Colleen O'Shaughnessey, known for voicing characters like Wasp in 'Avengers Assemble', takes on a new role as Mantis in the mobile game Marvel Rivals. The developers aimed for a distinct interpretation of the character, separate from Pom Klementieff's portrayal in the MCU films. O'Shaughnessey discusses the challenge of creating her own voice for Mantis and shares her excitement about being part of the Marvel universe.
For many fans, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has offered definitive takes on many different characters. These interpretations have had a very large influence on how the characters are often depicted in other media, including comic books, cartoons, and video games. However, that’s not always the case. When creating their take on Mantis for the game Marvel Rivals, developer NetEase wanted a version that was distinct from the portrayal by Pom Klementieff in the Guardians of the Galaxy films.
\In an interview with ComicBook, Mantis voice actress Colleen O’Shaughnessey talked about how she was instructed to develop her own unique voice for the character. “I’m a huge Marvel fan and I of course have seen all the movies. And they’re like ‘it’s not the same Mantis that you know from the movies.’ And so that was a little strange for me, because that’s the picture I have in my head and that’s the character that I have in my head. It was challenging to make her different, to just do my own take on Mantis. Luckily, they liked what I did. But I love the Marvel Universe so it was so exciting to be part of that,” said O’Shaughnessey. \While O’Shaughnessey is new to voicing Mantis, she has voiced a number of other Marvel characters throughout various media. Most notably, the actress provided the voice of the Wasp in the animated series “Avengers Assemble”. In the years following that show’s conclusion, O’Shaughnessey would reprise the role of Janet Van Dyne across multiple video games, including “Marvel Heroes”. O’Shaughnessey expressed excitement about the positive reception to her work as the Wasp. “The game is doing so well, it’s very exciting. And I get tweets or whatever, comments from people that are like ‘she’s a great character.’ I guess she’s sneaky or whatever. Somebody just sent me a thing the other day, thanks to Mantis they got to some other level because of her,” O’Shaughnessey said with a laugh. “And I was like ‘great! Go you! You’re welcome!’” \In Marvel Rivals, Mantis is a Strategist, best used by players that prefer to serve as healers. While the developers were looking to go in a different direction from the character’s MCU voice, it’s worth noting that Mantis features plenty of callbacks to the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Her backstory in the game has her imprisoned by the Collector, and players can purchase skins based on her appearances in those movies. The approach to the character’s voice might be different, but for those that prefer the MCU take to the 616, there’s still a lot of connective tissue.
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