Felicia Day. Who is she? For some, she is “that red-haired hacker girl from Supernatural", for someone "that shy girl from that old TV series, Guild, like". But in fact, she has a colossal amount of work behind her to popularize everything geeky and geeky. And it is about the strange story of this strange girl that I will tell.
Where to start? Perhaps because this person was even born! This event happened on June 28, 1979. Born in Huntsville, Alabama. A Full name – Katherine Felicia Day.
For most of her childhood and adolescence, Felicia and her younger brother (whose name District) were homeschooled, thereby spending about 10 years in social isolation (no matter how creepy that may sound). Her friends were Justice League, Avengers and other comics, books, films, cartoons and games of the 80s and 90s. This is how the development of a young girl with a brain disorder begins.
Her family was not rich, but there was enough money for all sorts of entertainment. Felicia and her brother bought all sorts of superhero comics and fantasy books. But one day they learned about the existence of game consoles, and immediately went to ask their mother to buy a new console. But my mother refused because “games cause brain liquefaction”. But we didn’t have to grieve for long, because soon a computer appeared in the house. And then the brother and sister moved to a new level. They started playing games that have already become classics that we all know very well.
With all this, their mother understood that the children needed to communicate with someone else in the real world. And having a lot of free time, Felicia went to music school, after which she became an experienced violinist. In addition to music, she went to ballet and opera singing. But she didn’t find good friends anywhere, since her attitude towards other children was, as she herself says, like that of a 70-year-old grandmother. No one read the same fantasy books that she did, no one watched the same films, and especially not a single girl read comics or played games except her. None. Thus, everyone seemed to her “stupid” and “completely without imagination”.
But everything changed when the Internet was installed in their home. This was one of those moments that played a big role in the development of her personality. It was on the Internet that she found her first friends with the same hobbies as her. I sat on forums dedicated to various games and registered under the nickname Codex Dragon (Only a select few will understand). It was then that Felicia fell in love with the Internet, because only there she could be herself.
This is how our heroine’s childhood passed, but we all grow up, and when Felicia turned 16 years old, she was in 5 days (. ) prepared for all exams and passed them! The young excellent student was accepted into one of the largest American institutions of higher education in the field of art and music – the Juilliard School, as she was an experienced violinist. But she decided to go to the University of Texas at Austin. And it would seem that university, a new life, well, now everything will definitely be different. But everything turned out to be not as rosy as expected. Because of her young age, her mother took her to school, they didn’t take her to parties, they say she was too small, or you never know… they’ll also give her a prison term. So there were almost no friends. One might say history repeated itself, her student life exactly repeated her childhood and adolescence. But she didn’t despair. As a result, I finished my studies with the best scores in the “Mathematics” and “Violin Playing” profiles. But considering that she had fulfilled her duty to society and her parents, she went to fulfill the dream of every teenager. She went to conquer Hollywood
To be fair, Felicia’s first role can be called the role Scout in a local theater production based on the novel Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird at the age of 8. And it is quite possible that after this she wanted to become an actress and that is why she decided to go to study ballet, opera singing and violin.
In any case, after graduating from university, our heroine set off to conquer Hollywood and moved to Los Angeles. There she, like all aspiring actresses, starred in commercials and various films in minor roles, continuing to play video games in the evenings and nights, she especially loved World of Warcraft.
And in the end, her efforts did not go unnoticed. Soon she was invited to the now cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She played one of the potential fighters named V. She appeared in 8 episodes (including the final ones) of the last season of the series, and this experience did not pass without a trace for the aspiring actress.
And since we’re on the topic, it’s worth especially noting her love for WoW. In 2004, when the game first came out, Felicia became one of the many fans of this game. Of course, after filming ended Buffy she began to work even harder and harder, but this did not stop her from continuing to play even at night. Naturally, because of such a load on her body, she began to have problems, but despite all the difficulties, it was then, while playing, that she realized that she wanted to create her own project, a comedy about people who play some kind of game like World of Warcraft, like her and millions of other people to whom this topic may be close. And in the end she will create the project of her dreams, but only in 2007, but for now we are still in 2004.
Felicia’s second more or less major role, after Buffy, this is the role of an insecure, withdrawn, clumsy, but at the same time creative and brave girl Penelope from the movie Succeed again! 2004. This is a typical film in its genre about girls from a cheerleading group led by an evil captain, and so they decide to create their own team of nerds and losers. Our red-haired heroine plays one of these. The movie did not become mega-popular, and Felicia’s role was not the main one, but it added “star weight” to all the characters in this film. But our brave heroine was not going to stop there!
