Zelda’s voice actor didn’t know she was auditioning for the titular character

As it turns out, the voice actor behind Zelda in both Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom didn’t even know he was auditioning for the character.

Saying that Nintendo is secretive is like saying that you need air to breathe: the two go hand in hand. Obviously, that’s especially been the case with Tears of the Kingdom, a game that only had proper trailers this year, just a few months before it came out. So it shouldn’t be all that surprising to hear that Zelda’s own voice actress, Patricia Summersett, wasn’t told that the character she was auditioning for was, in fact, the Princess of Hyrule.

In an interview with IGN, Summersett opened up about her role as Zelda and how she ended up with it in the first place. Unsurprisingly, she wasn’t told much about it before auditioning for her. “It just seemed like an RPG fantasy,” Summersett shared. “She had no information other than a princess character that had a lot of weight on her shoulders.”

A few weeks after the audition, she received the news that she would be playing Zelda, though she was thankful she didn’t know about it before the audition. “I have a feeling that if I had known what she was, I would have overthought the process,” she said. “I’m glad I went blind.”

Summersett was appropriately reserved when asked if Zelda’s role would be bigger in this sequel, since there isn’t as much voice acting in Breath of the Wild, though he did say, “If you watch the trailers, you’ll see that the gameplay is indicative. of a very big adventure. Every time you come back to a game after you’ve played a character, you want to stretch yourself as far as you can.”

On the subject of whether he thinks fans will be happy when it comes to fan service, the answer was a resounding “Yes. Oh yes.” That could mean anything, obviously, but it’s still exciting as a Zelda fan. Now all we need is the ability to play as Zelda herself, and if we’re lucky, it just might be possible.