As it stands, I would not be shocked if Sabat wanted the Broly role himself. Especially after finding out how the movie fleshed him out to be a fully developed character and not an overpowered excuse plot for Goku and the gang to fight in movies. And Vic getting the role caused him to go about the clusterfuck we are now in.
Someone else in the thread pointed out that Vic was brought on as Broly in the eighth DBZ movie when Funimation wanted a big-name actor instead. I hadn't heard of that story before, but I think it's pretty hilarious they wanted to try and get some famous actor as Broly when the character hardly spoke in the first place and just screams and grunts, for one thing, and Funimation I
doubt was such a big-name studio at the time they were dubbing the film.
Toei, however, is
veeeeeery controlling of their IPs, they get the final say in
everything. For whatever reason, they chose Vic (and that
was his first Funimation role, yes? Edward got him the fangirls), and they pretty much set it in stone that Vic was to be the character. No one expected a new Broly movie to be made decades after the character was introduced, but I'm willing to bet Toei has a memory of an elephant when it comes to contracts or has someone who looks into the cast. Whether Sabat wanted the role of Broly for himself or to give it away to someone else because his hate-boner was too much for him to handle, Toei was there to breathe down their necks and they
had to get Vic back since he still had a contract with them. Perhaps that was what the 2018 investigation was for in order to free up space for Broly so they could have an excuse to give to Toei and ask for permission to get a new actor, but nothing gets past Toei.
Nothing.
Nick has said Toei knows what's currently going on. So if Sabat (or even Schemmel as theorized by
@Allanon) is Iago and gets jail time like Ty is threatening/promising, they'll go
apeshit. That energy's building as we speak.
