Katy Bentz Talks Steph's Return In Life Is Strange: True Colors And LGBT Representation | LAS Ep 31

Katy Bentz, who provided full performance capture for Steph Gingrich in Life Is Strange: True Colors and voice-over work for Steph in Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, returns for the 31st episode of Life After Strange. Katy is the first actor from the Life Is Strange series to appear twice on Life After Strange! You can check out our initial episode with Katy here:    • Katy Bentz Names Three Life Is Strange Cha...   'Life After Strange' is an online series exclusive to Player 1 vs The World. Our series brings back members from the Life Is Strange franchise to share their experiences of working on the acclaimed Square Enix-published series. Follow Player 1 vs The World on social media to stay up to date with the latest videos from the Life After Strange series. Facebook:   / player1vstheworld   Twitter:   / p1vstheworld   Instagram:   / player1vstheworld   For business inquiries: [email protected] 📧 You can also find all episodes of Life After Strange in our playlist here:    • Life After Strange   Looking for more Life Is Strange content? Player 1 vs The World chief Adnan Riaz also hosts another Life Is Strange fan-made podcast, aptly named StrangeCast, with his co-host Adam Evalt. Check out StrangeCast here:    • StrangeCast — The Definitive Life Is Stran...   Follow me on my personal channels, too! 😇 Twitter:   / adnanriaz9   Instagram:   / adnanriaz9   Where to find Katy ⬇️ Instagram:   / katybentzofficial   Twitch:   / katybentz   YouTube:    / katybentz   Facebook:   / daniellereneevivarttas   Website: https://www.katybentz.com/ Twitter:   / katybentz   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 -- Introduction 02:24 -- Paging Dr Lynn: how is Katy feeling today? 03:16 -- Katy reflects on True Colors ahead of the title's first anniversary 04:55 -- Katy on when she found out that Steph would be returning 08:20 -- Katy talks about changes to Steph's story arc during True Colors' development 09:55 - Katy on securing her life and career-changing role in Before the Storm 11:55 -- Did Katy do any of her role prep while flying out to Colorado? 14:40 -- Working on True Colors while keeping hush-hush on the project to her Twitch community 16:58 -- What were Katy's thoughts on the changes to Steph, both physically and personality-wise, in True Colors? 19:03 -- How different was it working under True Colors performance director Webb Pickersgill compared to working under BTS VO director Philip Bache? 21:30 -- Katy's experience of going from the recording booth to a mocap suit 25:52 -- Katy talks Webb, Meisner technique, theatre and True Colors 30:47 -- Katy candidly speaks about her interactions with True Colors director Zak Garriss 34:02 -- Katy on getting the right body language for Steph in mocap 37:05 -- Katy opens up about working with fellow True Colors actors Erika Mori and Eric Emery 40:14 -- What was the most intense mocap shoot, physically or emotionally, for Katy? 42:07 -- What was Katy's favourite memory from the mocap set of True Colors? 44:22 -- Is there any character that Katy wished Steph would have interacted with more in True Colors? 45:31 -- Katy shares her experience of collaborating with Erika to bring that kiss scene between Steph and Alex Chen to life 49:42 -- Katy on turning up her charm/flirting factor for Steph's scene with Diane Jacobs 51:49 -- Did Katy complete Steph's jukebox game on her first attempt? 53:11 -- Katy's thoughts on how the Wavelengths DLC tapped into the isolation factor from the coronavirus pandemic 57:45 -- Katy candidly talks about handling the expectations of reprising an LGBT character like Steph and tackling pre-conceived notions of a gay actor being needed to play a gay character 01:05:50 -- What was Katy's reaction to seeing Steph's swallow tattoo and has she thought about getting it? 01:07:55 -- Katy on going to London, attending the 2022 BAFTA Game Awards, being criminally snubbed for a BAFTA and more 01:14:01 -- Katy's reaction to the announcement from Square Enix and Titan that a Life Is Strange prose novel, dubbed ‘Steph’s Story,' is coming 01:16:04 -- Katy's thoughts on how Steph was positioned in the story of True Colors 01:18:04 -- How did it feel for Katy to do interviews with the press and be part of the promotional campaign for True Colors 01:20:14 -- Katy speaks out on the entertainment industry's problem with misspelling people's names in credits 01:24:50 -- What are three things Katy wants to achieve in her 30s? 01:25:51 -- Lightning round (sort of) with Katy 01:30:44 -- Outro #KatyBentz #StephGingrich #LifeIsStrangeTrueColors #LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm #DeckNine #SquareEnix