Thief dev explains why it ditched original Garrett voice actor

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Thief developer Eidos Montreal has explained why it ditched the voice actor behind series star Garrett for the new game.
As revealed by the trailer released yesterday, Stephen Russell, who voiced Garrett in the previous Thief games, has not reprised his role.
Narrative director Steven Gallagher and audio director Jean-Christophe Verbert said in a community interview that while Russell was drafted in for preliminary voiceover work, the development team decided to go with a new actor for full performance capture.
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