Trivia / Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

• All-Star Cast: Probably has one of the most loaded cast of talent in video game history, including Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, J. K. Simmons, George Takei, Gina Carano and for the epilogue... David Hasselhoff. Then Uprising raises the bar with Ric Flair, in all his hammy glory.
• Character Outlives Actor: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Alexander Romanov in Red Alert 2, died a year before 3 was released. The game explains his absence by saying he fled.
• Corpsing: Tim Curry noticeably struggles to contain his laughter as he delivers a particular line in the final allied mission:
  Premier Cherdenko: I'm escaping to the ONE PLACE that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism... (Pause, as he visibly struggles to contain his laughter) SPAAAAAACE!!
  • As revealed in, believe it or not, an oral history of the line, the shot was the first take of Curry performing the line. As is obvious, it captures his genuine reaction to seeing the line on the teleprompter.
• Executive Meddling: Red Alert 3's DRM, which was an incredibly controversial issue in the run-up to release.
• Fake Nationality:
  • The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's and Oleg's actor are of Russian descent, the former is Venezuelan and the latter is American. Dasha is probably Russian (her last name suggests she could be Ukrainian) but her actress Ivana Miličević is a Serbian immigrant who grew up in the United States.
  • Everyone in the Empire of the Rising Sun appears to be Chinese, save for the Emperor himself. Kelly Hu is also of Hawaiian descent, which by technicality makes her of Japanese descent in this timeline. Then there's Takara, played by Jamie Chung, who is ethnically Korean.
• Playing Against Type: Peter Stormare is known for his stoic and tough roles and yet in this game, he plays the Non-Action Guy Dr. Gregor Zelinsky.
• Stunt Casting: Gina Carano's role as Natasha amounts to a single non-speaking cameo in the Allied campaign and the Natasha unit in gameplay is clearly voiced by someone else.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Greg Black revealed in his Twitter that the third faction was not supposed to be Japan, but Switzerland.
  • Before EA decided to revitalize the Tiberium universe, some consideration was made to make another Red Alert, which would have a more toy-like design then the art direction that was ultimately chosen for the third game.

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