Traditionell sind unter den Sprechern, die in Videospielen zu hören sind, nur wenige namhafte Schauspieler zu finden. Doch das scheint sich in jüngster Zeit zu ändern. Einer der Vorreiter war und ist Activision. Das Unternehmen setzt regelmäßig auf Hollywood-Schauspieler, um der Onscreen-Action der Modern Warfare-Kampagnen eine zusätzliche Dimension zu verleihen. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 zählten etwa Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Barry Pepper (True Grit) und Will Arnett (Arrested Development) zu den bekannten Mitwirkenden. Für Modern Warfare 3 arbeiteten die Entwickler Infinity Ward und Sledgehammer Games mit Bruce Greenwood (Flight), William Fichtner (Armageddon) und Billy Murray (Strippers vs. Werewolves) zusammen, um dem Spiel mehr Gravität zu verleihen.
Captain Price
Echter Name: Billy Murray
Bekannt als: Johnny Allen in EastEnders, Don Beech The Bill
Trivia: Er ist Fan des Fußballclubs West Ham United.
"A lot of people are playing the Modern Warfare games; it's the most popular game in the world. What's incredible is that the average age of a player is 35. And when you consider that you can't really play the game until you're 18, and 35 is the average age, people at 90 must be playing it."
Sandman
Echter Name: William Fichtner
Bekannt als: Ken Rosenberg in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City und Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, SFC Jeff Sanderson in Blackhawk Down, Alexander Mahone in Prison Break, Colonel William Sharp in Armageddon, Justice Christopher Mulready in The West Wing, Jürgen in Equilibrium.
Trivia: Modern Warfare 3 ist das zweite Mal, dass er einen Delta Force Soldaten spielt. Zum ersten Mal spielte er einen in Blackhawk Down.
"I'm not a real gamer where I'm really familiar with how much is out there, but there are things that I do with my son. We play certain games and he shows me what's going on in the industry and I just marvel at it. The technology now is just bringing you stuff that's so thrilling. You can play race car games and you're in it and you've got a sense of speed and you can do all things a real driver can do.
You can play a game like Modern Warfare 3 and there's an intensity to it. Make no mistake about it, this is an intense game. Players are going to be interacting with me as Sandman. It's not like Atari when you're bouncing that ball back and forth in Pong."
Overlord
Echter Name: Bruce Greenwood
Bekannt als: John F. Kennedy Jr in 13 Days, The President of the United States in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Admiral Pike in Star Trek (2009), Batman/Bruce Wayne in Young Justice.
Trivia: Er spielte den Alien in Super 8. Greenwood hääte um ein Haar nicht beim neueste Modern Warfare-Spiel mitmachen können, da er während seiner Sprecherarbeit für Young Justice seine Stimmbänder überanstrengte.
"It took a week for my voice to come down to half normal and even a month after that it if I spoke loudly, it would crumple like an old paper bag," explained Greenwood. "When I'd speak loudly my voice sounded like you're crumbling a Styrofoam cup in your hand. So when Activision asked me if I was interested in doing this game, I said only if there's not a lot of yelling involved. They explained that it was my lucky day because the overlord doesn't have to yell that much. He's pumping out information, but he's not ducking shells and bullets and screaming to his buddies to get down."
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