After that, she starred in several more films, before setting out on the path that led her to the result we know.
Yes, that’s her! The web series that https://shangrilacasino.co.uk/ saved thousands of people’s self-esteem and social lives, making it clear to everyone: be yourself, because you are never weird on the Internet. In 2007, when the Internet was just gaining its current popularity, when hosting sites such as Youtube, Felicia decided to do the project of her dreams, to create a series about people like her, to show everyone that there is nothing strange in this, but even vice versa. Felicia made the first season literally on her knees with the help of fans and her own funds, assembled a team and… and the result exceeded all expectations. And despite the fact (or rather due to the fact) that Felicia is an actress, the author of the script, and the producer of the series, the first season of the series was very popular, and it was posted on the official Youtube channel. And it was then that Felicia gained popularity and her well-deserved title – "Queen of Geeks".
The second season was of even better quality, if only due to the fact that, against the backdrop of the popularity of the first season, Guilds sponsors appeared. And the show itself was shown on three main video channels Microsoft: Xbox Live, MSN Video And The Zune Marketplace. Well, you can watch this legendary series in Russian on the website Stopgame.ru 😉
On March 28, 2009, at the Streamy Awards in Los Angeles, the actress received the award for “Best Actress in a Comedy” for her performance as the main character Syd Sherman in the web series The Guild.
As an advertising campaign, the entire team of the series shot probably Day’s loudest video. It was a video clip for the song Do You Wanna Date My Avatar which depicts the cast of the series dressed as their characters in the computer game. The video, as already mentioned, turned out to be very popular. At the moment he already has 26 million. views.
"Do You Wanna Date My Avatar"
But this was the first of three music videos. The other two were not as wildly successful, but 4.5 million. and 3 million. accordingly – not a little.
"I’m the One That’s Cool"
More by Guilds several prequel comics were published by the publisher Dark Horse, half of which tell the main character’s backstory Sid "Code" Sherman and how that same guild was organized, and the second half tells about the background history of the remaining members of the guild.
Actually about Guilds I can talk for a long time, I could write a separate blog here, but trying not to spoil anything, I’ll leave this series for your personal review. This is a bright, wonderful and sincere series. Must watch. And of course you can watch it here StopGame.ru. The last episode aired on January 8, 2013. But during these 6 years, a lot of interesting things happened in Felicia’s life that are worth telling about.
Like any actress, she had many episodic roles in films, TV series, web series, etc.d., but there’s no point in talking about them all, so here are the biggest of the small ones. Played cameo roles in Dr. House like a girl named Apple (episode 5×02), in Fool Me How Miss Angela (2×10) and in Doll House in the role Meg in the final episodes of each season (1×13, 2×13).
But it’s worth highlighting separately Dr. Horrible’s Music Blog. This is a short comedy musical film, or more simply put, a web musical, released in 2008 and created with the director’s own money Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Avengers). This is a story about a failed supervillain Doctor Horrible, who constantly gets attacked by a superhero Captain Hammer, and who is tenderly and secretly in love with the laundromat girl, Penny.
This seemingly unremarkable, ordinary story about a supervillain and a hero turns out to be surprisingly very emotionally deep. This is one of those cases when it is better to see once. This 3-act musical is very… lively. The acting is top notch, the songs are simply amazing, each of the characters in the play gave their best! And the ending should not leave anyone indifferent. In general, it’s better to see for yourself, it’s worth it. And it’s also worth noting that 4 prequel comics were released to the main story, telling about the four main characters and their personal experiences: Captain Hammer: Be like me!, Penny: Higher Nose, Wet: Humidity increases and actually Doctor Horrible.
Felicia of the House of Day, aka the first, is the Queen of Geeks and Nerds, the Mistress of Comics, the Breaker of Stereotypes and the Mother of Video Games, without even a single voice role in the game? Not true! Of course, her filmography is much larger than her voice roles in games, but there is something interesting there too. The first such role is the role Mary Beth – the girl of the main character from the game Rock of the Dead. Most likely you have never heard of this game, since it was released back in 2010 and was not of the best quality, and besides, the score on Metacritic is 45 points. But even in such a game, Felicia’s work was appreciated.
Felicia Day – voice of Mary Beth in Rock of the Dead. She is the most attractive feature of the game.
