“With him, violence is on the menu”: Vincent Cassel is coming to Tekken 8!

While he starred in Christoph Gans’ Pact of the Wolves and ended up in a brawl that was the filmmaker’s pure homage to the fighting game Soulcalibur, Vincent Cassel isn’t exactly known for his affinity for the world of video games. But why stop there?

We’re holding back a little to believe it, but Bandai Namco has just announced that an actor will be voicing a character in its fighting game. Tekken 8In January 2024, Vincent Cassel is Victor Chevalier, a gentleman who loves nothing more than fighting on cruise ships in the middle of Paris on the Seine, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower or along the Louvre. . By throwing out some of his punchlines. “Violence is on the menu with him”!

For reference, Tekken is a video game saga that is almost thirty years old, since the first part was released in 1994. Since then, more than 54 million copies have been sold worldwide, and the franchise is available in almost every possible medium, including Anim’ and of course some movies, a sad memory elsewhere.