May 22nd, 2008
Niko’s voice actor disappointed at lack of royalties
Michael Hollick, the distinctive voice of GTA IV’s Niko Bellic has revealed to the New York Times he received approximately $100,000 for his 15 months of work on the game. He remarks that he is “incredibly thankful” for Rockstar giving him the opportunity to be in the game. However, he admits he is a bit disappointed with his union for “not having the agreements in place to protect the creative people who drive the sales of these games.”
The New York Times goes onto comment that “Had this been a television program, a film, an album, a radio show or virtually any other sort of traditional recorded performance, Mr. Hollick and the other actors in the game would have made millions by now.“
Monkey Rimmer
May 22nd, 2008
Some people are never happy… I should know.. I’m one of them!
Basic
May 23rd, 2008
Michael Hollick: “not having the agreements in place to protect the creative people who drive the sales of these games.”
Seriously, do he think you are one of the guys who created the game? put there blood sweat and tears into it, worked your arse off for years to get the game out?. Or did you just turn up and read a script? Did the game sell well because people thought, oooo staring the voice of Michael Hollick? Or was it because Rockstar ‘created’ a game that everybody wanted to play?
Sean
May 23rd, 2008
To be fair, given the amount of dialogue in the game, I’d imagine he worked harder than your average Hollywood actor. Still, £50,000 for 18 months’ work doesn’t sound too bad to me…