GTA IV star only made $100,000

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Originally Posted by BluOgre

yeah but 15 months of work!!!!!

That doesn't sound so simple if you ask me. Depending on where he lives 100k is probably not a lot of money considering the amount of time he had to put in for the work.

If you listen to the interviews he's done on radio station and the like, you will notice he mention that he was working 'on Broadway' during that time as well.

He was not working eight hours a day, five days a week, etc., as many would surmise. He was going in whenever R* called him and needed to do some MoCap work along with voice stuff. It was scheduled out over a 15 month period. He was involved with the R* project for closer to around 20 months even but there were some months he apparently didn't work at all with them.

He was compensated fairly. It's up to him to maximize his popularity from the title to increase his net worth from here out.

On another note, he did not complain about it at all during any of the interviews I listened to. In fact, he praised R* over and over and stated how cool it was working with them. I think the NY Times quote may have been taken out of context in some ways from one of the many interviews he did. He may have simply answered a question asked by a radio personality and not even thrown it out there a complaint at all.

We will never know. Either way, he sounded good and really gave Niko life. I give him props for that... Big time. He has talent.

Finally, I want to make it VERY clear that not just 'anyone' or 'some Russian guy' could have done what he did. In the world of voicework professionals seek a very particular sound and inflection as well as other things. Many will pay whatever it takes to get that _exact_ personality they want. In all of the advertising I've done and participated in there was never a time where we stopped and said, 'wait, let's just get one of us to read it so it's cheaper' because we all knew that it would sound like some homegrown garbage ad then. Having a girlfriend who is VERY deep in the voicework business (she's a radio personality and does tons of side work) it is very clear. You either have exactly what they want, or you don't get the job.

So, my point is... He could have negotiated. A LOT. There is no question about that. At the very least he could have worked it until he found their limits before they would consider other options. If some 'Russian guy' could have just voiced it, R* would not have paid even $100k for it because, frankly, 'Russian guy' would have come really cheap right off the boat. They went to SAG because they wanted top talent for their game to make sure it was at the production level they envisioned (and their budget clearly allowed).

It kinda bothers me that people think that just 'anyone' could do this kind of voicework because, frankly, they can not. Very few can. Don't simply hate because your jealous of the obnoxious amount of money some actors (voice or film) get paid (only about .00001% of them probably ever see decent paychecks in reality). Unless you count porn... Those girls make BANK ($2000/hr is what one of my pornzar friends in SoCal tells me). Now, that is acting.