Despite initially encountering problems as to who would voice him, Nomura said that once Toshiyuki Morikawa auditioned for the role, they knew they had their actor. Morikawa was instructed by the staff to speak all of Sephiroth's dialogue as if he felt superior to every other character in the film. The voice director and Morikawa agreed to make Sephiroth's voice sound calm to the point that he believes he "cannot" lose to Cloud, suggesting to Morikawa that he may reappear at some point in the future. In the prequel "Crisis Core", Morikawa portrayed Sephiroth in a charismatic fashion as in early events Sephiroth is presented as a hero.