Cast Dean Erickson - Gabriel Knight Joanne Takahashi - Grace Nakimura Andrea Martin - Gerde Hull Kay E. Kuter - Werner Huber Nicholas Worth - Leber Fredrich Solms - Harald Übergrau Peter J. Lucas - Baron Friedrich von Glower Richard Raynesford - Baron Garr von Zell Clement von Franckenstein - von Aigner Wolf Muser - Doktor Klingmann Bruce Ed Morrow - Mr. Smith Judith Drake - Mrs. Smith Greg Bennick - Opera juggler/performer Brad Greenquist - Georg Immerding Michael Wilhelms - Joseph Dallmeier Development The game was released for PC and Macintosh. The Macintosh version uses a video player developed by Sierra instead of an off-the-shelf technology such as QuickTime, and had a tendency to crash or run slowly on 680x0 processors. There is an XP-compatible re-print on DVD with de-interlaced movies, but it is exclusive to the Italian market. The Beast Within has a much more involved plot than its predecessor, Sins of the Fathers. Jane Jensen said that this was because the FMV graphics "limited the interactivity we could do. I specifically tried to put a lot more intrigue in the plot, so even though the interactivity was easier, there would still be enough meat going on to keep people engaged". The role of Gabriel Knight was re-cast, since Jensen felt Tim Curry, who voiced Knight in Sins of the Fathers, did not look the part. Dean Erickson took the part, and delivered a take on the character markedly different from Curry's. Erickson explained that "there was no way I was going to do Tim Curry, because... you know, Tim Curry is Tim Curry. He was a little more animated or maybe you could say over the top. What he was doing called for that. What I was doing called for something a little more down to earth and grounded". He clarified that "[Curry] only voiced a character and, due to the nature of animation, voices often need to be more over-the-top, because they have to impart more of everything without the visual aspect of a real, live person on screen". To prepare for the role, Erickson intensely studied films with Southern characters and voice tapes of Southern dialects in order to make his accent sound natural. He enjoyed the role and later said that if the Gabriel Knight series had continued using live action FMV, he would have done the next five or six. Filming for the