Well, technically, let’s listen, since the video features only the voice behind Snake (David Hayter) and not the game character’s digital self.
You will really want to skip straight to the Hamlet passage itself, which begins 5:00 in.
It’s a fair effort by Hayter given he’s both in character and taking the piss, but it’s still not my favourite reading of the famous passage itself. That honour goes to this.
Let’s list the Metal Gear Solid games in which voice actor David Hayter has voiced Snake. Let’s! More »
The Metal Gear Solid movie isn’t happening. Solid Snake voice actor and Hollywood screenwriter David Hayter dishes what he’s heard went down. More »
Over at MTV Movies Blog, David Hayter, voice of Metal Gear Solid’s Snake and writer of the X-Men movie, talks about why game movies go wrong. Snnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake — er, Haaaaaaaaaaaayteeeeeeer! More »
David Hayter is a rarity. He has made a name for himself in voice games as a voice actor and in movies as a Hollywood screenwriter. More »
David Hayter isn’t just the English language voice of Metal Gear’s Snake, he also wrote the first X-Men movie. So he probably has a good handle on why it’s so hard to make a good video game movie. More »
David Hayter, the English language voice of protagonist Snake from stealth series Metal Gear Solid, is a busy guy. Besides getting ready to direct an edgy, Twilightesque Werewolf movie, Hayter is moving forward on a TV series. More »
David Hayter is best known for being the English voice actor for the character of Snake in the Metal Gear Solid video games. He also has a movie career. More »
David Hayter, voice of character Snake Metal Gear Solid and Hollywood screenwriter, has formed a production company with Tekken movie producer Benedict Carver.
Yeah, David Hayter is the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid, but his day job is Hollywood script writer. You’d think, then, that he’d be a lock to write the Metal Gear Movie.
