auron

This make Kingdom Hearts an epic game xD

[mrbloodshugar]

James woods rules , in family guy , kingdom hearts , and in real life

[daz1499]

Wait, Auron was in KH2? :O

[mrbloodshugar]

@daz1499 No , he still his dude

[Pyromania37]

@mrbloodshugar no auron was in kingdom hearst 2.

[mrbloodshugar]

@Pyromania37 The dude said KH2

[Pyromania37]

@mrbloodshugar yes i know, but auron WAS implying that he isnt anymore wich is correckt.

[darkthunderex]

i wonder wat would happen if auron used his sword with both arms.....

[bdwr]

Someone to care for.. to be there for.. I HAVEEEE JAMES WOODS!!! lol

[Twilightdreamer123]

this dude TOTALLY brings hades to life behind the screen XD

[PiratePearJuice]

lol i have seen interviews from areith actress hades actor cloud actor and roxas actor and no sora lol

[alexander3062]

4 dislikes? they must not have james woods

[DIsturbios1234]

white hair + video games = the most epic old person on the earth

[ptrexy]

i just wanted interviews like this with every kh games they work on :p

[ShadowX1337]

someone to care for, to be there for, I HAVE JAMES WOODS!!

[redwolfhearts]

~Someone to care for, to be there for...I Got James Woods!~ XD

(lol 4 Family Guy Refrence)

[GigaBahamut]

MOTHERFU*KIN' JAMES WOODS!

[russwest413]

oh piece of candy oh piece of candy

[Hoboinaboxdestroyer]

I've got james woods.

[utonium]

wow everytime i hear his voice i know that its him because of the family guy eps

[hollardude]

i didnt know james woods was in Kingdom hearts thats pretty cool man. :D

[papertoonz]

i am the dark lord of ooh piece of candy

[Midflame222]

Ooh a piece of candy! ooh a piece of candy! *Box falls on hades*

[egyptianshaman]

Help me lord, to release this demon!!

[Tron544]

This is the best voice in the game! =D

[SonicTheFighters]

lol James Woods is totally a nerd.

[Jrek92]

ooh a piece of candy...



[peddle1993]

I honestly do not want them to make another Hercules movie as in my opinion with Hades already dead (even though he was dead before he died) they would have to find another main villain and no villain they choose for the movie would be as good as Hades

[Suprarican92]

Thumbs up if this reminds you of when he was on family guy. :)

[Carnage1235]

For a Japanese game released in the west, Kingdom Hearts has a LOT of big names actors.

Christopher Lee, Zach Braff, James Woods, Haley Joel Osment is the fucking lead. And Osment was considered one of the best child actors in cinema. (Who apparently hasn't lost his touch).

[tidusmi2]

@Carnage1235 Zach Braff was in Kingdom Hearts?

[Carnage1235]

@tidusmi2

He was, yeah. He played Chicken Little. He had a VERY small role in the game, he didn't even have his own cutscene, but Chicken Little was indeed a summon and believe it or not, Zach Braff still recorded all his lines despite how very few he actually had.

[KisiroKitsune]

@tidusmi2 As Chicken Little.

[acemrawesome]

Not negitive, dark, or violent? You can MAYBE scratch the first one off the list, but the other 2 are true, except, maybe dark, but you do FIGHT darkness so that should count.

[crazitaco]

@acemrawesome haha the first one is the darkest in my opinion! remember the end of the world level?*shudders* that was probably one of kingdom hearts darkest moments. the recent games lost that creepyness.

[thejobloshow]

James Woods plays video games? What, like Brain Training and PacMan?

[Kingdomheartzluva13]

'You are FIRE... oh s**t, my heads on fire again. Lol :D

[TheRandomnessx7]

XD

I'M STARTING TO LOVE KH MORE

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[megadeath45]

"I am the lord of the dead!"

"Hmph, no wonder no one wants to die." xD

[OblivionKnight457]

"I am the lord of the DEA... Oh a piece of candy!"

