Comments on: Rumor: Michael Ironside Not Appearing in Splinter Cell Conviction

By: Lt Kirby

Lt Kirby — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:06:17 +0000

Guys don’t worry, I read somewhere a statement from his agent/manager and it basically says that this whole rumour is a lie and that nobody can understand where it has come from.

Ironside will infact likely reprise his role as our beloved agent, however for the moment (as far as I’m aware) voice casting hasn’t even started yet, but by the sounds of it, there is no reason why he wouldn’t be reprising his role.

By: lt kirby

lt kirby — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:16:57 +0000

dont get me wrong, I would be absolutely devastated if Michael Ironside didnt play the voice of Samuel J Fisher, but it woudnt stop be playing the game or even stop be enjoying it. Yes, I consider him to be the voice of Sam Fisher, and yes it would be a deep loss, but at the end of the day, from Ubisofts point of view, Michael Ironside (as much as I do like the guy as an actor) sounds like a really difficult person to work with and demanding way too much money – well understandably Ubisoft are gonna axe him…they’re a business and out to make money.

Side tracking a bit, if you want to hear a clip I found with the new Sam Fisher voice, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-r8VzIE994&feature=related for a bit and listen yourselves. I hope that helps

By: Davn Kincade

Davn Kincade — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:01:47 +0000

@ Steve

I dunno man, if he’s asking (for example) the same amount that it would take to..say..develop the game itself…well, that a lot of scratch to be handing out for voice acting regardless of his connection to the series, i mean there’s greedy and then there’s *GREEDY*.

But since we don’t know -exactly- the sum of what he’s asking we have to take Ubi’s word for it…for what it’s worth.

@Dan

I doubt they’ll buckle down…this isn’t 1984 anymore and there are a ton of voice actors that will be more than eager to take on this role to be sure.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:19:18 +0000

i think they’ll give in to whatever money he’s asking for if it’s strictly a monetary issue. it’s too much of a risk for ubi soft to not have ironside in the game when almost every other element in the game will be different also.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:11:18 +0000

Regardless of Ironsides’ recognition with the X-generation crowd (he’s the staple “bad guy” actor to me), this is a major blow to Splinter Cell fans. This would be the theoretical equivalent to David Hayter refusing to doing the voice of Snake for MGS4 – and I guarantee less people know who the hell Hayter is in comparison to Ironsides.

With Ubi doing a complete game rewrite and now this, I’m ready to give up on this franchise. They were drifting away from the magnificince that was Chaos Theory anyway.

Ubi, if you’re too cheap then perhaps you shouldn’t take the safe route and nestle yourself with an established brand name. Grow some balls and take a chance with a new IP.

By: Mustikos

Mustikos — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:51:41 +0000

Yeah but most of those shows you listed he was not a main character in at all. Hes like the Number one extra guy.. I also stopped watching Seaquest when he came on the show, wasn’t just him though the whole show started to annoy me. He was in Command and Conquer 3.

By: John

John — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:05:08 +0000

Ummm, did you ever see the television series called “V” or is that before your time? Michael Ironside was the one of the main human resistance fighters of the show. The movie Watchers? Free Willy? Seaquest DSV? ER? Smallville? Stargate SG-1? You really couldn’t find anything good? How about just the fact that he’s been Sam Fisher with that distinct voice for oh…every game thus far. How about that?