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theprof00 on 26 March 2016
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Goatseye said:
theprof00 said:

He literally said he doesn't know Kojima and didn't work with him. The only thing that spurs what he is saying is that Kojima wanted someone else.

People get replaced all the time, including voice actors and new characters. Perhaps Kojima thought that really any actor would be really popular for playing the role, and to be honest, he's kinda right.

That's not a reason to be a hairy ball sack to a person that did an outstanding job as a VA on MG series and a fan favorite.

Make him recast for MGS3 and ask if Kurt Russel with no VA experience to replace him? Have a bit of respect for someone's work.

Who was a hairy ballsack though? David never went into details about what happened, jsut that it could have been more professional.

Kojima doesn't speak English. He doesn't even know how David sounds as Snake. All he knows is what he's heard from 80's movies. It's like when I watch anime, I have no idea if these voice actors are good or not. I have no concept of the language or tone or anythig like that. I can pick up a bad English actor in a heartbeat, but any other language will stump me. Same goes for whether or not the voice sounds good.

Just because Hayter won an award or was well liked doesn't mean Kojima had any real knowledge of the guy's actual talent or popularity.

My thinking would be, Kojima wanted a big name actor. The series is based off of a character Kurt Russel played. He wanted Kurt Russel, but had to settle for Hayter. Hayter did really well and Kojima was like, look this is my last game Konami, can I please just have the actor that I pick? I doubt any words were even exchanged between the two. It's more likely that the Sound Director made the call and handled it poorly himself.