Chapter 3

[NateDog]

Kojima's treatment of VA's has always bothered me. It's one of the things I've always really disliked about him.
He didn't seem to respect them all that much and preferred to have movie actors in his games because they felt "more legit" I guess. I've always heard about how he'd been trying to kick David Hayter out for so long and try to get a Hollywood actor instead, I think he asked Kurt Russel at one point but he wasn't interested.

When he was making Death Stranding he always posted photos of him eating with Norman Reedus or Mads Mikkelsen but he never did that with dudes like Hayter which I've always found a bit weird.

I remember someone in the old forum made the joke that the reason MGSV went so over budget was because he kept taking Kiefer Sutherland out to expensive dinners

Yeah this always rubbed me the wrong way. I mean it doesn't matter how MGSV went or how good it could have gone, David Hayter is always going to be Snake to me and the most iconic voice of the series (if not in all gaming) to me. Was it the right time to move on from him? Maybe, he gave a lot that seemed like it did some damage over time, especially his MGS4 and Peace Walker performances. But that's no way to treat a man that defined your games to an English-speaking audience, the audience you focus the vast majority of your attention on.