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Ocelot voice actor Troy Baker answers fan questions: working with Kojima is ‘mindboggling’

A few weeks ago former Snake voice actor David Hayter held an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session in Reddit. Now, it’s Troy Baker’s turn. As you all know, Troy Baker is playing the role of Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Here are the Metal Gear related questions he answered.

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Troy Baker and Hideo Kojima at last year’s Game Awards in Las Vegas

Question: I’m a huge fan of yours as well as the MGS series. How is your experience doing the voice of Ocelot? Did you do the mocap of him gun spinning? You’re pretty good.

Troy Baker: It was split between an actor in Japan doing the body, and me doing the voice and the face. I LOVED saying that line.

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Question: I just wanted to ask, how did you become the new voice actor for Ocelot in MGS5. Did Kojima come to you, or did you audition for it?

Troy Baker: Chris Zimmerman (who’s the performance director) approached me about it, but I had to audition just like everyone else, and thankfully Kojima thought I was right for the role.

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Question: How is it working with Kojima-san?

Troy Baker: MINDBOGGLING. He’s an absolute genius.

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Question: Can you tell us a bit about Ocelot’s personality in The Phantom Pain?

Troy Baker: Not without spoiling the game. But it’s definitely an ocelot you will recognize.

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Source: Reddit, via MGS.be

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