[darkruler64]

No one can kill james woods!

Not Hercules, not Zeus, not, Peter Griffin, not Seth Macfarland himself! XD

[TheXeroStorm]

James Woods would GLADLY invite you over to FEEL THE HEAT.

[doggirl1123]

im sorry i gata do this

" I HAAAVE james woods~ " >_<

[pfagan24]

He really is the perfect voice actor for Hades. He was also the original Hades in the Disney animated movie Hercules. I actually had found an interview of him from that movie where he said that, as he was going to audition, everyone in front of him were trying to be really serious and dark, and when he went in he said, "Hi, name's Hades, Lord of the Underworld. How'ya doing?" Said he was just in a silly mood. Glad he got the part. Made the movie in my opinion.

[Luv2Blovd13]

james woods plays video games? o_o

[TheEmilyVideo]

wow.

[oceansgem]

He is a PERFECT voice actor for hades, I'm really glad he said yes to doing the video game. Now if SquareEnix and Disney would stick to 1 console instead of making you buy all these different things just to play the games and continue the storyline, maybe it would be doing better. Same thing happened to God of war. 1st 2 games on the PS2 then they change everything. SO FRUSTRATING!!!

[xoxoPrettyNPinkoxox]

hehe I will always remember he was in Riding in Cars With Boys

[Hinatasama15]

Did he voice for Hades in Birth By Sleep? Because Hades' voice SUCKS in BBS... I would be disappointed if that was his work... He did so well in the previous games.

[GAvillain]

@Hinatasama15 Yeah, Woods did voice Hades in BBS. But I honestly don't hear anything wrong with his voice in BBS. It sounds perfectly fine to me.

[KisiroKitsune]

@Hinatasama15 Yes, he did., But you have to remember that he's getting on in years. It's like Wayne in Re:Chain of Memories, his voice doesn't sound as good because he's older.

[Willyson32]

@Hinatasama15 he did

[Retaliati0nn]

he even looks bit like hades, omg:____Dd

[azulkatie]

oooh peice of candy

[The909revolution]

lol when he says the game isn't violent and they cut to hades punching auron.

[NinjaTyler]

Hades is my fav disney villian ever!

[megakatiekat2]

Everytime I hear the name James Wood, i think of Kingdom Hearts and Family Guy. :b

[TheHolyheadshot]

0:43 "I was loaded with pork"

0:45 "and i imagine of up and a video game player iraq"

Gotta love the transcribe audio.

[Gettaization]

lol i cant even look at this guys anymore after that family guy episode

[goeb16]

hahah check it out, it's Agent Mike Toreno

[TheHolyheadshot]

Gotta admit, the guys got talent.

Also, did he say its not dark? cuz most of the game is about light and darkness clashing.

[1993MovieMan]

@TheHolyheadshot I think he`s referring to the general tone . The First Two Kingdom Hearts Games are pretty light . The Later Ones are a bit darker !

[baijanmew]

0:50 super saiyan!!! xD

[Magicwielder]

JAMES EQUALS FTW

[Slayn00]

wow, never knew James was Hades...

[anastogod]

YOU'RE FIRED!!!!!!

[Chudmeister]

James woods is the man

[notforvideos]

Dude, Seth Macfarlane HATES you!

[DrkChckn]

"It's not negative, or dark, or violent...which I like." *cuts to Hades punching Auron in the face*

[MetulManiac]

@DrkChckn I noticed that too.

[webrider360]

"THAAAATTTTSS IT!" "Game Over" "Ive Played by the rules, so far" "hahahahahahahah"  "Lets cut to the chase"

[AnAverageGom]

James Woods plays video games?

His awesomeness rating just went up to 11.

[Fluffymiyster]

He sort of looks like Hades. I'm so happy they brought in the original actors for most of the Disney characters ^_^

[nickylas]

someone to care for, to be therefore, i have James Woods!

[ukhistorian]

@nickylas Someone to strive for do or die for, you have James Woods!

