Episode 4 of Invincible season 4 may have treated fans to a new, unique story compared to the comics, but it’s the noticeable recast of William Clockwell to a new voice actor that will have people talking most by the end.
Titled Hurm, episode 4 lived up to being the “completely original” story from the source material that Invincible creator Robert Kirkman previously teased to Radio Times in a recent interview — bringing back demon detective Damien Darkblood and having Mark help Satan take back ruling dominion of Hell.
However, it wasn’t until the episode’s 46-minute mark in the final scenes that takes fans’ ears by surprise, with the voice of William sounding completely different — with a lighter and less endearingly whiny voice compared to the performance of Andrew Rannells, who voiced the character from seasons 1 to 3.
For those who also weren’t able to fully focus on Eve’s pregnancy news reveal to William while noticing the difference, here is everything to know about the character’s new voice actor and why the old one potentially needed to be replaced.
Invincible season 4's William recast explained: Who voices him now?
From season 4 onwards, William is voiced by Brandon Scott Jones, with the change becoming immediately apparent in episode 4 as the character reacts to the news of Eve’s unplanned pregnancy.
Jones will already be familiar to plenty of viewers thanks to roles in series including the colourful personalities of Captain Isaac Higgintoot in the US remake of UK sitcom Ghosts and John Wheaton in The Good Place — making him a natural fit for a character like William, even if the shift has taken fans by surprise.
What happened with William Clockwell's recasting in Invincible season 4?
For now, there has been no official explanation has been given by Prime Video, co-showrunners Robert Kirkman and Simon Racioppa, or Andrew Rannells himself as to why William was recast in Invincible for season 4.
However, Radio Times recently asked Kirkman about Aaron Paul not returning as Powerplex in season 4, and his answer may offer a clue. Kirkman explained that animation can make it difficult to bring busy actors back for only “a scene or two”, adding that scheduling often becomes the deciding factor when a character has only a brief role to play.
That logic would make sense for William, too. A Comics Beat review of Invincible season 4 noted that William is in “literally one scene this season”.
This makes the idea of a practical recast even easier to understand when considering how busy Rannells has been lately. Along with TV and film roles in Another Simple Favor, Night Court, Too Much, and Eisbeth, the actor also made a return to Broadway as a performer in the show All In: Comedy About Love in January 2025.
Plus, Rannels has especially been gearing up for the 15th anniversary of The Book of Mormon, the musical he's known for most of all — celebrating with a "Magical Mormon Mystery Week", in which he'll reprise his role as Elder Price.
As Kirkman explained: "It's really difficult because you can't lock an actor in for animation and, you know, control their availability. So you're kind of at the whim of whatever movie or television show or other thing that they're doing, and our cast is filled with massively in-demand actors, and so there are going to be times here and there where, you know, they're just not going to be available."
While we indeed don’t have an official reason for William’s recasting, it’s easy to speculate that Rannells’s schedule may have been so packed with his other projects — especially with those on Broadway — coming back to Invincible for just one scene in season 4 just wasn’t feasible.
Who is William Clockwell season 1-3 actor Andrew Rannells?
View oEmbed on the source websiteIf William’s voice in Invincible seasons 1-3 has sounded familiar to you all this time but you haven't been able to pin it down, that’s because you’ve likely heard actor Andrew Rannells in one of tons of other productions, in film, TV, and theatre: being best known as Elder Kevin Price in the musical The Book of Mormon and Matthew MacDell in Netflix’s Big Mouth.
What's more, if you’re a fan of Amazon Prime’s other hit violent superhero series The Boys, you’ll have also heard Andrew Rannells providing the Homelander ice skater in season 4’s Vought on Ice, Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas — which was arguably the best part of that entire musical parody.
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