14 DAY TRIAL // With only a few weeks left until the official launch of the next title in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, new information on the game has just emerged.
The good folks at US radio station WGN are given an exclusive preview of Grand Theft Auto V courtesy of the game’s producer, Lazlow Jones, and among the fresh details mentioned one regards voice-acting.
According to Lazlow, Rockstar hired real gang member as voice actors to impersonate some of the characters included in the game.
“There's black gangs, there's Latino gangs, and we recruited a guy who gets gang members, like actual gang members, real gang members. I mean, El Salvadorian gang dudes with amazing tattoos and one of which literally had gotten out of prison the day before. And we brought these guys in to record the gang characters because you know, you don't want a goofy LA actor who went to a fancy school trying to be a hard gang member. There's nothing worse than that.”
As Videogamer points out, one of the real gang member hired by Rockstar as voice actor was released from prison the day before recording. More details on Grand Theft Auto V are expected to go live later today, so stay tuned.