Kiefer Sutherland Is Now Snake

What is with this trend recently?

No michael ironside as sam fisher any more, and this too?

Their voices are pretty iconic, I'm sure the game will rock but it's a sad change.

I like this.

Funny that both Snake and Sam Fisher are both getting new voices at the same time. If it's a reboot, then fine, but I hate it when actors are swapped out in stride. If the actor isn't available anymore, too expensive, or you just want to do something new, then just make a new character.

I say this as a fan of Kiefer. He's great. But as someone who loves Splinter Cell, but thinks Metal Gear is trash... if they both have to get new voices, I'm sad to see the best possible replacement actor go to the far lesser of the two franchises. Wouldn't Jack Bauer be perfect as Sam Fisher? The two characters are practically the same, so of course he would. Instead, he gets to play the role of an amnesiac, fifth-generation clone with nanomachines in his blood that make him think he's that guy who shoots bees from his mouth as he rides a unicorn through a wall of fire, or whatever absurd nonsense it's going to be this time. I admit, Kiefer would probably be more interested in playing that than a Jack Bauer doppleganger, especially since he's about to go back to playing Jack for 24 again this year. Ooh, I can't wait for that show to come back. It was awesome.

I'm trying to picture what a sarcastic stride looks like.

Thinking it through like that, yeah, it sounds insane. But if Kiefer is portraying someone else in the game? Not so much.

I'm not saying Kiefer Sutherland won't play Big Boss, but remember, this is Kojima we're talking about. The studio put together quite a bit of fake MGS2 footage to fool everyone with the reveal of Raiden. He's a master troll! ;)

This is crazy! I like Keifer a lot but that doesn't mean that every time I hear his voice I don't think it sounds like Keifer Sutherland. I am thoroughly confused by this. Replacing a famous voice with a different sounding famous voice....the continuity...my brain...SNAAAAAKKKKEEE

This is pretty cool since your bandaged friend in the original Phantom Pains trailer is also voiced by Sutherland. That could have been clever foreshadowing for the role, pure coincidence, or maybe he voices everybody because the game is bonkers.

It's not really getting fired though right? Isn't it more like he wasn't hired for it?

Big Bauer?!

Fuck you, Konami.

As a fan of 24 and Metal Gear, this is the sort of news I can get down with.

Pretty damn awesome!

That is simply not true. The voice of a character, which would be the performance, is as important as all the other elements that bring it to life. A change is a change. Better or worse. But voice actors aren't just placeholders. A lot of people were also disappointed when they found out that the next Batman wouldn't be voiced by Kevin Conroy anymore. So let 'em be disapponted. They happen like the character that was created by everyone who contributed to it.

Disappointing because it's another case of a film star being chosen over a pure voice actor. Oh well, I enjoy Keifer a lot so it could be worse.

David Hayter isn't the "previous voice of Snake". Hayter is still the voice of Solid Snake, a character who is not in this game. Keifer Sutherland is the voice of Big Boss, aka Naked Snake, who is in this game. They are two different characters. They even talk to each other in MGS4, where Big Boss was, again, not voiced by David Hayter.

It blows my mind that there are people sharp enough to keep up with Metal Gera's convoluted plot but can't get their heads around the idea that these are two different characters, ergo two different voices. Keifer is the new voice of Big Boss; David Hayter is, by all accounts, still the voice of Solid Snake.

@swaney: Do you really believe Kojima went and got Kiefer Sutherland to pretend he's gonna voice Snake in the next MGS in a fake announcement video at an attempt to arrange an ELABORATE RUSE? That's insane.

Ishmael is a hallucination. You don't see him in any of the stuff outside of the hospital.

If the voice is more important to you than the character itself that there's a problem. Voice actors are always subject to change. Hayter was a good voice, but he didn't make Snake. The convoluted writing did.

I think Kiefer is a good fit, and has done enough voice acting in his time to know what he's doing.

Ugh, don't really like this at all

I'm pretty allright with this, but Hayter will always be Snake in my heart.

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My mind just imploded at the possibility. Holy shit.

#boycottSutherland

Get it trending.

I'm calling BS. Konami's promotional video:http://kotaku.com/kiefer-sutherland-is-snake-511672325 doesn't strike me as being particularly genuine. The footage of Kiefer and Kojima was all from the same shoot, I'm not getting the sense that Sutherland did any mocap for the trailer released earlier this year. I bet we'll find out that Hayter is still playing Naked Snake at E3.

I look forward to David Hayter squaring off against Kiefer Sutherland when Metal Gear 1 and 2 are remade.

It would have been just as fine if they kept Hayter.

ahahahahah

This doesn't bother me at all, I haven't felt a emotional attachment to the character since msg2. A new voice can bring new life to the character I suppose :) I'm just glad that it's NOT Nolan North who is voicing snake , Kiefer Sutherland ? Hell yeah:) I'm more interested in Phantom Pain now:)

Bill Murray ‏@BiIIMurrayTrust me, you should never trust anybody. Retweeted by David Hayter

Getting real tired of your shit, David !

The screenshot looks more like Donald Sutherland. Or is Donald Sutherland voicing Big Boss?

Fuck this. Going to Japanese version for here on out.

Sayonara.

Or MGS5 is Face/Off

i'm the real snake. I'M THE REAL SNAKE.

Either him playing Ishmael was a ruse. Or, Ishmael is a clone.

Those are the only two reasons I can think of.

So both of these characters are voiced by Kiefer Sutherland?

This whole process has gone real shitty.

I want to see someone trying to explain the fiction of Metal Gear Solid to Sutherland.

I'm suprisingly okay with this. I know Solid Snake is a clone of Big Boss (aka Naked Snake), but that doesn't mean their voices would be exactly the same. I just hope Sutherland makes a voice that works for Snake and isn't just acting as his own voice.

As for Hayter, he was great and made the character much of who he is. His bitterness towards Kojima and the rest of the team seems super unprofessional and cry baby-ish. I mean you don't see Kevin Conroy throwing a fit everytime someone else voices Batman in media starring him.

Metal gear doesn't take place over 24 hours, and it's already confirmed an 8 year period passes when big boss is in a coma, so what's to say more time couldn't pass during the phantom pain.

I'm actually really excited to see what Kiefer Sutherland brings to the table, it could be super awesome.

Kiefer is a great choice, but I'll have a hard time hearing his voice as Snake's. David Hayter is integral to the character in my opinion. This is almost like having someone other than Harrison Ford play Indy. I am looking forward to the game and will play it regardless.

DING DING DING

I like Hayter a lot, but I'm not sure I like how he's taking this. Unless Kojima actually changed his mind about Snake's voice later in development, Hayter didn't get "fired", he just didn't get hired.

Great. He was awesome in World at War! No. Actually he wasn't. Damn it. First the disastrous and now this. My life is fucking ruined.

So exciting to see Kiefer as Snake!

@patrickklepek I see you've started to fix the error. If you're still unsure this is actually the snake in question here. I know it says big boss but he was called naked snake before that

@butano said:

@jimmyfenix said:

Hayters gonna Hate

:D

I think Sutherland will be just fine as Big Boss. It's a strange feeling though and will probably take some getting used to not having Hayter voice him.

He isn't Solid Snake, he is Big Boss.

Nope.

I don't tend to think that Kiefer can act, other than shouting "Damn it!" all the time. Hayter has a wider ability to act in my opinion so I kind of feel like this is a downgrade. Oh well, let's hope he can deliver.