Bill Clinton needs you in the Enclave

In an Edge-Online interview with Lev Chapelsky General Manger of Blindlight (a production manger of sorts; for video games) told Edge writer Alex Wiltshire; his company tried to get former President of the United States of America Bill Clinton to do President Eden’s voice for Fallout 3.

Direct quote:
Have you worked with figures that aren’t in the acting world?
Celebrity acquisition applies not just to celebrity actors but to sports figures, politicians – we’ve made offers to Bill Clinton for videogames and gotten great responses with attorneys who have said, ‘The former president will not participate in one of your videogame products, thank you very much’. We appreciated that frankness and candour – you don’t get that kind of candour from Creative Artists Agency, frankly. If the answers no, they don’t return your call for six months.

What project did you ask Bill Clinton for?
I think that might have been to play the president in Fallout 3. Wouldn’t that have been brilliant? You get to that point in game and you hear that voice in the ether coming from off-camera and you’re like, ‘I know that guy!’


How awesome would that have been to have gotten Slick Willy be the president of a post apocalyptic DC. Unfortunately he said “no.” Just imagine it though, your walking in the Wastelands and you hear the smooth and silky voice of…

"Sup"

...mmm, comforting. Hilliary is so lucky!

[source] Edge article

[thanks] G4, Gaygamer, and Joystiq

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Edge, Fallout3, G4, Gaygamer, Joystiq, and Blindlight