'Critical Role' Cast Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

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Published 2023-08-28
WIRED rolls a natural 20 today as Matthew Mercer, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, and Sam Riegel from long-running and beloved D&D campaign web series Critical Role visit to answer their most searched questions from Google. What makes Matt Mercer a good GM? Who does Laura Bailey voice in Naruto? What does Travis Willingham's tattoo mean? What is Marisha Ray's new character? Where does Sam Riegel get his shirts? Answers to all these questions and more await.

Director: Joe Pickard
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Louis Lalire
Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Kevin Balash
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Omar Elgohary
Sound Mixer: Kari Barber
Production Assistant: Fernando Barajas
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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All Comments (21)
  • @esard2011
    Travis being CEO because he was the only one willing to go out and open a bank account is pretty on brand for them
  • @regretposting
    I love that Sam and Liam got the same “how did they meet?” question that the actual married couples got lmao
  • @owenpope3505
    “Jim Henson died. I wore black to school and I never stopped” is such an accurate statement and is so sweet
  • @fuelbot
    Sam telling Marisha she actually is a good singer, just not confident yet is so fkn wholesome.
  • @TheFiddleFaddle
    "Why is Critical Role so popular?" 30% storytelling, 70% wishing we had a squad like this.
  • @jacktravis2718
    When you start compiling these folks IMDB’s together, you can compile literally almost all of modern gaming and anime of the past 20 years. These people are an absolute powerhouse.
  • @leotow4386
    Petition for them to make a one-shot entitled "What Happened to Taliesin Jaffe?" 😂
  • @AXenoLover
    Just looked up Laura’s career in VA and her resume is absolutely nuts
  • @WereDictionary
    "I can see him being charming if he never had to actually say anything" is such a perfect Taliesin-style insult. Also, 6'4" is around 1,94 in meters.
  • @Vsmit00
    The way Laura's face just lit up when Sam said he was in a boy band tells me that she'll never let him live it down.
  • @Bhaalderdash
    Travis is spot on as to why people are so into CR. Its just fun and wholesome to see a bunch of freinds having so mich fun together.
  • @SweetiesSys
    “Mollymauk Tealeaf, who makes people cry” is an understatement, Tal
  • @cmel7841
    Travis nailed the popularity question, this is like your college friends sitting around playing beer pong, they just happen to all be really talented creatively
  • @bexclearly
    For anyone not as familiar with CR and because they give kind of a misleading non-answer to the question: Liam and Laura are NOT actually related- however, they share a birthday and they DO play twins in the first campaign because of that!
  • @bearhall4919
    Laura Bailey wins the Critical Role Medal Of Honor for dipping out of the award show to play D&D!!!!
  • These guys have done so much for me. Can’t help but love them all. Also, WE’RE MISSING ASHLEY
  • @Shotzy64
    Not an interview I expected, but an instant view and like nonetheless
  • @pinkestpink2627
    I'm offended that people doesn't ask how marisha organized her notes, thats the important question
  • I've seen people mention that this is actually borderline incomprehensible to people who don't know Critical Role (examples: Liam and Laura being related, Taliesin being immoral, Matt's character names, Liam bane, etc etc etc) and it's so worth the rewatch pretending you don't have the context 😅
  • @Laneth
    The way Matt looks just so attentively at Marisha while she speaks.. 🥰