What if... Billy Zane was a gamer?

During this holiday season, one might find themselves pondering a 'What if?' scenario or two. So What if... Billy Zane was a gamer?

With over 150 million units sold, the Nintendo Switch is the highest-selling console of the current generation of consoles (Switch, Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X). With that many units sold, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine someone in Billy Zane's circle of friends owning one. In fact, they may own one and, knowing that Billy played The Phantom in the 1996 movie of the same name, might have bought (Australian video game developer) Art of Play's The Phantom Video Game and given it a playthrough. It's also not too much of a stretch to imagine that they enjoyed the retro goodness of the side-scrolling beat 'em up with magnificent hand drawn art by Anthony Spay and thought, "I should take this to Billy and give him a go at playing The Phantom (again)".

If this were to happen, one could imagine that Billy might enjoy the game too. He might even think, "Hmm, it's been a while since I've done voice work for a video game (2002's Kingdom Hearts, where he played the villain Ansem). It would be cool to get to play The Phantom again."

If this were to happen, what would be the cost of bringing in a Hollywood actor, such as Zane, to redo the voice overs for The Phantom? One can assume that he wouldn't come cheap, and Art of Play wouldn't have the cash reserves as say an EA, Epic or Ubisoft would have. Also, the game has already been out for 9 months. Having Billy Zane involved would have to guarantee a major uptick in sales to help cover the costs. Would that also mean upping the price of the game as well? What about those of us who have already bought the game? Could Billy Zane's voiceover be included as downloadable content? Again, what would the cost of that be?

What if, Billy negotiated a deal with Art of Play to make everything manageable for everyone? One wouldn't expect that Billy would need much time in the studio, probably only a few hours. If he gave a good deal on his fee, would he then want a % of the sales? What would be fair in this instance?

What if this all happened nice and smoothly? What would KFS' reaction be? Would they demand another fee for extra content, or would they be happy for Art of Play to continue developing and providing DLC for the game as they see fit under the current licence?

What if, what if, what if...?