Thu, May 06, 2010 | 18:24 BST
Sir Ben Kingsley to appear in Fable III
Actor Sir Ben Kingsley has confirmed he’s to appear in Fable III.
He now joins a massive list of other celebs to join the Lionhead RPG, including John Cleese, Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry.
He will play the role of the “King of Mist”.
“I’m a voice in a new video game shortly – Fable III. I’m a wonderful wizard character who is the king of Mist Peak,” Kingsley said to CVG.
He goes on to add: “It’s very energising and good for us actors to realise that [acting] is so diverse now. [Games] are as big a jump now as I suppose when cinema was invented, when people went from the stage to the cinema thinking: It’s not really acting, is it? Now, it’s video games – and it is acting. It’s very demanding.”
Fable III’s due out by the end of the year for 360.
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Tags: Ben Kingsley, Fable III, lionhead studios
8 comments
#1
Goliath
06/05/10, 6:26 pm
Man, the voice acting cast in the game is shaping up to be one of the best of all time.
#2
onlineatron
06/05/10, 6:36 pm
Off-topic, but related.
Any one enjoy Shutter island?
#3
AliTheBrit19
06/05/10, 6:43 pm
Awesome! Lionhead FTW
And yes, Shutter Island was an excellent film.
#4
CroMagnon
06/05/10, 6:49 pm
Never realised how much Ben Kingsley and Peter Molyneux look like each other.
Coincidence?…..I think not.
#5
DJ Deathstar
06/05/10, 6:52 pm
Molyneux was saying that the game has one of the best if not the best cast for a game, and it seems to be that maybe he wasn’t exaggerating for once!
#6
Anders
06/05/10, 7:24 pm
Shutter Island was alright.
#7
mington
07/05/10, 9:34 am
epic nose
#8
Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 10:05 am
BK in Sexy Beast was amazing. The quality of BK’s performance as a Fable character relies entirely on Lionhead’s script writing.
I’m not expecting an Oscar winning performance from any of the cast, to be honest. I did thoroughly enjoy Fable 1 and 2 though, so quality voicework can only be a good thing.
I’m just not entirely convinced that game budgets should go to celebrities, but I suppose the movie and game industries are moving ever closer…