[balrog13571]

I normally hate the idea of dubbing, but I have to say they chose a great cast for these games. Plus Disney is after all mainly an American centered company and the actors like Woods, Freeman, Page etc are the voices from the movies so it's harder to think that Japanese actors were voicing them before the dub. Seems a bit out of place there. I love James Woods and this game though!

[willpwn4cash]

@balrog13571 is it really dubbing if most of the american voice actors are the origionals?

[balrog13571]

@willpwn4cash

Yeah that's what I pretty much said. Here it's a case where the original maybe can be counted as a dub for the most part and the American release is the regular one at least with the Disney characters.

[princessnamine100]

Hades pissed me off a few times while battleing him but he can be a melow, easy-going guy somewhat of a joker which makes it fun sometimes.

[heineken303]

he's just like hades!!

[Patamon246]

yup not violent or dark. just beating up heartless who were taken over by darkness with a giant KEY

[HeatLegs]

Actually this game can get rather dark, but not like a GoW gritty way, sorta in a mysterious creepy fantasy way.

[Symphonia30]

Now I wanna get into voice acting.

[4748ravenmosher4748]

it's not dark or violent, which I like. (PUNCH) lol

[Chenteboi64]

*Singing* I have James Wood :-)

[KingVerdo]

oh piece of candy oh piece of candy oh piece of candy

[dogdemon62]

..........everytime I think of of James Woods, I think of that Family Guy episode. lol I love KH xD

[LordMalice6d9]

I find it kinda ironic how after James says that it's "Not negative, dark or violent", it then afterwards cuts to a scene where Hades is about to throw a fireball at Auron, lol.

[Jordcuk]

Someone to cry for. Do or die for, Youuu havee Jamed Woods.

[Ecthelion221]

Some1 to care for, to be there for, i haveeeee James Woods!

[NinjaAssassinism]

Whooooo! GO JAMES WOODS!

[Giving5ForRating]

lol almost every voice actor looks like the kH characters themselves such as james woods and hades. And etc

[evh5150hawaii]

"It's not negative, dark or violent"

Wonder what he'd say about BBS... XD

[HaLfDeAdKeyblader]

never knew now i know

[LILBUDDYRaffa]

"its not negative, dark or vilent".......haha

[itsthegreenplatypus]

hell yeaaaah

[orinanime]

i wonder what games James plays.

[toomuchbrag]

oo a peice of candy! oo a peice of candy!

[XxAnimanga22xX]

Haha he played Hates in the hurcules movie too!

[EleventyBillion861]

oh a peice of candy oh a peice of candy oh a peice of candy oh a peice of candy...

[camptowngirl]

@EleventyBillion861 O.o candy?

[YamiANGEL108]

@camptowngirl It has to do with that Family Guy episode where Peter and Brain trap James Woods in a box by leading him inside with pieces of candy. Every time he sees the candy he goes "oh a piece of candy". xD

[mastermp1995]

heh if celebrities play kh 2 and 1 and wat evur that means they play themselves kinda gives them a boost

[YamiANGEL108]

Someone to care for, to be there for. I have James Woods.

...I couldn't help it.

[missxhikarixmakeup]

@YamiANGEL108 i was about to say the same thing

[godzillakiller1]

@YamiANGEL108 Someone to do for, muddle through for. You have James Woods.

[choloOnEaster10]

games can be rough? you were in Casino. c'mon haha

[Tacom4ster]

There need to be a movie with James Woods, William DeFoe, and Christopher Walkens. and I agree with his views on video games

I love a good M Rated games, but at this point the market is saturated with extememly mature games, I mean when was the last good E Rated game that was not made with Mario or Legos. There is a reason why so many kids play M Rated games, cuz E Rated games are so lazily made. Now its all just repetitve gore and the color Brown

[DaUnique12]

@Tacom4ster wow this comment is like the truth

There really aren't many E games I know that are exceptionally good

only ones I've ever played were Kingdom Hearts, Spyro and Crash

[Fenir91]

Hoorays for James Woods!!!! ^o^

I love Hades attitude he's so awesome and James Woods is a great voice for him.

