Rockstar Games prefer to work with lesser-known voices in their games, including GTA 6, rather than hiring famous personalities. This was clear to the president many years ago.
Why doesn’t Rockstar Games work with celebrities? Or rather, why don’t they anymore? Because Rockstar had already hired well-known names like Ray Liotta and Burt Reynolds for the 2002 release of GTA: Vice City.
Sam Houser, the president of Rockstar Games, has his reasons for not wanting to work with such famous people anymore. And they can be summarized quite simply: He doesn’t like their work ethic.
“I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but …”
What does Houser criticize about the attitude of the actors? Already 18 years ago, Houser explained what bothers him about working with famous actors and what led Rockstar to this day to avoid them.
In an interview with Vulture magazine from 2018, he explained that a certain factor stands in the way of collaboration:
I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but we no longer hire name-brand actors because they have such big egos and – most importantly – because we believe that you can immerse yourself better in the story when we use talented voice actors whose voices you don’t recognize.
Houser’s attitude, however, goes back even further. Already in 2008, he told EDGE magazine (Source: GamesRadar+) in the April issue that working with people is easier who are engaged and enthusiastic without having played in hundreds of films before.
Sometimes a famous person comes to the shoot, literally reads the script, wants the check, and then wants to leave again. I find that disrespectful and depressing.
According to this attitude, we will not hear any famous actors in GTA 6 either – if we ignore the songs on the radio.
What do you think? Is this a good approach? Or is Dan Houser too biased? Let us know in the comments!
What fans are currently waiting for the most is not just the long-awaited third trailer of GTA 6, but something at least equally important: GTA 6 has shown a lot of CGI – now players finally want to see some gameplay
Your opinion is important to us!
Do you like the article? Then let us know!