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Potential spoilers for The Mighty Nein follow.

The Critical Role team had one major advantage approaching the tales of The Mighty Nein a second time - they already knew what was going to happen. Yes, Prime Video's animated series adapts the much-beloved Campaign 2 of the massively popular TTRPG actual play series, and as such, has all the benefits of not having to figure the story out as it was going along. One cast member in particular approached his character in a different way for the Titmouse-animated series.

Namely, because he knew that character was going to die.

In case you don't know, I'm talking about Taliesin Jaffe, who plays tiefling Mollymauk Tealeaf in both the first season of Prime Video's Mighty Nein series and about the first 30 episodes of Critical Role's original Campaign 2. Speaking with Paste Magazine, Jaffe was asked what it was like to re-embody this version of his infamously deceased (and then sorta resurrected, it's complicated) mystical adeventurer.

"There was no inevitability the first time we did this," said Jaffe, who is currently playing as Bolaire Lathalia in CR's Campagn 4, "And knowing the inevitability, there is time to pace and start to talk about where this character is going and where they are."

"It was so nice," recounted the voice actor, "To not just have this one day where I’m like 'Oh, wait! No! Oh no… We’ll have to get back to that later!' So having the time and the space to really hit those moments and put in all these things and let him breathe in a way that sometimes a game doesn’t allow was really just so rewarding."

It's great to hear that the actor who originated Mollymauk is getting a new lease on the character in this second medium, but does that mean that Molly's death will hit any less hard? We'll just have to wait and see.

The Mighty Nein is streaming now on Prime Video. 

With two animated series on Prime Video, Campaign 4 in full swing, and so much more Exandrian lore to come, Critical Role is showing no signs of slowing down. That's why the adventuring party at Popverse are here to bring you everything we can from those nerdy-ass voice actors & Bo., including:

• Critical Role's Campaign 4 characters ranked
• How to watch Critical Role in order
• Ways for you to relive the Critical Role panel from ECCC '26
• Taliesin Jaffe on playing Mollymauk Tealeaf for Campaign 2 vs. playing him for Prime Video
• Matt Mercer's homebrew warrior class (created originally for Vin Diesel)

...and much, much more. Roll initiative, player. Magic awaits.