They tried to replace him one time and the fans lost their shit, leading to a reversal. I remember the outrage, apparently he wasn’t even contacted for the role in Hitman Absolution and had no idea he wouldn’t be voicing it until the trailer came out for it with a different voice actor.
Fans tweeted at him asking why he wouldn’t be doing the voice this time around and he was just like “I have no idea guys, nobody has spoken to me about it at all.”
It’s funny, because up until that point, I thought his performance was wholly replaceable; in the first game, I’d call it outright bad. It wasn’t until Absolution that I felt like I saw him really acting for the first time.
Is it the same guy? Or do they just keep cloning and reprinting him?
I hate recasting characters, replacing narrators in the middle of an audiobook series, etc. It’s super jarring, and it feels bad even if the replacement does a really good job.
There have been cases where it’s been for the better, cases where someone died and there’s no way around it, etc, and cases where I still kind of wish they didn’t do it, but it works OK. But there should be an extremely strong preference to avoid doing so unless there’s actually no alternative.
I disagree. Look at the time Justin Roiland was accused of false imprisonment, and they replaced Rick and Morty. It went great, the new Rick and Morty sound perfect. Now look at how Marvel dragged their feet on replacing Jonathan Majors and eventually decided to just ignore all their Kang foreshadowing and replace him with Dr Doom. It sucks, they should have just recast him.
Recasting allows newer and less well known actors to break into an entertainment industry dominated by sequels, adaptations, and franchises. They reduce the capital held by big time actors who are already far too rich. Recasting is good.
It’s even more hilariously bad because they recast a veteran series actor in a new role. Until retirement and beyond!
