Actor Aaron Paul lends his voice to the upcoming game Dispatch, and it’s the 46-year-old Breaking Bad star’s first time working on a video game. He told Screen Rant that, being an in-demand actor, he is often pitched various projects, and he tends to “just say no.”
So what made him say yes to Dispatch? He explained that among the “stacks of scripts” and a sizzle reel of the game that was sent his way, one scene in particular “just really resonated with me.”
“It’s just these two characters sitting on top of a billboard, having a conversation, and I just, I just love the tone,” he said.
Paul then read the scripts and enjoyed them so much that he says he “couldn’t stop.”
“I really fell in love with the story. It’s got to be on the page. And then I sat down with the creators behind it all, and really, really connected with them. And it was kind of a no-brainer,” he said.
Dispatch also features the voice of Oscar-nominated actor Jeffrey Wright, along with Laura Bailey and Matthew Mercer. Creative director Nick Herman told Game Informer that he and game director Dennis Lenart singled out Paul as their top choice to play the main character, Robert Robertson, but Herman admitted, “We never thought Aaron Paul would do this.” However, Herman said casting director Linda Lamontagne had a feeling Paul would vibe with the script, and indeed he did.
Dispatch is an episodic adventure comedy game developer by AdHoc Studio (a team composed of developers who worked on Telltale Games projects) that tells the story of a former superhero, Paul’s Robertson, who is now a dispatcher for superheroes. The game launches for PS5 and PC on October 22, and a free demo is available now on Steam.
While this is Paul’s first video game, he did star in 2014’s Need for Speed movie, which was based on the EA racing game series.
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