Jack Black has a clear idea who he would like to play in Red Dead Redemption 3, should Rockstar make the game: Jack Black.
While Rockstar is busy getting Grand Theft Auto 6 ready for launch this November, there is an expectation that the developer will eventually get round to making another Red Dead Redemption game, given Red Dead Redemption 2 is considered a masterpiece and has sold incredible well. And so, in lieu of a Red Dead Redemption movie, which he’d very much love to star in if the opportunity ever came his way, Bowser actor Jack Black would love to star in Red Dead Redemption 3. And it turns out there’s a character called Jack Black he’d love to play.
“Red Dead Redemption 2 takes place around the turn of the century, right?” Black told Polygon while promoting The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. “There was a character around that time named Jack Black, who wrote an autobiography called You Can’t Win. I would kinda like to play Jack Black in Red Dead Redemption 3.”
1926’s You Can’t Win is the memoir of Jack Black, a professional burglar, safe-cracker, and hobo operating in the early 20th-century American West and Canada. It chronicles his life of crime, addiction, and prison — perfect fodder for a memorable Red Dead Redemption character.
But will the current Jack Black get the chance to play the 1920s Jack Black in Red Dead Redemption 3? People associated with the series seem convinced Rockstar will one day make the sequel. Indeed, late last year, Rockstar Games co-founder and former lead writer Dan Houser said Red Dead Redemption 3 “will probably happen.”
And in 2023, Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan, the protagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, said he was “certain” fans will see Red Dead Redemption 3 “one day,” but qualified that statement by saying he had no idea when that would be.
In a subsequent interview with IGN, Clark expanded on his thoughts: “Yeah, that got really picked up! I would have thought that was obvious though. Wouldn’t you? And it’s not like I have any insider information whatsoever, but of course there’s going to be another Red Dead. It sold over 60 million copies!”
He continued: “Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Take-Two said it himself. He said GTA and Red Dead are prominent franchises for Rockstar Games and that they will be returning to them in the future. So there’s no doubt there will be another Red Dead. But if Arthur Morgan will be involved? I highly doubt it, to be honest. And I think it’s going to be quite some time before we even see a snifter of anything new Red Dead related. I have no idea how it would pan out, but I wouldn’t bet on Arthur being a part of it.”
Jack Black namechecked Red Dead Redemption 3 because he doubts a Red Dead Redemption film will ever get made, which he said was “a shame, because of all the video games out there, theirs are the most cinematic.”
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