Charles Smith Should Be The Protagonist Of Red Dead Redemption 3

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It could be another decade before we see another Red Dead Redemption game. Video games take a very long time to make, especially Rockstar video games, and we have GTA6 next up on the Rockstar slate, so our next trip back to the Old West could be a very long way away indeed. There were eight years between RDR and RDR2, and the development time is only getting more drawn out, so expect the years to hit double figures before RDR3 rolls around. However and whenever it happens though, we need more Charles.

Leaving aside how long it will take to make, Red Dead Redemption is in a tricky spot. With the previous two games contenders for the best game of the decade, there are bound to be high expectations, but narratively it's difficult to see where the game goes next. RDR2 was a prequel, but after both games delivered gut punches by killing off their leads, you feel like going further back as another new protagonist is something we've been there and done before. A prequel where we play as young Arthur, young John, or even swapping between both at various story points could work - their past together shapes their relationship in RDR2 after all. But then you're asking Roger Clark and Rob Wiethoff to go back to Arthur and John, with the actors ten years older and the characters at least ten years younger. That doesn't seem like a solution, especially since Clark and Wiethoff provide performance capture rather than just voice, meaning they'd not only need to sound youthful, but move youthfully too.

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Even if we're generous and say filming begins in two years time - an incredibly generous estimate - you're asking stars who will be 45 and 47 respectively to play