#Lost in random voice actors series#

As an opponent in Commander’s Challenge Mode, Flair roasts your character (the FutureTech Commander) via a series of vignettes where he questions your toughness. Less expected, however, is his turn as a hard-nosed military dude in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3.įlair plays Douglas Hill, a hard-nosed commander coerced out of retirement to help train new Allied recruits and deal with post-World War II Japan and Russia. Like most wrestling stars, Ric Flair has made many video game appearances, albeit mostly in wrestling games which is fairly expected.

Ric Flair – Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 But sometimes, a game will put a celebrity into a game that isn’t about them and the results can become all the more baffling.įrom wrestlers in non-wrestling games, to beloved 80s sitcom characters going on murderous rampages, and even to US Presidents rolling up their sleeves and violently taking care of business, here are some of the weirdest, most unexpected celebrity appearances in video game history. In most cases, this involves making a game based around the celebrity, like the classic Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, or the far-less-classic Michael Jordan: Chaos In The Windy City. Want Goliath news delivered straight to your inbox every day? Join our mailing list now.ġ2 Most Surprising Celebrity Cameos In Video Gamesįrom very early on, celebrities and video games have been very happily intertwined. In other Red Dead 2news, a report has landed Rockstar in some controversy over Dan Houser’s revelation that his team has been “working 100-hour weeks” at several points in 2018, highlighting the averse working conditions experienced by many game developers working on AAA projects. Houser highlights Greene’s work in the game as a Native American chief “losing his rights as an independent king … a gentle soul in that violent world” is “brilliant”. The most famous actor in Red Dead Redemption 2is arguably Graham Greene, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Dances with Wolves (1990). Specifically, Houser highlights a negative experience with Burt Reynolds in GTA: Vice City, in which the late actor apparently shouted “get the limey out of here” after an argument, and another incident with Public Enemy’s Chuck D on GTA: San Andreas in which Houser had to ask another director to take over following a disagreement. “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 Houser, the reason for this all comes down to egos and player immersion. Jackson but the studio’s more recent games have relied more on the talents of dedicated voice actors than Hollywood stars. In a recent interview with Vulture, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser spoke about the development of the soon-to-be-released Red Dead Redemption 2 and a range of other topics, including why the studio doesn’t use name actors in its games anymore.īack in the early 2000s, Rockstar titles such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityand its sequel San Andreas were filled with famous voices, including the likes of Ray Liotta, Dennis Hopper, and Samuel L.

Lost in random voice actors