Deliverance 2 Star wants to be in Red Dead Redemption 3

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Actor Luke Dale has publicly called on Rockstar to cast him Red Dead Redemption 3. It's not the first time he's done it, though KCD2 star who previously described the prospect of appearing in the future Red Dead games as a dream job.

Dale played Lord Hans Capon in both Warhorse Studios Kingdom Come game that provides both character voice and performance capture. In March 2025, on a road trip through the southern United States, KCD2 star said he enjoyed the experience so much that he had made it his “life's mission” to land a role in a Red Dead game.

Luke Dale renews his Red Dead Redemption Casting Pitch

In a July 10 post on X, Dale revived his previously proclaimed ambition by publicly appealing to Red Dead Redemption developer. “One more plea to @RockstarGames to make me a cowboy,” the actor wrote. Although he didn't mention any game titles, official or otherwise, Red Dead Redemption 3 remains the most likely next addition to the franchise if and when Rockstar decides to pursue it.

Dale's remark generated about 375,000 views and led to dozens of discussion threads within a day and a half of it going live. One response asked the Hans Capon actor if he could do an American accent, prompting a confident response. Such online exchanges are typical for Dale, who often discusses his game concepts on social media. In early 2025, for example, he shared some ideas for one Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sequel more than a year before Warhorse officially confirmed that a third installment of the RPG series was indeed in development.

RDR2 isn't likely to happen anytime soon

Although Rockstar were completely open to casting Dale in Red Dead universe, any opportunity to do so would likely remain years away. The gaps between the studio's AAA releases have widened significantly since the mid-2000s, largely due to individual development cycles becoming increasingly longer. That pattern makes a short-term release of Red Dead Redemption 3 hard to imagine, but it does not preclude early planning or pre-production.

How long does Rockstar Games take between major releases

Over the past 20 years (2006–2026)

Preparatory work on Red Dead Redemption 2 began shortly after the original game's release in 2010 and overlapped the development of Grand Theft Auto 5. Senior Rockstar officials have also said that the company's studios move between projects as needed, sometimes creating periods of overlap even though Rockstar no longer has multiple big-budget titles in full production at the same time. As it stands right now, GTA 6 and its (still unannounced) On-line component will likely be the company's last major releases for some time.

Meanwhile, Dale may appear in the next one Kingdom Come game, which Warhorse recently confirmed is in development and is targeting Embracer Group's next fiscal year, from April 2027 to March 2028. The relatively close release window has left some fans skeptical that a full Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3 may come soon. However, a more likely explanation is that Warhorse adopts a model similar to Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios Like a dragon series by developing a smaller or more iterative version using existing technology, systems, locations and other assets from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 before building a new mainline sequel from scratch.

Released

February 4, 2025

ESRB

Mature 17+/Use of alcohol, blood and grime, sexual content, strong language, intense violence, partial nudity

Developer

Warhorse Studios