| theprof00 said: 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. |
"I wanted Snake to have a more subdued performance expressed through subtle facial movements and tone of voice rather than words," Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima said. "Furthermore, the game takes place in 1984 when Snake is 49 years old. Therefore, we needed someone who could genuinely convey both the facial and vocal qualities of a man in his late 40s. It's different from anything we've done before." http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/06/kiefer-sutherland-playing-snake-in-metal-gear-solid-v
It sounds to me like Kojima really wanted a top notch in-front-of-the-camera actor because he was placing a lot of emphasis on facial expressions and motion capture. I think that's perfectly valid. He certainly didn't owe Hayter the job. Business is business and actors get replaced all the time when creative wants something different. People acting like this was some kind of personal insult makes no sense to me. Kojima brought in someone new because he thought it would improve the game. That was his job, to make the best game he could, not to placate voice actors.
