The Borderlands movie is putting together an impressive cast that so far includes Kevin Hart, Cate Blanchett, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Now, following Hart, a second member of the recent Jumanji reboot cast will making their way to Pandora, as it’s been announced that Jack Black will voice the role of what is probably the game series’ most iconic character, the robot Claptrap.
While Claptrap isn’t usually a playable character in the Borderlands franchise, the little robot, who resembles a garbage disposal on wheels, is essentially the face of the franchise. He’ll hand out missions to the player and is armed, if not with guns, then with some of the best dialogue in the franchise. Borderlands has always been a humorous game series but Claptrap is often the funniest character of them all making Jack Black a somewhat obvious choice.
Claptrap is such a popular part of the franchise that he’s occasionally made appearances in other franchises. You can pay poker against him in Poker Night at the Inventory II and he has a brief cameo in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. If you’re not familiar with Claptrap, here’s a brief sampling of what you tend to see from him in the Borderlands game, which will likely be an indication of what we can expect from the upcoming film.
