DC Comics’ Peacemaker was confirmed for Mortal Kombat 1 as a part of its first season move. Nevertheless, though he seemed like John Cena’s live-action rendition of the character, it wasn’t clear if the WWE star could be lending his voice to him, too. Sequence co-creator Ed Boon has now confirmed Cena will certainly be voicing the Mortal Kombat 1 Peacemaker DLC when it drops.
It’s unclear when the Mortal Kombat 1 Peacemaker DLC will come out, although
Boon spoke about this to IGN, merely confirming that Cena was coming in. He additionally famous that the crew was “tremendous lucky” that the particular visitor actors knew what Mortal Kombat was so they might get excited for the position, which, in response to Boon, provides the sport a layer of authenticity. Boon had already confirmed that J.Ok. Simmons was voicing Omni-Man, reprising his position from the Prime Video present Invincible.
Boon notably not noted Antony Starr, who performs Homelander in The Boys. Whereas his likeness is within the sport, it could be too early to begin recording voices for the character since Homelander isn’t coming to Mortal Kombat 1 till spring 2024. Boon additionally stated as a lot within the aforementioned interview from Comedian-Con when discussing Simmons’ position as Omni-Man. Omni-Man is the primary DLC fighter (one Boon stated would launch a couple of weeks after the sport), so it is sensible that his recordings could be additional alongside.
NetherRealm Studios has a largely strong observe document of getting the actual actors to painting their in-game fighters. Peter Weller and Sylvester Stallone voiced RoboCop and Rambo, respectively, in Mortal Kombat 11. Nevertheless, The Terminator, regardless of wanting like Arnold Schwarzenegger, was voiced by Chris Cox, who Schwarzenegger reportedly picked.
Keith David, whereas clearly not his likeness, returned from the HBO animated sequence to voice Spawn in Mortal Kombat 11. DLC that added skins from the 1995 movie additionally had the voices and likenesses of Christopher Lambert, Bridgette Wilson, and Linden Ashby, who performed Raiden, Sonya, and Johnny Cage, respectively.
Boon additionally said that Homelander and Omni-Man, regardless of being comparable in nature, gained’t play the identical.
“We’re not going to have them each do all of the sort of class of Superman-type issues,” he advised IGN. “We’re going to divvy up these talents, so it’s not prefer it’s only a clone of the identical character. They’re positively going to play otherwise. The principle assaults are going to actually differentiate them, however we’re positively conscious of the idea that some individuals have been making on, ‘Oh, they’re simply going to be the identical characters.’”