Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Cai Actor Was ‘Deeply Afraid’ of the Audience’s Reaction

The actor, who plays Cai in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave , was not a newcomer to Nintendo’s popular strategy RPG series. He’d previously portrayed Fogado in 2023’s Fire Emblem Engage and Ross in 2017’s Fire Emblem Heroes . Robinson auditioned for several parts in Fortune’s Weave, including supporting characters like Peter, Simon, and Lysander. But he told Polygon in a recent interview that he wasn’t aware Cai was one of the game’s four protagonists until he’d already landed the gig. “I had no idea until we started recording that [Cai] was gonna be, like, a major focus.