| Probably the highlight of Anime Expo for me was getting to sit in at a very informal Voice Actors panel. OK, let me rephrase that, a David Hayter panel. The program said “Voice Actors”, but the voice of Solid Snake was the only speaker in attendance. |  |
It was charming to see a star like David Hayter take time to just sit down and take all sorts of random questions from his adoring fans. And when I say “adoring”, I’m not kidding in the slightest. Guys wanna be him, girls wanna be with him. Ladies were getting choked up and on the brink of crying just trying to ask questions. He really wasn’t helping them either, randomly dropping into Snake’s voice or saying a line from any of his numerous movie roles.
He spent time talking about how he got into voice acting, saying he didn’t really try out for Lupin’s voice he just happened to be in the studio and the producer thought he sounded right. Also mentioned that he more or less “just fell into” scriptwriting.
A few interesting take-aways:
- Thinks Hugh Jackman would be a good choice to play Snake in an MGS movie
- Never met Hideo Kojima till MGS 4
- Loves all the parody Metal Gear stuff, especially Metal Gear Awesome and Crab Battle!!!
- Is working on a script for a Lost Planet: Extreme Condition movie
- Grand Theft Auto 4 one of his favorite games
- Considers his voice work in Smash Brothers Brawl a “huge honor”
All said, it was quite an experience seeing someone like David Hayter come down to sit in front of a huge crowd and answer any question that was thrown at him. He pandered to the crowd and was very quick to give fans all they could every dream of hearing. The way he talks about acting in old movies, like Guyver, all the way up to current and future projects, you can really tell David Hayter is a man who loves his work, and loves his fans even more.