Fri, May 22, 2009 | 15:50 BST
Former President Bill Clinton turned down Fallout 3 role
Former US president Bill Clinton was offered a role in Fallout 3, but turned it down.
According to an interview with Lev Chapelsky, the general manager of Hollywood-based Blindlight, the firm tried to get Clinton for voice work in Fallout 3 as – what else – the president.
“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’,” Chapelsky told Edge.
When asked specifically which game he tried to get the man himself to participate in, he replied that it was Bethesda’s Fallout 3.
“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!’”
Chapelsky also talks about the ever changing attitude among Hollywood actors regarding videogames, and you can read up on all of it through the link.
Thanks, GamePolitics.
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Tags: bill clinton, blindlight, fallout 3, lev chapelsky
11 comments
#1
Psychotext
22/05/09, 3:08 pm
That would have been cool. The voice actor they got to do it was pretty good though.
#2
No_PUDding
22/05/09, 3:11 pm
I agree, that would have single handedly make me like the game. Oh no wait it wouldn’t.
#3
Razor
22/05/09, 3:16 pm
“I did not have sexual relations with Amata Almodovar”
#4
anasui
22/05/09, 3:28 pm
I personally think it woulda made zero difference. Game was fuck-awesome the way it was, who cares about pego-swinging Bill
#5
Esha
22/05/09, 3:28 pm
Besides, the President in Fallout 3 is so obviously Nixon, in attitude as well as voice. Getting someone with the attitude of Nixon played by Clinton would be as creepy as hell, frankly. As a President, Clinton was okay, Nixon was… not so much so.
Also, Steph, you meant a role. Unless they’re planning on sticking him in a barrel and giving him a push at the top of a very tall hill. Wheeeeeeee!
#6
Stephany Nunneley
22/05/09, 3:50 pm
Ugh. Thanks Esha.
(wheeeeeeeeee! lol)Not enough coffee yet. I need an IV-drip. jfhskgfisugfiusgfisgfi. 
But now that you mention it, loads of ppl in this country would have loved to “give him a roll” in a barrel. I refuse to make the obvious joke there regarding Clinton and any sort of “roll”. Wait. I kinda did.
#7
mortiferus
22/05/09, 4:18 pm
I bet you if it was a sex heavy game he would have dived right in the development sack.
#8
mightyhokie
22/05/09, 4:32 pm
Good. I would hate to have given that prick any money.
#9
polygem
22/05/09, 5:43 pm
he was offered a role as dog meat
#10
Whizzo
22/05/09, 6:21 pm
Malcolm McDowell > Bill Clinton
#11
adugan
23/05/09, 12:38 am
Bill Clinton is too busy saving the world. Check out my Bill Clinton blog
http://adugan-billclintonblog.blogspot.com/