(i know he did the voice of Hades in the movie too, im not stupid)

[emberfan1]

Someone to care for, to be there for, I have James Woods.

[cHeEzMaN1]

lol james woods is pure awesome.

[jbean0]

"Ooh! Piece of candy!"

[hikariheir]

Gah! So many actors I know of I didn't know voiced characters in this awesome game!

[sakuzenshi]

GET THE CANDY ITS JAMES WOODS!!!!!!

[CyberChick2011]

Okay, Hades is my fave. villain right after Maleficent. He freaking rocks!

[Coolysouthkid]

"I've got James Woods"

[insanepsycology]

LOL

[marcster1994]

James woods! Sqeeeee!!!

[Lulexiaa]

SO COOL!

[hibikitokai002]

Going to the creator of this vid:

Where did you get this?

[voiceofopinion]

This guy is SO. AWESOME. Point blank, really. ^_^

[afallfromalex]

just the way he talks hahaha its so easy to tell its hades

[xena91388]

Did James Woods play Hades in the movie Hercules? I always thought it was Kevin Spacey :/

[LoNgShOt5250]

@xena91388 It was James Woods.

[sorrowfulxsoul]

Oh wow, I fail. I never noticed that James Woods played Hades. XD

I..have...James Woods! (dun dun!)

[Icyblackkat]

@sorrowfulxsoul Wow, you do fail, lol

[MariaJXing]

wow he gets into it lol

[ukhistorian]

Can't wait for him to be voiced in Birth By Sleep.

[GothicPunk007]

Woah thats hades LOL cool.

[ksgfoboe13]

Oooh a piece of candy!

[DemonsBane1992]

@ksgfoboe13 hahahahahahaha

[EmoKid0512]

@ksgfoboe13 That comment literally made me laugh for about 10 minutes XD

[Badokami]

Dude he look like david carradine!

[musicofreako123]

he kind of looks like hades .....

[thetorashow]

I luv James Woods Ooooo Piece of Candy

[randomutubejunk]

I love his voice :D

[kimbley17]

En español la voz lo imita en lo mas minimo, no hallo diferencias en lo absoluto...

[prettyangelz3v3lyn]

OMG!!! He'S SO COOL! XD

[SaYwHaT12341000]

i have JAMES WOODS!

this brings back good memories in family guy

[tirich91]

the best!

the best!

[Pr0d00d]

0:46 "I'm addicted video game player"? :P

[TheEddyMetal]

Avid. It means he plays them alot and enjoys 'em.

[TeaChanPunker]

YAY, I love James Wood :D

[Pr0d00d]

Lol old man yelling xDDDDD

[Omegahazard]

its great everytime james comes by to voice hades

[animegirl2754]

He did a video game voice over!? Wow.....

[Sacredlith]

i liked the look on his face on 0:35 loll

[zerosk8ter9]

someone to tend too to care for I have james woods

[aswaxsora]

Normally, when voice actors talk, they don't sound at ALL like the character. James sounds exactly like Hades.

[edsgirl16]

someone to care for, to be there for i have JAMES WOODS! XD

[XendylArius]

If Hades is mad, throw him a piece of candy. :3

[tylerbwood3]

Not-chocolate:D

[BigDandfriends]

@XendylArius but what if he burned tha box we put him in....oh wait. no air holes :D

[darkira45]

@XendylArius Nice FG reference

[constantinogeorge666]

wat a manly voice jaja

[HimawariChild]

Omg he kinda looks like the character : o

[jamjarsjim]

XD LOL!!!! You're right! XD That's just made me love Hades' character more!

[Rhapthorne3]

oh james wood...lol at family guy. I knew that ive heard his voice somewhere lol

[virusbstr]

ooo piece of candy

[1habbo12]

haha family guy xD

[ieatgoodfood]

woods is a really good voice actor