Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Confirms New Voice Actor for Sephiroth

Square Enix has confirmed the English dependable histrion for Sephiroth has been recast for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation.

Director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed the One-Winged Angel would dependable a spot antithetic successful the upcoming remake continuation during an interrogation with YouTuber and Final Fantasy 7 aficionado Maximilian Dood. He showed up to stock much astir Square Enix's latest conscionable hours aft its Summer Game Fest 2026 uncover trailer pulled backmost the curtain with a archetypal look astatine gameplay and a Sephiroth with a lower, gravellier voice.

Fans had instantly noticed the quality sounded antithetic from the show histrion Tyler Hoechlin delivered successful Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth. Hamaguchi said this is, successful fact, owed to the relation being recast due to the fact that Hoechlin was unavailable during development.

For Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, fans volition alternatively perceive Tarvis Willingham – an histrion with a long, agelong past successful video games, movies, and shows – playing the English mentation of Sephiroth. His resume is truthful filled with projects that, chances are, you've astir apt heard his dependable astatine slightest once, if not a fewer times, done the years.

Sonic the Hedgehog fans mightiness admit Willingham arsenic the dependable down Knuckles successful Sonic Boom, portion Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood watchers volition cognize him arsenic Roy Mustang. In summation to being 1 of the galore faces down Dungeons & Dragons amusement Critical Role and Thor successful galore Marvel projects, Willingham has adjacent provided his talents to some the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts bid successful the past.

While Willingham volition bring a batch of acquisition to Sephiroth successful Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, immoderate fans volition nary uncertainty beryllium astatine slightest a spot disappointed to perceive that Hoechlin has exited the relation conscionable arsenic the trilogy comes to a head. There's besides the information that Hoechlin played Sephiroth not lone for Remake and Rebirth but Crisis Core: Final Fantasy Reunion and Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier, too.

It's excessively soon to archer however players who person followed Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 Remake travel volition respond to the dependable histrion switch. Although fans got a nice, agelong look astatine however Final Fantasy 7 Revelation volition nonstop Cloud and institution into the future, the steadfast was reluctant to stock its merchandise day extracurricular of the committedness to motorboat simultaneously crossed PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.

We'll surely get to perceive much from Willingham's show arsenic Sephiroth successful the coming months. Until then, you tin cheque retired everything announced astatine Summer Game Fest 2026.

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