Former speaker of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, John Bercow, has been added to the Fallout: London cast.
The fan-made project Fallout: London has added John Bercow and his voice to the cast.
He joins a cast of over 100 voice actors, such as Neil Newbon, who played Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3; and the sixth and seventh doctors from Doctor Who, namely Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker.
The project is an upcoming total conversion mod of Bethesda Softworks’ Fallout 4, set in a post-apocalyptic rendition of London and marking a departure from the typical United States locations. With little yet confirmed for Fallout 5, it’s a welcome source of fresh content.
Fallout: London has been delayed due to Bethesda’s next-gen update but is thought to be coming soon, likely in the next couple of weeks. However, those who have bought Fallout 4 directly from the Epic Games Store are being told they likely won’t be able to play the fan-made mod due to unspecified technical reasons.
Still, the good news for those who can play it is that John Bercow himself will play a robot parody of himself in the mod, constantly shouting his most famous phrase: “Order!”
For those who don’t know, one of the Speaker of the House’s roles is to mediate discussions in the Commons within the UK Parliament in Westminister. Most recently he was introduced to Americans by appearing in the TV show Traitors (which left the Brits very confused).
ORDERRRRRRRRRRRRR in The Traitors' castle with John Bercow?
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Fallout: London project lead Dean Carter announced on Discord that Bercow will join the far-reaching cast of voice actors on Discord, writing: “Little amusing update. Imagine being Fallout: London and feeling so lucky having all the talented voice actors on the team.
“But then boosting it further with the fact that we have two Doctor Who actors as VAs [voice actors]… then Neil Newbon messages us and also wants a role.
“But the cherry on the top? Who better to represent our mods version of the Speaker of the House, than a robot version. Voice by John Bercow himself.”
The post also comes with an audio file, where you can hear Bercow say the iconic “order” in a number of different ways, giving a taste of what to expect from the fan-made game.
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