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Bill Williamson, Doppiato da Steve J. Palmer (Interview)
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Bill Williamson

Doppiato da Steve J. Palmer (Interview)

Bill Williamson fa parte del cast con nome di Red Dead Redemption, nel ruolo di antagonista. I dati qui sotto sono quelli registrati dalla wiki.

Si frappone tra John Marston e la famiglia che il governo trattiene.

Ruolo
Antagonisti
Doppiatore
Steve J. Palmer (Interview)
Occupazione
Soldier (formerly) Outlaw Gang leader Deputy (temporarily)
Affiliazioni
United States Army (formerly), Van der Linde gang (formerly), Williamson gang (leader), Mexican Army
Alias
William Williamson, Albert Danielson, Marion Williamson, Billy the Cowboy, Dynamite Williamson

Note del giocatore

Marion Williamson cresce temendo l'alcolismo che distrugge suo padre e abbandona il nome Marion per Bill. Dopo il riformatorio e altri crimini, si arruola nell'United States Army, combatte i Native Americans e viene congedato con disonore per devianza e tentato omicidio nel 1892. Trascorre l'anno successivo rapinando viaggiatori e bevendo. Quando cerca di rapinare Dutch van der Linde e Hosea Matthews, loro gli hanno già sottratto le munizioni. Dutch gli offre un posto nella Van der Linde gang, guadagnandosi la lealtà duratura di Bill.

Bill cavalca per anni con la gang di Dutch come pistolero, prendendo parte a rapine, incursioni, omicidi e rapimenti. Dopo che la rapina al traghetto di Blackwater va storta nel 1899, fugge con la gang a Colter. Qui, un litigio con Micah Bell finisce quando Micah lo colpisce e gli altri li separano. Bill cavalca poi al fianco di Micah nell'attacco di Dutch a un accampamento O'Driscoll. Durante la rapina al treno di Cornwall, piazza gli esplosivi sui binari, ma il detonatore non ferma il treno.

A Horseshoe Overlook, Bill beve con Javier Escuella e Charles Smith a Valentine. Un uomo gli va addosso e la discussione si trasforma in una rissa da bar. Dutch incarica poi Bill di interrogare il prigioniero O'Driscoll Kieran Duffy. Bill minaccia Kieran con delle tenaglie roventi finché Kieran non rivela un nascondiglio O'Driscoll. Bill si unisce ad Arthur Morgan e John Marston nell'attacco, poi aiuta a convincere Arthur a lasciare che Kieran resti con la gang dopo che Kieran salva la vita ad Arthur.

A Clemens Point, Sheriff Leigh Gray nomina temporaneamente Bill, Arthur e Dutch vice sceriffi. Insieme a Deputy Archibald MacGregor, distruggono un'operazione di moonshine dei Lemoyne Raiders e combattono i suoi difensori. Bill cavalca anche con Uncle, Arthur e Charles in una rapina a una diligenza che attira su di loro gli uomini di Cornwall. Intrappolati in un fienile in fiamme, si fanno strada sparando. Aiuta Karen Jones a pianificare la rapina alla banca di Valentine e fugge dalla città con Arthur e Lenny Summers dopo l'intervento della legge.

Bill conduce poi Arthur e Tilly Jackson in una rapina a una diligenza, discutendo con Tilly prima di rinunciare alla furtività e attaccare la carrozza. Accompagna Arthur, Sean MacGuire e Micah a Rhodes per un presunto lavoro della famiglia Gray. I Gray tendono loro un'imboscata, uccidono Sean e catturano Bill. Arthur e Micah liberano la strada, uccidono Sheriff Gray e lo liberano. Bill riceve l'ordine di seppellire Sean, poi si unisce all'assalto della gang a Braithwaite Manor dopo il rapimento di Jack Marston.

Nel 1911, Bill guida la Williamson gang da Fort Mercer, in Río Bravo. Gli agenti del Bureau of Investigation costringono John Marston a trovarlo. John si avvicina da solo al forte, ma Bill rifiuta di arrendersi e ordina ai suoi uomini di sparare a John, lasciandolo ferito. Una volta ristabilito, John opera in tutta New Austin con Bonnie MacFarlane, Marshal Leigh Johnson e i loro alleati, cercando la forza necessaria per spezzare il controllo di Bill su Fort Mercer.

