Crimson Desert star acted in The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring but says Pearl Abyss' "beautiful" open-world game is "unlike anything I've ever been involved in"

Scottish actor Alec Newman has inhabited countless incredible universes both on and off screen, having once played Dune protagonist Paul Atreides in Syfy’s Emmy-winning 2000 miniseries before becoming a video game pro with roles in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring, among many other major titles. But none of it compares to playing tough guy Kliff in open-world adventure Crimson Desert, he says.

Newman describes his time working with developer Pearl Abyss on Crimson Desert in a new interview with Fall Damage, providing interesting insight to why the notoriously stoic Kliff is so much like a piece of wood that occasionally deigns to speak. He says he thinks Pearl Abyss initially cast him for the character, who was originally named Macduff, mostly because the developer wanted “a Scottish lilt to Kliff’s voice.”