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Came out the same year Fallout: New Vegas, and in it Felicia played a companion Courier by name Veronica Renata Santangelo. She is probably the most cheerful, frivolous and cheerful heroine. It is distinguished by its funniness, frivolity and the funniest dialogues in the game, which makes it even more lively. And in general, as I said Ivan Loev in her history of the series, Veronica is one of the best female characters in the history of video games (Couldn’t help but mention =3).
There are places where I’m a little scared to go alone… Maybe we’ll travel together, help each other… Well, then thank you for giving a chance to a naive girl from California, who has stars in her eyes and a pneumatic knuckle on her hand.
Cherished dream: to get a beautiful dress, because in her everyday outfit she looks, at least, strange, and she needs a dress for dates… for dates with girls, I suppose. From conversations with Veronica, it can be assumed that she is a lesbian.
Courier: – Stay close to me.
Veronica: – I won’t come any closer until you turn into a long-legged brunette.
A television film was also released in 2010 Red: Werewolf Hunter, released on the channel Syfy. This story is a strange adaptation of the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, in which the main character, being "Red" (a werewolf hunter), destroys these same werewolves. But at the same time she wants to live an ordinary life, get married and ride off into the sunset with her fiance. But not everything is so rosy. Werewolves attack her family and our heroine, whose name is Virginia, you have to save your grandmother, brothers and fiance from bloodthirsty creatures. As a result, the film did not receive rave reviews, 4.4 out of 10 on IMDb. It’s not surprising: very bad graphics, a strange plot, nondescript characters and everything else like that. But there is also a "+". For example, herself Virginia, she is an ordinary person, not a superhero who rushes into the thick of things and comes out victorious. No, she is an ordinary girl who can also be afraid, which makes her more attractive and makes her empathize. And if we talk about “Werewolf Hunter,” then I must say here Felicia plays an atypical role for herself, which looks very unusual and fresh. And although the film itself is “so-so,” Felicia’s transformation is interesting to watch.
October 14, 2011 for the game Dragon Age 2 there was an addition called Mark of the Killer, in which the main role was given to the mysterious elf Tallis. And guess who voiced it?. But that’s not the most important thing! On October 11, the first episode of another Felicia web series was released. Dragon Age: Redemption. Supported by BioWare (although here I can make a remark and, referring to the quality of the series, I can assume that they provided only advisory support. But even here one can argue). Co-founder of the company Greg Zeschuk reported that Felicia got the job because of her passion for gaming. And thanks to the high-quality and successful work on her previous projects. It is also worth mentioning that we worked on the project John Bartley, known for his work on the series Stay alive, and the director was the film’s producer independence Day Peter Winter.
The series tells the heroine’s backstory before the hero meets her in the DLC. In addition to the fact that Felicia voiced Tallis in the game, played her in the series, and our actress herself worked out the storyline for her character, wrote the script and acted as a co-producer.
Felicia Day played a lot of multiplayer role-playing games (we’re talking about The Guild series, if anyone didn’t understand) and decided to take things more seriously. In the role of the elven mercenary Tallis, she will have to hunt down a mage from the Qunari race. But, as it turns out, this task faces not only the main character..
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All 6 episodes are freely available on YouTube, and translated from S.G you can look here ;). In the end, we can say that the series turned out… good. Yes, exactly good. You can, of course, argue that everything looks cardboard, the special effects are bad, the script is banal, there are inconsistencies with the world Dragon Age and so on and so forth. But there are also advantages, and all these disadvantages have their own reason. For example, the presence of a bad “picture” or inconsistencies means that BioWare Even advisory support was poorly provided. The script, although banal, can be called interesting, and the episodes always end in the most interesting place. The advantages include the charismatic character of the main character (Felicia, as always, plays well, even in the role of an elf killer), decent natural shooting and still not a boring script. I advise you to take this work easier, and considering that this is a web series, not be so serious and just enjoy watching.
Well, that same year, 2011, she starred in the series Eureka. The series tells the story of a city inhabited by brilliant scientists working on new scientific research. The city is run by a corporation called Global Dynamics. The series begins with the arrival of a US Marshal in the city Jack Carter. The series has 5 seasons, and Felicia played in the last two. And she plays a brilliant rocket scientist named Holly Martin. And that’s probably all. Since then there are serial twists and turns. But our heroine is given a lot of time.
And in 2012, Felicia voiced a small role in the game Guild Wars 2 and addition Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. Played a character named Zojja.
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