Beloved voice of Metal Gear Solid‘s Snake when he’s not voiced by Kiefer Sutherland, David Hayter, says he has “no particular love” for franchise creator Hideo Kojima.
Hayter, speaking with GameInformer, said Kojima has been looking to replace the voice actor since Metal Gear Solid 3.
“I had to re-audition for Metal Gear 3 to play Naked Snake,” Hayter said. “They made me re-audition to play Old Snake, and the whole time, they were trying to find somebody else to do it.
“I heard that Kojima asked one of the producers on Metal Gear Solid 3 to ask Kurt Russell if he would take over for that game. He didn’t want to do it.”
Hayter learned that Kiefer Sutherland was taking over as Snake from one of Metal Gear Solid IV‘s producers.
“That was basically it, and then I talked to Kris Zimmerman [Metal Gear Solid English casting and voice director],” Hayter said.
“She said, ‘We’re going forward, but it looks like they are going to try and replace you.’ They tried to do that before, and it never worked. They tried to get voice matches, and it never happened,” he continued. “It was annoying to me, because I thought that I had given a lot to the series and really helped promote it.
“I don’t have any ill will toward Kiefer Sutherland or anything like that. The whole thing could have been handled better and a little more respectfully, but I’m not going to cry about it.”
Hayter summarised by saying, “I’ve got no particular love for Kojima. I don’t feel any need to go back and work with him again.”
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