When Doomfist was officially unveiled for Overwatch, months of speculation and rumours pointed to actor Terry Crews potentially providing the voice of the character, disappointing many when it turned out he's actually voiced by Sahr Ngaujah. Crews, however, has spoken in an interview with PC Gamer about the character, saying he's fully behind the choice that's been made.
"It's funny because when I went down to Blizzard and we were talking about possibilities I realised that I don't wanna be the guy that hijacks a game, you know? The creators have a vision and I didn't want to mess that up," he said. "I was not interested in trying to hijack the game, I let them know that whatever fitted in their programme I would love to do. When I saw that Doomfist was created, that they'd went with another guy, the whole thing, it's actually quite perfect, it's absolutely amazing. I can honestly say that they made a move that's better for the game, which is what they're about. I know people were upset but I'm not."
"If I ever do do anything with Blizzard, you watch: it'll be perfect. With those guys, we're all friends, we're all good. I think there will be something coming down the line—but the good thing for me, through all of this, is that I ended up doing Microsoft's Crackdown which is huge. I'm a playable character in Crackdown 3 which is more than I could ever have dreamed of. I couldn't have been a playable character in Overwatch, they'd have simply put my voice in, but I went to the studio and I put on the sensors, and I'm in the game. Believe me, it tempers any kind of disappointment with Overwatch because I know now Crackdown 3 is my game. We announced it at E3 and I'm actually going back to appear at the panel at Comic Con. It's a dream come true for me."
It's not like Crews isn't involved with games, after all, as he was in an explosive trailer for Crackdown 3 at Microsoft's E3 conference. But do you think he should have been Doomfist?