Update [Sun 3rd Dec, 2023 02:00 GMT]:
The Boys actor Antony Starr has restated he won't be voicing Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1. In another exchange with a fan on social media, he simply said "that ship flew hombre", suggesting it wouldn't be happening (thanks, EventHubs).
Of course, actors sign all sorts of contracts and agreements sometimes, which prevents them from revealing anything ahead of schedule. If we hear any updates or developments, we'll let you know. As previously mentioned, Mortal Kombat 1 was able to secure the actual voice of Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), the first DLC fighter added to the game.
Original article [Tue 14th Nov, 2023 06:30 GMT]:
Although Mortal Kombat 1 was able to secure the actual voice actor of Omni-Man for the first DLC fighter release, it seems it hasn't had as much luck with 'The Boys' character Homelander.
In a brief exchange with a fan on social media asking if he would be voicing the character, the New Zealand actor Antony Starr said he wouldn't be showing up in NetherRealm's latest entry - sharing the following one-line response:
So, it's a "nope" and that's it! This response seems to have surprised some fans after Warner Bros. and NetherRealm was able to lock in J.K. Simmons for Omni-Man.
When Homelander does arrive next year, he'll be available as a standalone purchase or in the Kombat Pack. Omni-Man also launched last week, and you can try him out now if you've purchased this DLC or the pack.
How do you feel about this news? Tell us in the comments.
[source eurogamer.net]
Comments 23
Dang, that sucks. At least we got JK Simmons. I sure do hope peacemaker is voiced by John cena.
Didn't he do the voice for homelander in Call of Duty? Surprised they weren't able to get him for MK.
@Snatcher : Voiced by who? You didn’t finish your comment.
@Sisilly_G Yeah, couldn't see who they meant
Well in that case I hope WB and NetherRealm charge less for the DLC chara...........hahahaha
Couldn't even finish that sentence.
@Sisilly_G wait you mean this guy? I posted a picture and everything.
@SBandy1 remember NetherRealm is just a developer. WB calls the shots on monitozation.
Well the Joker in MK11 wasn't voiced by Mark Hamil either as long as they find a good impersonator it should be fine.
This wouldn't actually confirm 100% percent he's not doing it, apparently he likes to joke around with this kind of thing.
So glad they put J Jonah Jamison in the game. Unfortunate they couldn’t get the GOAT to voice him though.
Been pretty obvious for awhile now, especially when they added someone else to the credits the other day but not him.
Can get where it'd be disappointing for fans, though personally never had any interest at all in giving The Boys a look so I don't really have any opinion on it.
They should change the name of this site to Mortal Kombatlife 😌
@iLikeUrAttitude To be fair, Richard Epcar has voiced the Joker a handful of times before his appearance in MK11 while Mark was still actively voicing the character so at least that wasn't too much of a stretch in that situation.
If he's not just messing with these fans, this checks out; MK is a little touch and go regarding getting original actors back to voice legacy characters (while MK11 got Stallone for Rambo and Weller for RoboCop, the Terminator wasn't Schwarzenegger).
For once, it wasn't perfect.
@EaglyBird I think he is as I read somewhere that the developer got voice recordings for him.
@nimnio Don't be silly, this is a video game. It's probably Nolan North.
This such let down then why use the model and lookalike for Homelander from TV series if he's not doing voice. Then they should have taken from comic design instead.
That’s lame Starr won’t voice Homelander. MKI
Should have the The Seven’s entire lineup.
Why did we need an update on this when we already got direct confirmation from Starr the first time
He's too busy murdering to do VA. Leave that man alone!
Will we get another update when he’s really, really not doing it?
Either way, I won’t be convinced until he’s really, really really not doing it.
@PikaPhantom My guess is because it is Sunday, and NL usually does not post a lot of news/articles on the weekend, so they decided to just repost this small update just to get a quick and easy article out for today.
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