Quando John e la posse locale assaltano Fort Mercer, Bill fugge a Nuevo Paraíso. Si unisce al Mexican Army di Colonel Allende e diventa un vice a Escalera, dove fa nuovamente catturare John dai suoi uomini. John si allea con Abraham Reyes e attacca Escalera con i ribelli. Allende costringe Bill a scendere dal carro che lo sta portando via, e Bill affronta John fuori dalla città. John può ucciderlo nella sparatoria oppure lasciarlo arrestare.

Curiosità

  • ◆Bill states that the reason he joined Dutch's cause is that he saw what power can do to people while he was in the army. This foreshadows his own fate, as 12 years later Bill becomes a ruthless megalomaniac and a shadow of his former self while being in charge of his own gang.
  • ◆Bill is seemingly unaware that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
  • ◆The pin which holds the side of Bill's hat up in Red Dead Redemption bears the symbol of the Freemasons (The Square and Compasses).
  • ◆In Red Dead Redemption 2, however, the pin is a U.S Cavalry insignia.
  • ◆In Red Dead Redemption, Bill’s real name was identified as William Williamson in No. 58 of the Blackwater Ledger. Although, in Red Dead Redemption 2, Bill’s real name was confirmed to be Marion Williamson. It could be assumed that nobody outside of the original gang knew his birth name and thus the full name of Bill (William) was used instead.
  • ◆Bill's birth name, Marion, could be a reference to the iconic Western actor Marion Robert Morrison, better known under his screen name "John Wayne". Morrison stopped using the name Marion, (which could be considered a feminine name for a man and solicited some ridicule during his childhood years) and adopted the name "Duke" Morrison at an early age. Fox Studios would later bill him as "John Wayne" for his first leading role in "The Big Trail" (1930), the name which he employed for the rest of his professional career. This is notable as in the Red Dead Redemption story, Bill was given the name Marion as his birth name, but later on chose to stop using it because he found it to be too feminine, and instead went on to use a name of his own choice which he found to be more appropriate for a man. Arthur Morgan actor Roger Clark has explicitly stated on several occasions, that he believes that the choice to have Bill be a "cowboy" who, at birth was given the female first name "Marion", and later in life opted to drop that name in favor of a more traditionally male name, to be a deliberate allusion to John Wayne ("I don't think that [Bill's real name being Marion] is a coincidence"), while Steve J. Palmer, who plays Bill, has called the developers' choice to have Bill's real name secretly be Marion "a great homage" to the movie genre of Westerns.
  • ◆Bill's first name Marion could also be a reference to one of the real life Dalton brothers, William Marion Dalton, better known as Bill Dalton.
  • ◆Coincidentally, both Bill and Micah start their own criminal gangs after leaving the Van der Linde gang, only to be hunted down and disbanded by their former comrade John Marston. However, in Bill's case, John did it reluctantly as he was forced by Edgar Ross and the BOI in exchange for his family's safety and release, whereas in Micah's case, John did it willingly out of a desire to avenge Arthur's death. However, the only difference is that while Micah directly fights and tries to kill John himself, Bill instead has his men attempt to kill him while running away himself or avoiding direct confrontation out of cowardice despite threatening to kill John.
  • ◆Bill, like Micah, often harasses other gang members, albeit to a lesser extent, such as when he routinely calls Javier a "greaser", makes Kieran uncomfortable, shoves and pushes Lenny to the ground, trips Charles and verbally abuses him before being punched as seen in a cut event or when he punches Simon Pearson in the face while drunk. Unlike Micah however, Bill does not harass the female members of the gang or Jack Marston and is also friendly with the dog Cain.
  • ◆Bill appears to have been less educated than John and Dutch, taking offense at John's larger vocabulary in their first encounter at Fort Mercer; namely, the word "implore".
  • ◆Bill is partly bald, revealed when Allende shoves him out of the wagon and his hat falls off. It can also be seen by shooting off his hat, or by playing Poker or Liar's Dice with him in Multiplayer.
  • ◆Most, if not all, of Bill's multiplayer quotes seems to be directed at John.
