Electronic Arts announced today the cast for the upcoming expansion pack for Command & Conquer 3: Red Alert 3. Joining returning Red Alert 3 veterans Gemma Atkinson and Ivana Milocevic, Uprising includes veteran stage and screen actor Malcolm McDowell, former professional wrestler Ric "Nature Boy" Flair, as well as Jamie Chung ("Dragonball Evolution"), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ("Prison Break") and Holly Valance ("Neighbours"). The Command & Conquer series has long been notable for its now non-standard live-action cut-scenes and the cast of the original Red Alert 3 was singled out in GameSpy's 2008 Game of the Year Awards for their humorous performances.


The Red Alert universe is one in which an alteration in time eliminated Nazi Germany from history, resulting in a bi-polar world where the Western Allies battle against the Soviet Union. Red Alert 3 altered the storyline a bit as a Russian time-travel experiment eliminated Albert Einstein from history which caused a new power -- Imperial Japan -- to rise as a third player in global power politics. According to the release, Malcolm McDowell will be playing Rupert Thornley, the President of the European Union. While nominally allies, the European/American relationship underwent strain thanks to the actions of U.S. President Ackerman in the original game.