J.K. Simmons is amazing and we are lucky to have him.
Juno, Cider House Rules, All the Spiderman, Hidalgo, The West Wing, DOTA 2, and an almost 40 year career in acting.
A really good villain is more nuanced, someone you can possibly understand how they got where they did. Simmons has the chops to do just that.
Look, I get it, we had David Fucking Warner for Bg2 last time. I LOVED David Warner - one of my favorite movies of his is super obscure, it was called Cast a Deadly Spell - you can still watch it on HBO. Loved that movie.
But David Warner died last year, and also it might have been odd to have him in another game.
Also I think there is a rule that you can only play one Iconic Video game villain in your life. I dunno, I may have made that up. Although it would explain why Martin Sheen hasn't played anyone other than the Illusive man?