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We're not in the business of spoiling things here at Popverse, so we'll say it like this: there are some troubles awaiting Vex and Vax in The Legend of Vox Machina's upcoming season. You already know what some of these troubles might be if you watched Critical Role Campaign 1, the actual play series upon which the hit Prime Video show is based, but that doesn't mean you're prepared for them. 

If you're Laura Bailey and Liam O'Brien, though, you kinda have to prepare for those traumas. And recently, Popverse's Trent Cannon got a window into their process.

Trent was speaking to Bailey and O'Brien (who play Vox Machina's Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan, respectively), and asked about how the pair of on-screen twins prepared to go to such dark, emotional places in the show.

"All eight of us care about each other so much," began O'Brien, "And so it's really easy to be five feet away from Laura Bailey in our recording booth to, you know, wade into the harder moments again. When I feel like I'm gonna get my Laura Bailey ripped away from me, it upsets me. It's easy to go there. I mean, it's not easy, but it's simple to slip back into it. And once you're there, you're in it."

Imagining yourself losing a member of your chosen family would be hard for anyone, but Bailey pointed out that, as people who pretend for a living, there's a kind of catharsis in playing that out.

"There's this horrible, masochistic thing with actors," Bailey explained, "Where getting to go into those really emotional moments feels good at the same time that it feels so bad. It's a beautiful thing to get to recreate it and relive it, especially knowing that I still have Liam next to me."

We have to wonder what moments in particular Bailey's talking about, but maybe Trent can ask her about that the next time they get a chance to chat. Again, we don't deal in spoilers here.

The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 comes to Prime Video June 3.

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 release schedule
• 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.