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 and Dan Houser, two of the founders of Rockstar Games, had their reasons, however, for no longer wanting to work with such famous people. And those reasons, in a nutshell, are quite simple: They can’t stand the work ethic.
“I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but …”
What do they criticize about the attitude of the actors? Already 18 years ago, Sam Houser explained what bothered him about working with famous actors and why Rockstar has continued to avoid them.
In 2008, Sam Houser told EDGE magazine (source: GamesRadar+) in its April issue that it was easier to work with people who were dedicated and enthusiastic, even if they hadn’t appeared in hundreds of movies beforehand.
Sometimes you get a famous person in and they literally just read of the script, they want the cheque, and they want to go. I find that insulting and depressing.
Ten years later, in a 2018 interview with Vulture magazine, his brother Dan reaffirmed this view:
I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but we don’t bring in name actors anymore because of their egos and, most important of all, because we believe we get a better sense of immersion using talented actors whose voices you don’t recognize.
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!
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