GameSpot Interview with Joe Kucan

[Sonic 296]

Hands up, who here is a fan of Kane? Well then, you should know all about the man behind the goatee beard, that man is Joe Kucan. And now you can find out more about Joe Kucan thanks to GameSpot's latest interview. Interviews with Joe are very fun to read, as the samples below will show you.

 

GameSpot: How does it feel to be back in the saddle as Kane?

 

Joe Kucan: It feels very familiar. It's a lot like being reunited with an old friend, if that old friend held you down, pinned your arms to your sides, and shaved your head with an electric razor. But then, that old friend helps you up, and the two of you have dinner at a Thai restaurant and reminisce about that one time the two of you shot Seth in the head in a tight close up. And then you get really, really drunk. And wake up in a Mexican jail. It's a lot like that.

 

GameSpot: Oh yeah, been there, done that. Though it's good to see the original Kane return to reprise his role, it also begs the question of how it came about. Previously, it seemed like your work with EA had come to an unceremonious halt. How did you come to work with the company again? Was rekindling the relationship awkward? Were terms difficult to negotiate?

 

Joe Kucan: I was flattered with the C&C team's insistence on my participation. It was clear from the start that the team's respect for the history of the series and the character of Kane were really the main focuses of this new production. As far as the negotiation, it was really just a small matter of coming to an agreement about compensation and time: We had to agree upon the exact size of the pickup truck they would use to dump the money on my front lawn, as well as how much time I would get to roll around naked in it before it was bundled up and sent off to orphans in Paraguay.

 

Rekindling the work relationship wasn't all that awkward. After all, I was really being introduced to a whole new group of designers and production personnel. But I will admit that stepping onto set exclusively as an actor was odd. I was so used to helming the entire production process. In previous C&C games, I could shoot a take, review it, and go back to reshoot it if I found even the tiniest little thing I didn't like. I was not used to being in the position where I was acting through someone else's vision and under someone else direction--as Kane.

This interview is a must read based on the comedy value alone so click here for more.

[Cygnus X-1 13]

So Nod really is just one big circus....

 

 

very interesting read there

[Gben 20]

That's gold baby...

 

Love the glass eye line!

 

-gben

[Cygnus X-1 13]

yeah who knew Kane had a sense of humor? (or a mullet)

[Gben 20]

Oh no, the mullet's obvious through the bald-head-cap... I thought everybody knew that! It's the blonde part that took me by suprise - he's obviously not a natural blond.

 

He must be part of that Arayan super race or something... but of course that would mean he helped the wrong side... in RA!

 

-gben

[Cygnus X-1 13]

eh notice how the Soviets lost...perhaps he orchestrated that?

 

Then again with the Soviet/Nod ending....bugger it gets all weird right about then.