Wesker actor wants Resident Evil 6 role

By Fred Dutton Published 25 January, 2011

"You guys could bug Capcom."

D.C. Douglas, the voice actor behind Resident Evil 5 ruffian Wesker, has called on Capcom to cast him in Resident Evil 6.

Speaking in an interview with horror gaming site Hell Descent, Douglas revealed he's interested in reprising the role in a sequel.

"Hell yeah! I know RE6 is in the works, so hopefully I'll get a chance to audition for it...or you guys could bug Capcom into casting me in it! ;-) I'm workin' it, baby!"

Douglas later clarified that his claim that a new Resident Evil game was in production was based on internet rumour and speculation, rather than concrete first hand knowledge.

However, given the series' enduring popularity, you'd have to be a lobotomised cohort of the undead to bet against it. Capcom has referenced the title, with Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi confirming he won't be involved with the next game in the series.

If Capcom is to include Wesker in a sequel, it will have to get creative. Last time out, as you might recall, the poor lad was drop-kicked into a lake of molten lava before being shot in the face by dual rocket launchers.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • sfp_noodle #1 1 year ago

    Hmmm, I think it's time to put the character to rest. An awesome villain no doubt, but he can't keep surviving, especially after Resi 5. Like Snake, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing if you get what I mean. Sometimes its just better to let go. I think the same should happen with Wesker.

  • M4RV #2 1 year ago

    I actually doubt that Resident Evil can even survive with the awesomeness of Albert Wester, but that's just me really...

  • sybixsus #3 1 year ago

    Wasn't there talk of RE6 being a reboot? In which case nothing which has happened before is necessarily canon. Even if it's not a reboot, RE6 doesn't *have* to be set after RE5. There are plenty of other areas of the timeline we could visit instead.

  • Gearskin #4 1 year ago

    Wesker's cool in the games and everything... but this guy... he doesn't look like an action man, does he. If you stuck him in the costume worn by Shawn Roberts for "Resident Evil: Afterlife" he wouldn't look good in the role.

    I actually thought Roberts did a good job in Afterlife. Chewed scenery like it was made from something he liked to eat... like Carpaccio.

  • philreeduk #5 1 year ago

    nice and spoilery at the end EG like it!

  • kupocake #6 1 year ago

    COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION

    Surely?

  • alimokrane #7 1 year ago

    Sorry but it's time for a new villain and a comeback to the roots of Resident Evil.

  • Gearskin #8 1 year ago

    "You've really become quite spoilerific for me"

  • Genome #9 1 year ago

    Cloning baby, cloning. I hear it's all the rage.

  • LazyNinjaUk #10 1 year ago

    For a moment I thought it was the actor who played Wesker in Resident Evil: Afterlife,at which point my reply would have been "I'd rather forcibly insert an entire bag of malteasers up my nose one by one, then headbutt a wall."

    Thankfully it isn't anything to do with the bucket of arse film series, but I still think Wesker needs to be put to rest.
    Edited by LazyNinjaUk at 25/01/11 @ 23:34

  • evild_edd #11 1 year ago

    So many people whinging about lack of spoiler warnings? Who knew so many were waiting to play RE5, I mean they've only had a couple of years after all.....

    P.s. Vader is Luke's father, the bird in the crying game isn't your type after all, and Kevin Spacey is Keyser Soze :p

  • NewbieZilla #12 1 year ago

    Lol at the people complaining about spoilers. If you haven't even played 5 yet, I'm surprised you give a toss about 6. It isn't like it came out last month.

  • Spence1115 #13 1 year ago

    @evild_edd

    Bruce Willis is a ghost!

  • neilka #14 1 year ago

    Planet of the Apes is actually Hull
    Rosebud is his name for his wife's clitoris
    M. Night Shyamalan is a cunt

  • Spong #15 1 year ago

    I'm amazed that the people complaining about spoilers are able to play any games in the dark, powerless cave they must live in.

    As for Wesker in the next game? Fuck off.

  • mushroomyakuza #16 1 year ago

    Purely for the "I'm workin' it, baby!" comment, this man deserves to never work again.

  • X3Entente #17 1 year ago

    didnt he fall into a volcano?

  • Collymilad #18 1 year ago

    Not a bad voice for Wesker, but seriously if they brought him back that would be utterly ridiculous even by RE standards.

    Also, who hasn't played RE5 yet? Spoilers lol.

    "COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION"

    *grits teeth* I heard that a million times because my mate is shite at QTE's :|
    Edited by Collymilad at 26/01/11 @ 04:29

  • bumgut #19 1 year ago

    This is not videogame news.

  • BuddyChrist #20 1 year ago

    No, hire me instead!

    I have a shit job where I have to use my brain, turn up early in the morning and go home late evening.

    I wanna become part of the voice acting click.

  • geeza2020 #21 1 year ago

    clique?

  • mr2ange #22 1 year ago

    To be honest, i think they could keep wesker in, Just continue from resi 4

    Resi 5 was the biggest pile of guff to come from the resi franchise, Honestly the worst sequel to arguably one of the best games ever made.

    bought it played 3 levels, sold it. NEVER looked back. Such a let down.

  • gelf #23 1 year ago

    Its time to leave Wesker, I remember being really enthusiastic for when they first brought him back in Code Veronica, now I'm sick of the sight of him.

    Failing that bring back the original actor and scriptwriters for the laughs.

    "All weak people exist to be eaten"

  • Golgo #24 1 year ago

    Those people who provide voice-overs in Resi games are called 'actors' now? Who'd have thought?

  • Ternon #25 1 year ago

    Given how Dead Space thoroughly surpassed Resident Evil series in every way imaginable I think it is time to end it now.

  • Ternon #26 1 year ago

    Given how Dead Space thoroughly surpassed Resident Evil series in every way imaginable I think it is time to end it now.