Rockstar hired "actual, real gang members" to voice characters in Grand Theft Auto 5
Well, you can't say Rockstar isn't committed to authenticity. Turns out that instead of hiring trained luvvies to play the part of hardened criminals, the studio just went out and found the real thing, recording audio in houses and recording studios up and down the country. Speaking to Chicago-based radio station WGN, (thanks, Polygon), GTA 5 writer and producer "Lazlow" Jones revealed that he went to some unconventional lengths to ensure that the game was keeping it real. "When we record all these ambient characters we go towards authenticity," Jones told host Nick Digilio. "In the game there's these rival gangs. There's Black gangs, Latino gangs... we recruited a guy who gets gang members, actual real gang members, like El Salvadoran gang dudes with amazing tattoos, one of which had literally gotten out of prison the day before.
"We get these guys in to record the gang characters because we don't want a goofy L.A actor who went to a fancy school trying to be a hard gang member. There's nothing worse than that, so just go find the terrifying people and say 'can you come in here please?'"
Having actual gang members look over the dialogue also led to some script revision and improvisation, Jones went on to reveal. "They look at the lines and say, 'I wouldn't say that,' so we say, 'OK, say what you would say?' Authenticity. There's a lot of sessions where we would just throw the script on the floor. 'This is is irrelevant, let's just work on something real.'"
For GTA 5's more rural accents, Jones teamed up with entertainer Jesco White and travelled a little further afield: "I flew into Memphis and drove an hour and a half south, near the Alabama border, and we burned furniture and drank moonshine and every few hours we'd go record some more. I bought fireworks, liquor and slabs of things to barbecue. It was all expensed," he said.
Expensed barbeque and liquor, you say? Rockstar, if you're ever looking for a 100% genuine authentic Norn' Iron' accent, I'm your fair lady.
In other GTA 5 audio news, Rockstar have recently revealed details on the game's radio stations and soundtrack - wrap your ears around some samples right here.
Source: OXM
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Well, you can't say Rockstar isn't committed to authenticity. Turns out that instead of hiring trained luvvies to play the part of hardened criminals, the studio just went out and found the real thing, recording audio in houses and recording studios up and down the country. Speaking to Chicago-based radio station WGN, (thanks, Polygon), GTA 5 writer and producer "Lazlow" Jones revealed that he went to some unconventional lengths to ensure that the game was keeping it real. "When we record all these ambient characters we go towards authenticity," Jones told host Nick Digilio. "In the game there's these rival gangs. There's Black gangs, Latino gangs... we recruited a guy who gets gang members, actual real gang members, like El Salvadoran gang dudes with amazing tattoos, one of which had literally gotten out of prison the day before.
"We get these guys in to record the gang characters because we don't want a goofy L.A actor who went to a fancy school trying to be a hard gang member. There's nothing worse than that, so just go find the terrifying people and say 'can you come in here please?'"
Having actual gang members look over the dialogue also led to some script revision and improvisation, Jones went on to reveal. "They look at the lines and say, 'I wouldn't say that,' so we say, 'OK, say what you would say?' Authenticity. There's a lot of sessions where we would just throw the script on the floor. 'This is is irrelevant, let's just work on something real.'"
For GTA 5's more rural accents, Jones teamed up with entertainer Jesco White and travelled a little further afield: "I flew into Memphis and drove an hour and a half south, near the Alabama border, and we burned furniture and drank moonshine and every few hours we'd go record some more. I bought fireworks, liquor and slabs of things to barbecue. It was all expensed," he said.
Expensed barbeque and liquor, you say? Rockstar, if you're ever looking for a 100% genuine authentic Norn' Iron' accent, I'm your fair lady.
In other GTA 5 audio news, Rockstar have recently revealed details on the game's radio stations and soundtrack - wrap your ears around some samples right here.
Source: OXM
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