Grand Theft Auto V may have been confirmed (as if it needs confirmation) by American actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried.
Reports suggest that the man who has become known for his loud and grating voice Tweeted "just found out I'm voicing the lead in grand theft auto 5!".
The post isn't Gottfried's first controversial tweet - earlier this month he wrote a tasteless comment on the earthquake in Japan, for which he has since apologised.
Two things: Firstly, we find Gottfried an unlikely candidate for the lead character in a GTA game, although we wouldn't be surprised if he were to snap up a comedic role within the game.
Secondly, with this not being confirmed and Rockstar responding in nothing more than its usual playful way, you can probably read into this about as much as you did when GTA V appeared on another actor's CV and GTA-style web domains were uncovered in February.
Gottfried has acted in the likes of Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Disney's Aladdin (1992) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003). He also lent his voice talents to the English Language version of Kingdom Hearts 2.
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altitude2k on 21 Mar '11 said:
Who?
StonecoldMC on 21 Mar '11 said:
We know its coming, its just a matter of when and not if.
gobbybobby on 21 Mar '11 said:
a tasteless comment on Japan.
Ahh come on, gotta liven up these dark times, What was the ''tasteless comment''
Also never heard of this person.
Desert Fox on 21 Mar '11 said:
The voice of the parrot in Aladdin.
shibling on 21 Mar '11 said:
got excited!
then I saw Gilbert Gottfried... on twitter... saying he's playing the 'lead'... with another Japan joke... with no screen grab for proof.
starting to doubt it =p if it is true he is NOT the lead. That would have been cast a while back if the other evidence is to be believed. And I doubt turning the franchise 'gritty' involves casting a f**king parrot
El Mag on 21 Mar '11 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw10xa_xtNg
If he's voicing the lead i think it's fair to say it'll be the most annoying game ever.
ND1988 on 21 Mar '11 said:
Liberal use of the word "Famous" there.
Title should of read "Person you might think you kind of recognise a bit after seeing on screen for 25 minutes possibly tweets about GTA V"
dannyhulse on 21 Mar '11 said:
He played that lawyer (Sidney Bernstein) in Beverly Hills Cop 2 but that's about it
(Edited at request)
metallicorphan on 21 Mar '11 said:
yeah i am not sold on this rumour at all,especially after he made those comments about Japan last week and got fired ..and now he is to lead GTA5???..i saw his picture and then remembered Look Who's Talking(maybe 2),and though aww christ not him!!
McShave 07 on 21 Mar '11 said:
Thinking of this guys voice (O.K I had to IMDB him to realize who he was) there is no way in hell this guy is getting the lead role, what little acting career he has, has been all about his stupid voice. This guy will only have a side role, a comedic one at that.
About his Japan comment, I think some people need to take a reality check, Gilbert Gottfried is a stand up comedian, what ever it was he said, I guarantee Frankie Boyle has said something 1000 times worse than that, did that stop the GTA gang from begging him to be in their game.
pRM8 on 21 Mar '11 said:
He has an annoying voice on purpose apparently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdbElWMn ... re=related
corkscru74 on 21 Mar '11 said:
If he really was the lead voice I think we'd all spend the entire game seeing the various different, painful ways we could make the character perish.
Saying that, he would be perfect for a side character. Maybe not too prominent though, somehting akin to the Laywer character in SA would be about all the screentime I could handle
Cogglesz on 21 Mar '11 said:
I'm not so sure about this
something tells me that since he said V its bulls**t.
Moribundman on 21 Mar '11 said:
Its 100% certain that he is not voicing the lead.
If you'd have said Charlie Sheen, I'd have been less certain...
I suppose there's every chance Gottfried could be in the game; he's a good fit for R* but definitely not the fricking lead. They learned their lessons and went with people who are LESS of a handful for their lead actor post-Vice City, not more...
If they're going to go for US standups I'd love to see them go for Stanhope, Rogan, Shafir and Joey f**king Diaz!
The Bossman on 21 Mar '11 said:
His claim to fame is a bit part role in a Beverly Hills Cop film and the voice of the Parrot in the Aladdin films.
Looks like one of us CVG posters could be in with a shout for the lead then.
slick loose on 21 Mar '11 said:
He also said
"The Japanese are very advanced. They don't go to the beach, the beach comes to them."
People are still dying but no, you go take the p**s. You could do with the attention.
ffcoppolla on 21 Mar '11 said:
Joe Pasquale is going to play the lead character's cousin.
the 4th hokage on 21 Mar '11 said:
22/11/11 for release date?
Clusks on 21 Mar '11 said:
The longer Rockstar drag this out, the better for them. The amount of anticipation for the next GTA is massive and with all these little hints it's really driving the Internet crazy.
RandyChimp on 21 Mar '11 said:
No, f**k off, no, if Gilbert Godfried, GILBERT f**king GODFRIED IS PLAYING THE LEAD, I WILL NOT PLAY GTA EVER AGAIN. I WILL SELL MY OLD f**king GTA GAMES AND TELL ROCKSTAR TO SHOVE IT. THE MAN IS THE MOST ANNOYING MAN EVER!
Can you guys imagine having to listen to the god damn parrot from Aladdin for an entire game? AN ENTIRE GAME? JESUS CHRIST? WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THAT?
ffcoppolla on 21 Mar '11 said:
That's bad enough, but imagine if it was GILBERT GOTTFRIED! OMG!
beemoh on 21 Mar '11 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb37Nh_Sg4g
ace9846 on 21 Mar '11 said:
he hasnt got the lead no f**kin way i refuse to believe
gmcb007 on 21 Mar '11 said:
Maybe hes trying to make a joke about the accidental leaks..you know to just trying to get attention and R* told him to remove his post because they were offended that this t**t tried to connect himself to GTA.
Antideity on 21 Mar '11 said:
Can't be true. Videogame heroes are only allowed to have low, gravelly hyper-macho kind of voices. I mean, does anyone really think this guy's voice would suit a character with a buzzcut? Rockstar are gonna put themselves out of business if they willfully ignore the way things are supposed to be done. What's next, a character with an east-european accent?!
Donatello on 21 Mar '11 said:
If he is voicing a character in V, hopefully it'll be a minor one and not the main. I don't think I could play through an entire game listening to him...
Barca Azul on 22 Mar '11 said:
He´s the one that they gave all the parking tickets to, if memory serves well. Annoying as hell and a voice that makes running nails down a blackboard seem soothing!
slick loose on 22 Mar '11 said:
He's the f**king parrot from Aladdin!?
RandyChimp on 22 Mar '11 said:
Oh god, don't even say that. That would be worse. s**t, I'd kill myself if that happened! I mean, Godfried's bad, but Gottfried? *shudder*
a3HeadedMonkey on 23 Mar '11 said:
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a3HeadedMonkey on 23 Mar '11 said:
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?show ... 72482&st=0
procion on 26 Mar '11 said:
DON'T dis the Parrot. DON'T dis Polly. DON'T dis Polly GOTTFRIED leading the next GTA. Imagin the delivery of those lines in-game "Polly's a good gurl" and "Polly" and...f**k orf, I just imagined that voice grating into my gaming zone. No, get it orf R*. As for Charlie Sheen, he's had his day leading a game. That's him dressed as Napoleon on the cover of Sid Meier's what shudda been on ps1 classic Civilisation 4.
"Polly's got thrush"