Kingdom Come 2 Actor Luke Dale Campaigns for a Cowboy Role in Red Dead 3
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 actor Luke Dale has once again thrown his hat into the ring for a role in Red Dead Redemption 3, publicly urging Rockstar to cast him as a cowboy. It isn’t the first time he’s made the pitch—Dale previously described starring in a future Red Dead project as a “dream job.”
Luke Dale Pushes for a Cowboy Role in Red Dead
Dale is no stranger to Warhorse’s world. He voiced and performed Lord Hans Capon across both Kingdom Come games from the studio. In March 2025, while traveling by road through the southern United States, he said the experience was so memorable that it became his “life’s mission” to secure a part in a Red Dead production.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has been drawing attention in the RPG space, and its overlap in vibe with RDR2 is exactly the kind of connection that could pull Rockstar fans toward checking it out.
Renewed appeal on X
On July 10, Dale revived his earlier ambition with a post on X addressed directly to the Red Dead Redemption developer. In his message, he wrote: “Once again pleading with @RockstarGames to make me a cowboy.” He didn’t name any specific Red Dead entry in the post, but Red Dead Redemption 3 is still widely viewed as the most likely next step for the franchise if Rockstar chooses to continue it.
- Dale’s post included a call to be cast as a cowboy in the Red Dead universe.
- The discussion that followed quickly tied the request to Red Dead Redemption 3, even though no title was mentioned in the message.
The comment reportedly reached around 375,000 impressions and sparked dozens of new threads within roughly a day and a half after going live. One user asked Dale whether he could handle an American accent, and the actor responded with confidence.
That kind of back-and-forth fits Dale’s usual online habits, where he often talks about game ideas. Earlier in 2025, for instance, he shared concepts for a Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sequel more than a year before Warhorse officially confirmed that a third installment is in development.
Why Red Dead 3 Likely Isn’t Close
- Even if Rockstar wanted to cast Dale, any chance to do so would probably be years away.
- Longer development cycles have made near-term Red Dead Redemption 3 releases harder to picture.
- While a quick release is unlikely, early planning or pre-production could still be possible.
The biggest reason is timing: the stretches between Rockstar’s major AAA releases have widened since the mid-2000s. As individual projects have taken longer to complete, it becomes difficult to imagine a rapid follow-up for Red Dead Redemption 3—though that doesn’t eliminate the possibility of the studio preparing behind the scenes.
Rockstar’s Release Rhythm (Last 20 Years)
In the last 20 years (2006–2026)
Below are the reported time gaps since Rockstar’s prior major AAA releases during that span:
- 2 years, 6 months, 17 days (930 days)
- 2 years, 19 days (749 days)
- 1 year, 11 months, 27 days (728 days)
- 1 year, 4 months, 2 days (490 days)
- 5 years, 1 month, 9 days (1,865 days)
- 8 years, 24 days (2,946 days)
Rockstar’s own development schedule has also shaped what fans should expect. Work on Red Dead Redemption 2 began shortly after the first game’s 2010 release and overlapped with development of Grand Theft Auto 5. Senior Rockstar figures have further stated that the company moves studios between projects as needed, which can create overlap even though Rockstar no longer keeps multiple big-budget titles in full production at the same time.
With current information, GTA 6 and its (still unannounced) Online component are expected to be the company’s next major releases for a while.
In the meantime, Dale may have a more immediate path back into gaming via the next Kingdom Come project. Warhorse has confirmed that a new game is in development and that it’s targeting Embracer Group’s next fiscal year—running from April 2027 through March 2028.
That relatively near window has made some players wonder if a complete Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3 could realistically arrive so soon. One more plausible interpretation is that Warhorse could be taking a strategy similar to Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon approach: releasing a smaller, more iterative entry first by leveraging existing technology, systems, locations, and other assets from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, then later building a new mainline sequel from the ground up.