  • ◆In an interview with Retroplayer, Steven J. Palmer, the voice of Bill Williamson, compared the relationship between John Marston and Bill Williamson to that of siblings, with Dutch being more of a "parental figure". Palmer also stated that Bill was envious of John's relationship with Abigail and bitter that she chose Marston over him. He also added that John was once a positive moral influence on Bill, and that once John left the gang, Bill began to "tailspin out of control" without John's moral support.
  • ◆Bill seems to have a strong preference for rifles over pistols. In Red Dead Redemption 2, his main weapon is the Bolt Action Rifle and, although he does carry a custom Schofield Revolver with a black steel frame, it is extremely seldom used. In the original Red Dead Redemption, Bill is seen with a Winchester Repeater and doesn't seem to carry a sidearm at all.
  • ◆Williamson's apparent preference for rifles most likely stems from his time in the Army, where a rifle would have been his primary weapon while he would have had little experience in using a revolver.
  • ◆It is implied that Bill might be either gay or bisexual consistently throughout the game:
  • ◆One of the reasons for his dishonorable discharge was "deviancy".
  • ◆He was ecstatic when Dutch asked him to hold a pair of tongs to Kieran's privates, and would later taunt him again with them for fun. Later, he's seen trying to forcibly invite Kieran to drink his beer and gets flustered when he gets turned away, and after Kieran's death he admits he was starting to like him. Charles even states that Bill doesn't like many people at all "except for maybe that Kieran".
  • ◆Arthur says that Bill carries around a big secret, though no mention of his sexuality is explicitly made.
  • ◆In "Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego", Hosea says "Lenny and Jenny could never work", like "Arthur and Martha", both names for opposite sexes that rhyme. Hosea then says "Bill and Phil", that are names that do indeed rhyme, but are for the same sex.
  • ◆In the mission "Americans at Rest", Arthur asks, "He about to kiss that guy or punch him?" when Bill grabs a man, starting the bar fight.
  • ◆Right before "A Short Walk in a Pretty Town", Micah tells Bill that he looks nice, to which he immediately assumes he's being teased.
  • ◆After Arthur gets raped by Sonny, Bill will admit to having met with him and it's implied that the rapist talked in detail about Arthur.
  • ◆He requests hair pomade (which could be used as lubricant) from Arthur, which is off-putting to the latter.
  • ◆Him choosing to go by the name Bill, a male name, rather than Marion, a unisex name, possibly hints at insecurity; an attempt to keep his sexuality a secret (homosexuality is often associated with femininity).
  • ◆In the first game, John says to Javier "So you and Bill are back together? Two crazy men sharin' a bed".
  • ◆He claims to have "fucked with Abigail" in the first game's mission "An Appointed Time". This would, if not merely a taunt, hint at bisexuality.
  • ◆In a random conversation in camp, Bill will ask Arthur if he thinks Karen is sweet on him.
  • ◆If Arthur shows enough hostility towards the gang, Bill may punch and throw him out of the camp, just like Lenny, John, Charles, Sean, and Javier.
  • ◆Occasionally, Bill may be captured by bounty hunters and Javier will ask Arthur to help free him.
  • ◆Bill is one of the members of the gang who can be sent by Dutch to track down Arthur if he has spent a long time away from camp. After he has found Arthur, the player then has the option to fast travel back to camp with him.
  • ◆"The Dedham" outfit in Red Dead Online is based on one of Bill's main outfits.
  • ◆During "The Gilded Cage", Bill, under the alias of Albert Danielson, tells Brynn Tildon he comes from the "northwest". It is possible that he did not fabricate that piece of information, as he goes on to tell Hector Fellowes that he was in the army. Bill simply giving out details about his own personal life instead of crafting a beleivable persona (like Hosea) fits well into his not being "the brightest".
  • ◆In Undead Nightmare among the writings on the walls of buildings in Blackwater one writing reads "Things are different now". These words are said by Williamson to John before wounding him at Fort Mercer.
  • ◆Bill does not appear in Undead Nightmare physically, but he is mentioned by John while talking to Mother Superior.
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Ultima verifica il 14 settembre 2026