Bethesda has managed to get some top shelf talent for their last few games; Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean lent their voices to characters in Oblivion and Fallout 3 had Liam Neeson, Malcom McDowell and Ron Perlman. If things had gone differently, we might have had a familiar yet somewhat bizarre voice added to that list.

As happens with most creative industries, Bethesda outsourced the recruiting of voice actors to Blindlight, a firm which specializes in connecting actors, writers and musicians with video game projects. One of the people they sought to gain the sultry tones of was none other than former US President and continual joke-butt Bill Clinton.

As you might expect he was being sought primarily for the voice of President John Henry Eden, though I think hearing the former President’s subtle drawl instead of Malcom McDowell’s voice over the radio would have given it quite the gravitas they were aiming for.

Unfortunately it seems like Mr. Clinton might never have even heard the offer, since the response indicating a lack of interest came directly from his attorneys.