Former Solid Snake voice actor, David Hayter, recently opened up about the "humiliation" of being replaced by Kiefer Sutherland in the latest iterations of the Metal Gear Solid franchise.
In an interview on Game Informer's podcast, the veteran VA spoke about how he learned of the studio's decision, as well as how he felt about the decision-makers.
"I've got no particular love for [Hideo] Kojima," he said of the franchise's creator. "I don't feel any need to go back and work with him again."
On whether or not he'd actually play the game, he said, "That'll be 60 hours of humiliation that I can’t get to. I haven’t played the latest two iterations, because it’s just too painful.”
Hayter also talked about previous attempts to find a new English voice for Solid Snake, including a failed effort to bring in Kurt Russell, whose portrayal of Snake Plisskin in Escape from New York reportedly inspired the character.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was released in September 2015, about a year and a half after the prologue chapter, Ground Zeroes, came out in March 2014. Both featured Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland doing motion capture and English voice work for Big Boss, while Akio Otsuka continued to voice the Japanese version.
The game received rave reviews including a 10.0 from IGN's Vince Ingenito who wrote, "The Phantom Pain is the kind of game I thought would never exist - one where every minute gameplay detail has true purpose. Its lack of story focus is sure to be divisive for the Metal Gear faithful, but the resulting emphasis on my story, my tales of Espionage Action, easily make it my favorite in the series."
Despite the game's massive success, Kojima left Konami in December to open his own studio amidst rumours he and the company were feuding over the cancellation of his Silent Hill project.
Sasha Erfanian is a freelancer from Toronto.
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