The list of voice actors for upcoming rock-influenced title Brutal Legend is unsurprisingly studded with legends of hard rock including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead and of course Ozzy Osbourne (turn your subtitles on folks). Jack Black of course is on board to voice the main character with his bizarre synthesis of comical musician and comical actor.

Previously Ronnie James Dio was set to voice a character as well, but he’s pulled out for yet unknown reasons. Coming in as his replacement is someone without the musical background of the rest of the cast (well he can sing, but mostly about cross-dressing). Joining Brutal Legend is Tim Curry, an accomplished actor whose disinctive voice has landed him countless voice roles in video games and animated series. His notable film credits include the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Legend and Clue.

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.