14 DAY TRIAL // Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare might have featured "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston as the game's main antagonist, if Kevin Space had not been available for the role of Jonathan Irons.
One of the game's developers reveals that there was a pretty short list of actors to approach regarding the role, if Spacey had said no to the offer.
"Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston was considered
"At one point, at the height of Breaking Bad, I thought this could be a [Bryan] Cranston role. Bobby Kotick, the president of Activision, is close to Angelina and Brad, so you kind of have these pie in the sky sort of, well, if this actor..."
"But really, for the character, [on] the list the gap between Kevin and everybody else was pretty wide. Cranston just won the Emmy so he's clearly a remarkable actor. I think he would have been great," Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey stated during an interview with IGN.
In the end, the great actor Kevin Space accepted to play the role of main antagonist in the upcoming futuristic entry in the military first-person shooter series.
"I'm standing in front of Kevin Spacey and he's face to face with me, delivering the 'Power' speech. It was remarkable. On some level it was like a bucket list, an unexpected bucket list to think that, wow, one of the greatest living Hollywood actors is three feet in front of me delivering a line as powerful as Frank Underwood has ever said," Condrey revealed.
A very ambitious game
Spacey will breathe life into the main antagonist of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, a game that sets out to impress on every level imaginable.
From introducing fresh elements into the consecrated CoD multiplayer formula to delivering a gripping and immersive story for players to explore, aided by the talented cast featuring Try Baker and many others, Sledgehammer Games' shooter is aiming for the stars.
Furthermore, the company is using actual cinematographic techniques when it comes to camera work in order to convey a more compelling and emotional experience through cutscenes.
The game will most likely be among the best selling of the Holiday Season 2014, alongside Activision's upcoming next big thing, Destiny, FIFA 15, Assassin's Creed Unity, and a couple of other heavy hitters that are due out until Christmas.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is coming out on November 4 this year, headed to PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms.