C2E2 - David Hayter Interview (Metal Gear Solid) 2017

[@VenomSnake00]

Hayter's headset is totally like his outfit during the Big Shell missions in MGS:2

[@amgadteo5332]

Saint Jiub The Eradicator pliskin

[@EdouardPicard0224]

Pliskin lmao

[@danieltorresdeluna4844]

😈 y arrogante y muy salvaje pero el fin de domingo😃 mi cargo del supremo Omega problemas habló por mí

[@bbufgaming1188]

Oh it really does

[@wyattbender13]

Lmao ok chill now 😂😂😂😂

[@riomigz1305]

David Hayter will always be Solid Snake / Big Boss for me.

[@jimmyfromplaystation3629]

BiohazardMike for real

[@MantasKi]

Big Boss for me.

[@ScotlandSlag]

Richard Doyle will always be Big Boss for me. Hayter will always be Solid Snake.

[@ChanceTM]

David will always be Solid Snake, the Snake we have now is a different character. ;)

[@MantasKi]

The snake we have now ? oh that mute character from open world mgs ? :O

[@austinmcmath7797]

David Hayter-I have to stop myself from buying swords Solid Snake-Im not a big fan of blades

[@j3zproductions]

😂😂😂😂

[@Amar-ux7gi]

thats why he gave it to Raiden in Final act of MGS 2 🤣🤣

[@JayWalkZ]

11:33 Every mgs fan cringed at this part because we all know how they aren't "tight"

[@druidofthefang]

lol David started laughing straight away. Kojima is a clown in what comes to western part of the world.

[@mikez422]

You know this much about this mans personal life? Get off his nuts lol

[@miketrujillo3677]

@@mikez422 everyone in this comment section does

[@JebberGamingJaws]

David Hayter = The true, and only Snake.

[@Fidelitye]

The real Solid* Snake. Not Naked

[@cristalroxas475]

The Gaming J.D He plays Naked Snake in MGS3 and Peace Walker He is the real Naked/Solid Snake.

[@reviewrustyitalianasscrack9996]

There's room for only one snake , and its David hayter

[@gazz9995]

ButterySmooth 13FramesPerSecond I dunno KS did a good job I just wished he had more lines, KS big boss, DH solid snake

[@NikoChristianWallenberg]

I really like David Hayter (not just in Metal Gear but also in his other performances) - and I have played Metal Gear since the early games and still play them. After David Hayter did the voice for so long I do have certain attachment to it, but that doesn't mean that I can't think of anything else. The idea was to change the voice actor already in the third game - they had approached Kurt Russell, but he couldn't commit due to scheduling conflicts. Finally with Phantom Pain they did it in form of Kiefer Sutherland. Hayter himself has said that he respects Kiefer Sutherland (he even knows him) and he has no no problem with him.

[@specterRaven]

You can hear the disappointment in Hayter's response when she didn't get the reference of Love blooming on the battlefield

[@flowrepins6663]

Mine too ..why dont they put people who actually deserve to be there , like people who actually played the series to do a proper interview to begin with

[@homelesssheltervidlogg74]

@@flowrepins6663 social justice warriors don't play good video games.

[@Amar-ux7gi]

@@homelesssheltervidlogg74 what sad is actually thats true

[@animeprofilepicture8855]

its a woman what do you expect she asked some dumb shit about kojima as well like she had no clue

[@flappybirdo801]

Your social beliefs don’t entirely dictate what games you play?

[@moonspire]

"Obviously you and Kojima are really tight" ..... * face palm *

[@zachschulte8761]

moonspire I got so much cringe from that #shedontknowshit

[@HedgeyOfficial]

moonspire lol yeah what a. Love. Everyone knows they hardly had contact just out of fact They work in completely different counties and Kojima knowing no English whatsoever

[@user-tr4os8mc4v]

This is what happens when you get people who know nothing about games to pretend that they are gamers

[@sebster555]

11:42 David's face says it all

[@Redmist-se7ld]

Ohhh faced

[@NapalmX717]

This guy has some real talent in voice acting. Just started playing the Metal Gear series not too long ago and fell in love with his voice and recently I saw Lupin the 3rd Castle of Cagliostro and was surprised Hayter voiced Lupin as well, which sounds pretty much how he normally speaks.

[@Amp1771]

first real voice actor that changed the game for games cause nobody took voice acting seriously

[@Robert-dt3is]

Just started? Man this comment just aged me so bad lol.

[@lerigan]

David Hayter is such a delightful person. Always humble and accommodating. Dude's a real class-act.

[@bigbossj6995]

the legend.

[@afterpasthours7504]

To be honest my headcanon is that Kiefer plays Venom and the original Boss and Snake are Hayter. If I structure it that way then I'm completely fine with Kiefer being the body double.

[@GeneralErlend]

The problem with that is that the original Big Boss has been voiced by 3 people. Hayter, Sutherland and Richard Doyle. Sutherland voiced the original Big Boss in both Ground Zeroes and the little we saw of him in MGS5. Thus, Sutherland doesn't only voice Venom, he also voices the original Big Boss.

[@afterpasthours7504]

GeneralErlend You forget that Hayter plays boss in Peace Walker as well, there may have been plans for the twist with a Hayter reveal but I suppose it might've been too obvious. I'm okay with Doyle in MGS4 since by then we'd never heard the voice of old Big Boss, and he fit the role well. I love Sutherlands voice, but the sheer lack of script and actual voice lines from him may as well undo the whole point of casting him. In my opinion, the show stealer is definitely Skull Face, playing through MGSV a second time genuinely makes you approached the sheer quality of his voice acting in the game, since he gets a significant amount throughout the whole game, all of it was wonderful, with the obvious exception of the jeep ride.

[@afterpasthours7504]

Rithan Husky Well it had just been a few years since Shadow Moses and Big Shell, plus with the accelerated aging it's not hard to imagine that his voice would have little change.

[@Pan_Z]

I genuinely prefer the way the Japanese dub does it. Ohtsuka always voices Solid Snake and Solidus. He voices Venom and Big Boss in every game except 4. Ohtsuka's father (who was also a voice actor) voiced Big Boss in 4. It's far more elegant and consistent than the English dub.

[@Peved]

ground zeroes featured the real big boss so...

[@FoxhoundVnzla]

i like how, hes ok with talking about solid snake, sinces hes more than a voice actor and wrote the best xmens movies. this guy is epic.

[@Cellisima9]

FoxhoundVnzla and watchmen!!! So awesome

[@BlackPantherFTW]

"There was this special ops guy, he wore a bandana..." "I heard he retired." "Then its only me"

[@snake21321]

wildlands !! damn

[@nervclax7458]

I know Hideo Kojima probably didn't handpick David Hayter to play Solid Snake years ago during the localization of Metal Gear Solid, but he's played Snake in every iteration for the better part of 2 decades. The series has succeeded with Hayter and he's been an advocate for the brand. You don't just replace the guy in the swan song. You let him see the character through to the end. So when Kojima and Konami parted ways, I didn't shed a tear.

[@MGSDude01]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@vetteboy1982]

Nerv ClaX He DID in fact hand pick David Hayter. He was a fan from the Guyver movie and if you could see a Guyver statue in his office in a Metal Gear Solid art book . Kojima is a control freak and he controlled every aspect of the game much the same way George Lucas did with Star Wars.

[@jamesw2831]

Yep. This is how I feel. But for MGS3, he wanted Kurt Russell? But didn't want the Japanese VO to be replaced? Nah. Something is odd about that.

[@JohnnyUndaunted]

vetterboy1982 - He didn't. Kojima only met Hayter after recording was done and recognized him from Guyver. The English VAs were chosen by Kris Zimmerman (he even says as much in this very video). Kojima was only involved with the Japanese VAs. Also, Guyver was a popular manga way before it was made into a low budget live-action movie. I seriously doubt that statue he owns is based on the movie version of the character.

[@fernandodchusyd]

kojima also fuckeed the so awaited mgo3 with that shitty kojima la studio

[@fernandodchusyd]

david made visible with the love bloom quote that the girl that kept talking about his mgs role knew none of it. wonder why they hire pp like this anyway. not to mention how ignorant she proved to be when asked about david and kojima great friendship.

[@ahealthydoseofreality173]

When David Hayter speaks in his natural voice, it sounds like Snake doing an impression of a nerdy guy.

[@cheese0827]

Like Otacon

[@Cat-nv1nd]

David Hayter is awesome and very down to earth, humble. Happy I got to meet him. Great interview!

[@carmineking846]

He sounds like Snake but looks like Otacon lol

[@TedMerc]

His voice is also like Otacon.

[@gothickah0]

i miss him voicing snake's voice.

[@neightthesnake]

i miss people speaking redundantly redundant

[@monkeydjimmy5169]

Its very rare to find people like *David Hayter* to play there own games And he is even a *BIG FAN* of it Which makes him be *EVEN MORE emotional , believable and lively in the NEXT MGS game* *That's why each time i could feel his Character coming to life each time*

[@stanley9731]

THANK YOU FOR LOVING THE FANS NO MATTER WHAT AND GIVING US WHAT WE WANT!! We LOVE SNAKE!!

[@ClaireZhasa]

"now that I'm over forty, I'm always playing the villain" *Big Boss noises*

[@MyNameIsSonsky]

Hey it's Pliskin in the flesh hehe!

[@paulw858]

He honestly could pass as Otacon when he's talking in his regular voice.

[@ThunderFist1978]

I was at C2E2 that year solely for David and Jennifer. I had been cast as the voice of Snake in a MGS fan project, which sadly will never come to fruition now, but I was able to tell David about what I was doing, as I had been told that someone else involved with our project had told him about it, and that person told us he was excited about it. David said he believed my impression of his Snake voice was the best he had heard and gave me a hug after we took a photo together. That made my life to say the least.

[@guillermocastillo8488]

I love he always does the Snake voice instantaneously.

[@Nhileishere]

even after 20 years the voice is still consistent 💙

[@ZaminKay]

His voice needs to be heard! He has to keep doing voice acting because of his spine shivering, grungie, iconic tone to his voice acting! Hayter we will always love you.

[@thiefswiller]

18:57 was so cringe because you could tell she had no idea what the reference was

[@kalvus5270]

God that was really cringe

[@atomicforever6931]

MGSV REMAKE WITH DAVIDS VOICE. I'D BUY IT AGAIN.

[@Lat3ksi]

David Hayter and Steve Blum are the coolest voice actors!

[@LosMt2]

I met Scott McNeil and that dude was awesome. Free pictures, autographs, voice bits. I event went to the loading dock with him for a smoke and I don't even smoke

[@itsirishoneil]

You're the only snake

[@itsirishoneil]

Reflex only one voice bitch.

[@dkcsi9256]

Joey O'Neil Venom snake is not Big Boss. Therefore it would be idiotic for them to be voiced by the same person.

[@dkcsi9256]

Joey O'Neil So he should voice a character, who is a completely different person from he usually voices, just because his voice is iconic? That makes no sense. You're an idiot. Hayter acted like a child, Venom is NOT big boss. He has DIFFERENT vocal cords you idiot. You have no idea what you're talking about you ignorant twat. Besides, Judging by your age I doubt you even played Metal Gear, like I have. Stop embarrassing yourself. Should person A voice Person X just because Person A helped build the series? No. Should Person A get to voice Person B (like he would of if he acted like an adult) after throwing a tantrum like a child? No.

[@dkcsi9256]

Joey O'Neil You're the clown here, you simply deny all reason.

[@Pan_Z]

Hayter isn't the only Snake. Ohtsuka's Snake is downright amazing.

[@Gromber]

ishmael should at least be hayter

[@DeathBringer769]

Considering the real Big Boss' voice magically changed in Ground Zeroes (it was still the real Big Boss in GZ) all the fan theories about voice consistency went right out the window before TPP even launched.

[@syntxline8202]

Gromber and big boss in gz

[@Gromber]

i dont wanted to do spoilers but yes also :)

[@Darkerxz]

It would have made it too obvious by the end.

[@Gromber]

they could say, sometime later ground zeroes was released, we have the oportunity to work with a hollywood star, and we choose to change like Kojima did in a video.

[@dylanthrillmour866]

Alan Moore apparently really admired his Watchmen script in the contemporary setting and said it’s as close as you could get to capturing the essence

[@crozraven]

Kojima actually done right by him with certain perspectives. Venom Snake: Kiefer Naked and Solid Snake: Hayter Different person but both are Big Boss.

[@GeneralErlend]

I wish it was so, but Sutherland *did* voice the original Big Boss in both Ground Zeroes and in MGS5. I don't mind Sutherland at all, but I kind of wish Hayter got to voice the original Big Boss for MGS5 and Ground Zeroes, then having Sutherland voice Venom Snake exclusively, maybe having the damage he got during the chopper crash and the surgery as an excuse to why his voice changed. Then, at the very end when he looks at the mirror, having Hayter speak to him as Big Boss. That way I think pretty much everyone would have been to some extent satisfied.

[@DeathBringer769]

Exactly, GeneralErlend. When you follow it logically, no, they didn't do it right or keep the voices consistent. Big Boss's voice literally changes from MGS3/Peacewalker to Ground Zeroes, where it IS STILL THE REAL BIG BOSS.

[@dimitrifrog7845]

Croz Raven did you even play gz? Keif is also bb.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

GeneralErlend it would've been too obvious and probably give away the spoiler to most people

[@noside.foxhound]

Hayter should do a cammeo in the new upcoming metal gear solid movie.

[@dragonballspaghetti154]

When I played metal gear 3, and saw snakes face, It looked like they did some facial capturing for him by using David's face. Atleast what I believe.

[@mariomario7379]

MGS V would have been better if David was there.

[@spoodurmin9742]

chris fox No, his voice is too cartoony and "stereotypical action hero" for the serious tone MGSV had.

[@bellers01]

Peter Parké serious tone? ....😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@smegintheheads822]

bellers01 yh, you know the flamming unicorns and floating kids (OK ik it's psycho mantis but still). honestly I felt the other metal gears had more of a serious tone than 5, to much pissing about and as much fun as the open world was I would of rather had a more linear mgs like before with more focus on story instead of other crap just to keep you playing the game

[@spoodurmin9742]

Smeg in the Heads So you're gonna ignore the porno mags, dates with kaz and paz, constipated guards, sexual harassment, finger guns, "snake eaters", cheesy dialogue in every MGS besides V and proceed to call MGSV "less dark".

[@spoodurmin9742]

bellers01 The tapes alone in Ground Zeroes are enough to be able to figure out the tone of MGSV.

[@solidsnake9613]

You're pretty good yourself David Hayter....

[@MoskHotel]

David looks like he’s cosplaying as Otacon, because of his glasses and headset.

[@SolidMGSnake]

lol itd be awesome if Hayter took it upon himself and dubbed all of Sutherlands lines and uploaded it.

[@warlockengineer]

SolidMGSnake It'd only take about 10 minutes considering how little dialogue he even had.

[@shalashaska9946]

Interviewers never recognize how talented he is

[@cristianluna5568]

i was actually there.in the audience.that shit was awesome.it was one of the happiest moments of my life.my friend got to meet him.

[@UrbanDestination]

Hayter has a double personality, snake comes out sometimes :)

[@DanielCardenas23]

Brother!

[@aleisinwndrlen7113]

​@@DanielCardenas23 It's been too long!

[@sirkingpinmonroe4439]

David Hayter's Snake voice never gets old. Ahhh nostalgia.

[@MooreShots__]

the former Marine who writes terminal Lance. and wrote the graphic novel "The white Donkey" a amazing book. and the writer/artist was heavily inspired by mgs.

[@davecam4863]

I love this guy. He's so cool.

[@jthen8454]

His voice drew me into the games as much as the gameplay did

[@DrayWillSlay]

We love you Hayter!

[@justahuman4862]

I hope David plays snake in the movie, if that ever happens.

[@Hekdah]

him being involved as a writer would be more likely .....

[@justahuman4862]

back when I played metal gear solid I never knew he was an actor as well and when I saw him in guyver I was dude come on , be snake on the big screen.

[@azer8308]

neither of those things will happen.

[@KnutKniffte]

he should write the script, too. i mean he literally is snake.

[@justahuman4862]

Knut Kniffte there is a video of him playing a live version of snake. Come on let's get it going .

[@Athalfuns]

I really hope Kojima hires Hayter for a new project of his... he's just too fucking amazing not to. I love this guy!

[@MontChevalier]

Oh this aged so poorly...

[@Athalfuns]

@@MontChevalier Sadly. But, with the recent work from Kojima, I think Hayter is better off without him.

[@MontChevalier]

@@Athalfuns Video games just aren't the same without Solid Snake.

[@dynamitegaming3856]

​@@Athalfunsmgs3 remake is coming and he's back!

[@JDemen82]

It still pisses me off that he wasn't asked to voice in Phantom Pain.

[@unrlsdun4866]

DAVID HAYTER FOR LIFE

[@Johny40Se7en]

Great discussion, really enjoyed this, was just nice, I love hearing David Hayter do Snake's voice, nostalgia.

[@derekisazombie39]

Why dont they hire people that actually like and play games to do video game work?

[@Nik1tah]

Oh man he left me hanging! Watched the video all the way and it didn't end on the "Kept you waiting, huh?" 😄😄😄

[@sanctum4789]

coming back to this because David Hayter is awesome

[@chrisredfield332]

David, we miss you

[@LosMt2]

A true professional, worked hard, stick to the script, had to audition for all the roles and he still gives praise to kojima

[@hsirebbigmodnar4270]

0:14 RIP headphone users

[@amgadteo5332]

you're pretty good!

[@agatonspik]

Thumbs up to Dave for charisma and rescuing this interview from cringy and awkward hosts.

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

Wait, he likes Green Day and Foo Fighters? He's the man period.

[@dominicbooth3139]

MGS is dead in the grave .. the phantom pain....

[@boysoldier1014]

The most iconic voice in gaming history. Thumbs up if you agree!

[@CausticFox26]

I love that they let solid snake name himself David at the end 😂😂

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

so kojima doesn't really know david hayter that much aside from being a voice actor,no wonder it was so easy for him to just replace him heck even tried that in mgs 3.

[@holyflame2]

Most people know him as Solid Snake, i know him as The Guyver.

[@iNINJAgamer]

Most iconic voice in history ever.

[@gh5643]

the best game voice actor ever.

[@spartan14351]

Got to meet him right after this panel!!

[@jacobogarcia8111]

11:42 “Obviously you guys are really tight" Speaking of Kojima and Hayter HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

[@Makku293]

I miss this guy!!!

[@guiltygearcore]

I was 16 years old when i played MGS in playstation omg it brings back memories. David you rock! hehe.

[@MrDarling1502]

Hayter is a real class act.

[@ameripenguin]

It's great to see that he is the bigger person regarding the recasting of Big Boss. In earlier years he was willing to be a little more vocal about his negative feelings towards Kojima. Maybe it was because of what happened to Kojima, but whatever the reason, I really appreciate him being so professional about it. I would be happy if they ended the series now, but they do, I hope Konami brings him back.

[@123starikov]

i still cant get over how good that voice is!

[@sergeantarchdornan6244]

If I could I would send Dave a letter of this: "Snake, Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov Sokolov. From, Major Tom. P.S. SOKOLOV."

[@Athalfuns]

can you see the difference Kiefer lovers?...one doesn't no shit about the franchise the other Loves it. David Hayter is the only Snake.

[@dkcsi9256]

TheOndore Why would two completely different people (Venom and Big Boss) have the same vocal cords?

