Ben Diskin, the voice actor behind Mega Man in Capcom’s Mega Man 11 (2019), has revealed that he will no longer voice the Blue Bomber moving forward. The actor shared the news on Bluesky, explaining that while he was asked to return for the upcoming Mega Man: Dual Override, he declined the opportunity due to concerns over working without a union contract.
In his statement, Diskin explained that the offer to reprise the role in Mega Man: Dual Override, came with a condition that the project would not be produced under a SAG-AFTRA union agreement.
According to Diskin, Capcom assured him that the project included written protections stating that his voice would not be used for AI development. However, he ultimately decided that those assurances were not enough without a legally enforceable union agreement.
Diskin went on to explain that without union protections, enforcing those promises would fall entirely on him if something went wrong. That could mean personally taking a large company to court in order to prove that his voice had been used improperly.
The voice actor acknowledged that he wants to believe Capcom would honor its commitments but also pointed to broader industry concerns around generative...
