Kiefer Sutherland to Voice Snake in Metal Gear Solid V

<p>During <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;feature&equals;player&lowbar;embedded&amp&semi;v&equals;jRvnyT1R8J8&num;&excl;">Konami&&num;8217&semi;s Pre-E3 show<&sol;a>&comma; Hideo Kojima revealed that Kiefer Sutherland &lpar;Jack Bauer on 24&rpar; would be taking on the role of Snake in <em>Metal Gear Solid V&colon; The Phantom Pain<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kojima explains that he wanted Snake to have a &&num;8216&semi;more subdued performance expressed through subtle facial movements and tone of voice&comma; rather than words&period;&&num;8217&semi; As the game takes place in 1984&comma; where Snake is 49 years old&comma; they needed someone who could easily &&num;8216&semi;convey the facial and vocal qualities of a man in his 40s&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s an honor to be able to play this character&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Sutherland&period; &&num;8220&semi;This character has an unbelievable legacy&period; But there&&num;8217&semi;s a real&comma; personal quality to the character that I connected to&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not a gamer and I even knew about this game&period; I was certainly keenly aware of the legacy of these games&comma; the unbelievable success of these games&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sutherland will be replacing David Hayter&comma; who voiced Solid Snake and Big Boss for many years&period; Hayter has said in the past that Konami didn&&num;8217&semi;t approach him about returning to the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;