Borderlands 3 almost starred by Danny Devito

It creates it or not, the famous Actor Danny Devito was about to play a role in the launch of Gearbox Software in 2019 Borderlands 3 . Although the collaboration between Gearbox and Devito never ended up, it was said that the actor himself expressed interest in interpreting a role in the game after meeting with the president of the study, Randy Pitchford.

In a recent thread on Twitter, Pitchford himself was the one who revealed that Devito almost played a character within the world of Borderlands 3 . Pitchford said that about five years ago, he was invited to visit the Set of Seviews, it is sunny in Philadelphia , which is the situation comedy in which Devito has starred for a long time. During his visit, Pitchford said he began talking to Devito and that the two ended talking about businesses in the trailer of the actor. We talk about entertainment and videogames and he said he would love to make a character in one of our games, Pitchford said. At the moment, Borderlands 3 turned out to be the title in which Gearbox was being developed.

They introduced me to Danny Devito during my time there and went back to the tow of him and we were talking about business next to the trailer between him. We talk about entertainment and videogames and he said he would love to make a character in one of our games.

• Randy Pitchford (@duvalmagic) September 13, 2021

Pitchford continued saying that he ended up devising a concept for a character named Typhon, who was meant to be the first Vault Hunter in the world of Borderlands. As the character developed, Devito was in Pitchford's mind all the time to end up playing Typhon in the future. However, once the table readings began, Pitchford explained that Gearbox developer, Mike Cosner, began to read for Typhon and essentially achieved paper. Pitchford still ended up contacting the Devito team to star in the game, but says that programming conflicts made the process of involving the actor were a bit difficult. This, combined with the fact that Cosner was doing a great job, led Pitchford to say he simply let go to Devito.

While it is interesting to hear about this background story that involves Devito and Gearbox, I imagine that many fans are surely delighted with the performance that Cosner gave Typhon at Borderlands 3 as things are. Although adding someone as a devito to the cast of the game surely it would have been a big problem, it is not as if the lack of participation of it worsening the game. And at least, maybe Gearbox and Devito can find a way to work together in another game in the future.