Matt Ryan, the voice behind Edward Kenway in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, has returned to lend his talents to the Resycned edition along with other ambitions. Ubisoft finally officially announced Assassin’s Creed Black Resynced after years of leaks and rumors suggesting the project was in development, but also surprised the gaming community by revealing that there would be new missions added to the classic game.
As it turns out, Matt Ryan, who also portrayed John Constantine in NBC’s live-action series, was asked to return and record new voice-overs for the added content, and VGC was able to check in with the actor. Featuring action, romance, exotic locations, and, of course, pirates, a game like this is ripe for a movie adaptation, and the actor was posed the question of portraying the character in a live-action project, to which he said he’d love to.
“That would have to fit the medium, whichever medium that was in, whatever is best for the story. Yeah, man, I would love to do a live-action version of playing Kenway. But all those things are out of your hands as an actor, so you kind of give it over to the gods, see what happens.”
– Matt Ryan, voice of AC Black Flag’s Edward Kenway
As stated, “all those things are out of your hands,” and fans of any popular IP from a specific medium have witnessed Hollywood’s cardinal rule of avoiding using anyone or anything directly tied to what made said IP successful in the first place. While there are some exceptions, there are many a flop where fans were left asking why they didn’t use the original actor/actress for the lead role, or kept to the main story specifics as opposed to a director’s or studio’s “interpretation”. Meanwhile, the actor has voiced his opinion in adding that “One thing I love about the narrative of the character is he starts off as a pirate, and he starts as a rogue and a peasant and a scoundrel and someone who’s trying to better his life, but he does have that good heart in him.”
As mentioned, those in charge in Hollywood normally abhor the idea of employing anyone directly tied to an original IP, so it’s highly unlikely that if an AC Black Flag movie were ever made, they’d remotely consider taking Matt up on his offer, but it would be nice if it did happen. Meanwhile, fans will get their chance to see the return of Edward Kenway in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced when it arrives on PCs and consoles on July 9.