[@WackySwackyAdventure]

This whole argument is invalid due to the fact that Akio Ōtsuka, the Japanese voice actor for Snake, has played Snake in literally every single installment in the Japanese versions. Kojima canned Hayter for the extremely shallow reason of wanting a famous American actor in the role instead.

[@RickGrimes807]

@@WackySwackyAdventure exactly

[@KuroMicra]

David Hayter's voice will always be synonymous with Solid Snske for me. MGS on Ps1 still unequalled.

[@rockboyglas]

18:51 Favorite part.. When Otacon asked snake concerning sniper wolf.. MGS1

[@honestdix9447]

I just wish MGS Snakes panel in con like Akio Otsuka,David Hayter and Kiefer Sutherland as celebration anniversary.

[@EdBern]

One role I would love to see him back in is Lupin III. He did a great job with Castle of Cagliostro.

[@johndouglas1944]

I could frickin swear you can here Solid Snakes voice on mgs tpp! Both as other characters (on tapes) and intermingled with Venom Snakes voice! Hideo is master of the mind!

[@shumly]

It's like acting is being a badass and writing is creating that badass

[@davidmadison5582]

The voice of snake 🙂 i love David hayter

[@DeathBringer769]

The one, true, Snake.

[@jimmyfromplaystation3629]

its solid snake 😍😍😍

[@YngolSonofYsgramor]

Holy shit, I had no idea he was the male VA for the Jedi Knight in TOR

[@sulimansultan8593]

David Hayter is such an awesome actor and voice actor a legend in video gaming voice actor him and cam Clarke

[@CoachSeamus]

As much as I was initially missing the fact that Big Boss wasnt voiced by Hayter in MGS5, i have to say sutherland did an amazing job. He needed to have more lines in my opinion. It was great to separate the voice of big boss from the voice of Solid Snake. But Hayter will always be those characters, no matter what.

[@Urglerbob]

David Hayter is... The best... The best... The best.. The best....

[@jumpfold]

what is with these hosts? half of their vocabulary is the word "like". smfh

[@Hightower2804TP]

Just LIKE every fucking tourist who thinks they are hip by using this word 50 times a minute

[@jessevee95]

That’s the new generation for you.

[@amarson2322]

ok bommer

[@Sam_Locke]

Metal Gear Solid 2 is one of my favourite MGS games - I love the guards in that one! mmmm hmmmm...

[@jamiehamilton4602]

Huh? Who's there?

[@Facelessman254]

Would love to meet him, I wouldn't know to say but man I would love to meet him!

[@rydermccall3590]

He's having so much fun.

[@cilthyfunt]

kojima is jealous that hayter is a successful Hollywood script writer - that's the plain and simple truth of it

[@cilthyfunt]

A gaming YUP - your mommy told you that you were clever and you believed her ,but now you don't believe her when she says "you're a waster ,get a job" lol

[@miniorange438]

Well kojima is a succesful game developer and one of the most important game developers in history so it doesn't make that much sense

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Mini Orange Yes kojima started mgs because he obsessed with hollywood in the first place man learn his history. Thatswhy MGS 4 is a big Cutscene

[@amarson2322]

Osama Obama not really, MGS4 he made because if death threats he was getting from fans and to not left anything out or to regret later so he made the cutscenes to answer some questions

[@unrlsdun4866]

Kojima jealous that David hayter voice is soo iconic

[@414MrMilwaukee]

I'm here to listen to David

[@TinyMexicanZ]

Idk if anyone is even close to a fan of the series as i am but when he uses snakes voice I get chills

[@thelyric2751]

7:20 omg that would be fricken cool, hayter singing as solid snake hayter eater when?

[@insaneape1091]

Oh my god his normal voice sounds so familiar to me WHAT IS IT?!?!?!? Omg

[@jonp.5220]

snaaaaaaaaakeeeeee !!!

[@JBell300]

Jon P. Liquuuiiiiddddd!!

[@apachebeard952]

He really kept us waiting