Actor, writer and director David Hayter has had a long and successful career in multiple industries, but for videogame fans he'll always be the voice of Solid Snake and Big Boss. The first 3D entry in the Metal Gear series, 1998's Metal Gear Solid, was a cinematic leap forward in an era where videogame voice acting was in its infancy, and Hayter's gruff performance as the battle-weary Solid Snake gave the character a believability and depth that simply wasn't common at the time.
In a new interview with Fall Damage (spotted by GR+) Hayter discusses his time on the series, how he settled on Snake's voice, and whether he had any clue about what was going on. "When we started Metal Gear and I started taking on Snake, I didn't want him to sound like Kurt Russell from Escape from New York," says Hayter.
Snake's character was modelled after Russell's character Snake Plissken, som...
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