Arkham Shadow confirms surprise actor for Scarecrow

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Key conclusions

  • Elijah Wood will play the Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Shadow.
  • The game takes place after Arkham Origins with a young Bruce Wayne and iconic villains.
  • This is Wood's first major work in motion capture for games, bringing the Scarecrow to life in VR.



The newest coming soon Batman the game Batman: Arkham Shadow, following the recent exposé of Elijah Wood takes on the villainous role of Dr. Jonathan Crane, better known as the Scarecrow. The casting was announced a few days before Batman: Arkham Shadow is slated to release on October 22 exclusively for the Meta Quest 3 and 3S platforms.

The fan-favorite superhero universe is making a big comeback Batman: Arkham Shadow, where players will take on the role of caped crusaders in virtual reality, putting the fate of Gotham directly in their hands. The game takes place shortly after the title of the prequel Batman: Arkham Origins and sees a younger Bruce Wayne return to fight iconic bad guys like the Rat King and of course the Scarecrow.


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Now how Batman: Arkham Shadow is gearing up for the October 22 release of Meta Quest 3 and 3S, fan-run YouTube channel Batman Arkham Videos revealed in a Q&A video that Elijah Wood will be taking on the role of the Scarecrow in the game. While many of the game's voice actors, such as Roger Craig Smith as Batman and Troy Baker as Harvey Dent, have been known for some time, the cast of Scarecrow surprised many due to its iconic status in Hollywood.


Ailja Wood makes his DC debut as the Arkham Shadow scarecrow

Wood is best known for his role as Frodo Baggins in the film The Lord of the Rings trilogy, along with many other major Hollywood roles, although he also has decent work as a video game voice actor. In particular, he portrayed the main character in The Legend of Spyro trilogy that began in 2006, and he even reprized his role as Frodo in several The Lord of the Rings video games in the mid-2000s.


Either way, though, Scarecrow seems to be a much bigger role for Wood, as he mentioned in his short video clip that it was his first time doing motion capture work for a major game project. The video even featured a short clip of the actor donning motion-capture gear as he appeared to taunt Batman in one of the iconic scenes that play out when the player is defeated in Batman: Arkham series.

While the “Arkhamverse,” as fans have dubbed it, went on a long hiatus after its release Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015, he returned to the controversial seat Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League earlier this year. However, now fans have a chance to step into the role of the Dark Knight again Batman: Arkham Shadow brings back the fan-favorite universe, putting players in the shoes of Bruce Wayne in first-person virtual reality.


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