FF7 Rebirth's Most Important Scene Only Took One Take [EXCLUSIVE]

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The following article contains spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

In a recent interview, Cloud Strife's actor Cody Christian revealed that he recorded one of the biggest scenes in all in one go. Though Christian has a storied acting career when it comes to film and television with shows like and, 's predecessor marked his debut as a voice actor. Both his performance and Cloud as a character have grown since the first part of the reimagined trilogy, and Christian has received critical praise since the game's release for the nuance he's brought to the role.

Recording for a game of this size is no easy feat, with hours of dialogue and assorted other sound effects that require several takes. However, the actor shared in a recent interview about that one key scene — Aerith's death — was done in a single take. Check out the full quote below:

Cody Christian: It's crazy. As an actor, I've had so many different performances in my career so far, and so many of them still live in me. I really felt those things, truthfully, authentically, and very powerfully charged emotions. And as human beings, you're — in a way — a supercomputer saving a little highlight of something that has charged in your life, so that scene is no different. I can speak to you about it now as if I was there recording it. And I remember taking a good five, 10 minutes just to get into a head space to go and record everything, because we did it all in one shot.

Though changed 's story in a myriad of ways, Aerith's ultimate fate wasn't one of them. However, her death still feels a bit different this time around, largely because of how the narrative was extended in the past two entries in the trilogy. Because players have spent more time with the game's characters and seen them interact more with one another, her death scene has even more emotional impact than it did in the original 1997 title.

Cloud's newfound vulnerability also plays a part in this new impact, which is partially due to the title's