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*In ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Halo 4]]'', | *In ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', Dr. Halsey is voiced by [[Jen Taylor]], who also voices Cortana, reinforcing the connection between the two characters. This is mirrored in ''Halo Legends'' (which predates the three games), in which [[Shelley Calene-Black]] voices both Halsey and Cortana.<ref>'''''Halo: Legends''''' credits</ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001523/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2 Natascha McElhone] will play Halsey in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' as well as Cortana. | ||
*A number of Dr. Halsey's statements are echoed by similar statements by Cortana in the ''Halo'' games. In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', when John-117 explains his plan to board the [[Unrelenting|Covenant ship]] near [[Chi Ceti IV]], Halsey states, ''"One slight error in your trajectory, and you could miss by kilometers"'', to which John replies, ''"I don't miss, ma'am."''<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', '' page 120'' (2001)</ref> A strikingly similar exchange occurs in ''[[Halo 2]]'', with Cortana asking, ''"What if you miss?"'' and John responding, ''"I won't"''. Many of Cortana's lines during the [[Cortana moments and Gravemind moments|Cortana moments]] in ''Halo 3'' are direct quotes or slight paraphrases of Halsey's statements to the Spartans in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach''. In ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]'', Halsey tells John-117 that she slept well, ''"No thanks to their driving,"'' which is echoed in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' when he tells Cortana he slept well ''"... no thanks to [her] driving"''. She also tells John, ''"Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it,"'' which Cortana would tell him in ''Halo 2''. | *A number of Dr. Halsey's statements are echoed by similar statements by Cortana in the ''Halo'' games. In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', when John-117 explains his plan to board the [[Unrelenting|Covenant ship]] near [[Chi Ceti IV]], Halsey states, ''"One slight error in your trajectory, and you could miss by kilometers"'', to which John replies, ''"I don't miss, ma'am."''<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', '' page 120'' (2001)</ref> A strikingly similar exchange occurs in ''[[Halo 2]]'', with Cortana asking, ''"What if you miss?"'' and John responding, ''"I won't"''. Many of Cortana's lines during the [[Cortana moments and Gravemind moments|Cortana moments]] in ''Halo 3'' are direct quotes or slight paraphrases of Halsey's statements to the Spartans in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach''. In ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]'', Halsey tells John-117 that she slept well, ''"No thanks to their driving,"'' which is echoed in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' when he tells Cortana he slept well ''"... no thanks to [her] driving"''. She also tells John, ''"Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it,"'' which Cortana would tell him in ''Halo 2''. | ||
*In ''Halo Legends'', Halsey's appearance was portrayed with a great deal of artistic license. In ''The Package'', at which point she is aged fifty-two, she is depicted as a young woman with short, blonde hair and no glasses. Her appearance in ''Homecoming'' however, is closer to her description from the books, though that short also portrays her as blonde. In the developer commentary for ''Homecoming'' [[Frank O'Connor]] states, "''People tend to think of her as older than she's portrayed... and part of that was simply—you know—it's anime, and they want everyone to be attractive and young. I mean, that's one of the hallmarks anime... I think that IG took the safer of the two routes and sort of disguised her appearance and disguised her age by having it literally obscured by her hair and her glasses and to a certain extent her uniform.''" In ''The Package'' commentary he explains, "''She was definitely one of those back-and-forth conversations [with Casio Entertainment]; 'Can you make her older? Can you make her older?' And eventually we got to this compromise... I think if we were casting a real-life actress we'd cast someone a lot older, but in anime the context is fine and it works.'"'' | *In ''Halo Legends'', Halsey's appearance was portrayed with a great deal of artistic license. In ''The Package'', at which point she is aged fifty-two, she is depicted as a young woman with short, blonde hair and no glasses. Her appearance in ''Homecoming'' however, is closer to her description from the books, though that short also portrays her as blonde. In the developer commentary for ''Homecoming'' [[Frank O'Connor]] states, "''People tend to think of her as older than she's portrayed... and part of that was simply—you know—it's anime, and they want everyone to be attractive and young. I mean, that's one of the hallmarks anime... I think that IG took the safer of the two routes and sort of disguised her appearance and disguised her age by having it literally obscured by her hair and her glasses and to a certain extent her uniform.''" In ''The Package'' commentary he explains, "''She was definitely one of those back-and-forth conversations [with Casio Entertainment]; 'Can you make her older? Can you make her older?' And eventually we got to this compromise... I think if we were casting a real-life actress we'd cast someone a lot older, but in anime the context is fine and it works.'"'' | ||