TIM CURRY TO Replace RONNIE JAMES DIO In Brütal Legend
June 16, 2009, 15 years ago
Kotaku.com is reporting:
Double Fine Productions' Brütal Legend is packed with big names, including Jack Black, OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB HALFORD and, now, TIM CURRY. Curry will replace RONNIE JAMES DIO as Doviculus, chief bad guy of the open world action-adventure game. Why?
Well, Tim Schafer, president of Double Fine, essentially says that the character simply grew to be a better fit for an actor like Curry, not so much the former singer for BLACK SABBATH and RAINBOW.
"Ronnie James Dio is an amazing singer and truly one of the great figures of metal, but as the character of Doviculus evolved, we realized that Tim Curry was a better fit for the part," Schafer said in a statement to Kotaku. "Anyone who has seen his amazing performance as the Lord of Darkness in the movie Legend knows why we cast him in the role of Doviculus, Emperor of the Tainted Coil."Read more here.
