Even with the perceived similarities involving Escape From New York’s Snake Plissken and Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake, actor Kurt Russell claims he never ever experienced any curiosity in voicing a similar character in a video game.

Through a GQ video clip breaking down some of Russell’s most iconic roles, the interviewer provides up Steel Gear’s Solid Snake as the actor discusses his position as Snake Plissken in John Carpenter’s 1981 movie Escape From New York.

“There is certainly a movie activity sequence known as Metallic Gear Strong, it was rumored that there is a character in the game motivated by Snake Plissken, and that they asked you to do the voice in excess of,” the interviewer prompts.

“I’m really lazy by mother nature,” Russell responses off the bat, though he would not validate irrespective of whether or not he was at any time approached to voice Solid Snake. “There is been a lot of distinctive instances when individuals have required to do a little something… I never know, I’m a film guy.”

“I occur from a various period,” Russell suggests, just after explaining he’s often most well-liked to perform iconic figures for just a one project. “I was not fascinated in expanding financially off a thing that we had produced … in terms of a character.”

Steel Equipment creator Hideo Kojima was reportedly practically sued for the sections of the game that allegedly resembled Escape From New York, but was saved by his friendship with director John Carpenter. “I instructed them not to do that,” Carpenter mentioned of studio CanalPlus’s ideas to sue over Steel Equipment Sound. “I know the director of people online games, and he’s a wonderful man, or at least he is pleasant to me.”

Kojima has also said that Solid Snake was not named just after Snake Plissken, and relatively that the identify was just one particular that manufactured sense for his character.