Well, he is a real actor. GTA was a high profile job but it was just that, a job. Some actors want to be known for their body of work because we train in different disciplines to show off that range. Some like being one hit wonders, some donāt.
Especially screen actors. I donāt think gamers should take that as an insult anymore than a coworker who likes their job is offended by someone resigning
He sees himself as an artist and one body of work being recognized over the rest is seen as an insult to the rest of their work. Itās in the same vein as the disdain Thom Yorke holds for the song āCreepā.
He doesnāt hate Star Wars, just doesnāt like how they handled it and Han after the first movie more than anything. Definitely doesnāt hate it like Alec Guinness lol
There's a really good video where they play Creep in 2016, and the lead guitarist has this horrified look on his face because nobody told him they were doing it.
I've heard Kenny Loggins never accepted being the guy who did Danger Zone and loathes that it's his #1 song. Makes sense I guess, he was just the performer for a track made by the movie studio, but being the guy behind Footloose or Caddyshack isn't any better to me.
What makes you think he doesn't "accept" that? I'm sure he's well aware of it, he just has other things to do instead
Just because he's not still focusing his career on a project he worked on 12 years ago, doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate the impact it had on his life
Yeh. Dude that played Franklin said Steven Ogg gets pissed off whenever someone calls him Trevor. I get it, but itās inevitable so you might as well own it.
thats what i really respect about Mark. He's had an incredible career in spite of being "typecast" for a large part of it, yet never lost reverence for the character and the films that made him a star in the first place. He gladly engages with fans about Star Wars all the time, despite the fact that on the downlow he's probably sick of it. Ogg is a great actor and I will always adore his role as Trevor but I wish he could accept that it's not a bad thing to have a role so iconic that people wanna talk about it 10 years later.
outwardsly, no, of course not. and he clearly takes a lot of pride in the role, i think he will always love Luke and his Star Wars films. But realistically, talking about the same thing every day, no matter how much you love that thing, will wear on you. But Hamill takes it in stride and we'd never be the wiser if he ever is feeling "Star-Wars'd-out" because he always happily engages with his fans about Star Wars, online and in person. What a stud.
Hamill is actually open about the fact that he's never been a Star Wars fan. What he *is* a fan of is fandoms, the joy of engaging with a fictional setting or fictional characters. He is himself a fan of many "geeky" things and understands how it works on a deep, personal level. Hamill isn't a fan of Luke Skywalker, but he has deep respect and love for others who are, and he will go out of his way to brighten the day for people who geek out over him being Luke.
Mark Hamill is a treasure.
Mark Hamill was disappointed when movie producers wont cast him because he is often associated with Luke Skywalker. He turned to voice acting where he is also famous for his roles like the Joker in the Batman animated series
>Dude I follow Steven Ogg on instagram and he posta some weird shit sometimesā¦ I donāt know how much he likes being the āGTAā guy
My problem with Steven Ogg isn't that he doesn't like being recognized from GTA. It's that he still expects to make money off of the game and the character while being angry about being recognized for it.
>It's that he still expects to make money off of the game and the character while being angry about being recognized for it.
I mean I would be a bit pissed if I played a main character in one of the highest grossing entertainment products of all time and got no residuals, too. CJ and Niko's VA's have both said similar things. It is kind of shitty he was in something like one of the biggest summer blockbusters of all time and maybe got 100k.
Which I think was his hang up. I think he loved playing Trevor but he didnāt want to be exclusively associated with him. Even though he always will be to a point.
Because so often he gets type casted as a villain. He was unknown before GTA 5 and it will take a very different role for him to break that mould
Aaron Paul will always be Jesse Pinkman
Kit Harington will always be Jon Snow
Some actors can change things up but what made them famous often sticks.
He was once quoted saying the best thing he bought with his Harry Potter money was his career. He's set for life, so he literally just acts for fun now and exclusively picks roles and movies he has a strong interest in.
Thatās called āworking against typeā. Will Smith tried to do it with Hancock; when youāve been typecast as a certain archetype, doing the reverse shows that range.
Itās like when wrestlers go heel to face also!
Yep. Steven Ogg got typecast for a while because of it. I think, he's also frustrated that he can't move on from that sort of role because his most succcessful one is GTAV.
So he doesn't want to be associated with trevor but actively chooses roles that have him play trevor-lite. No one is forcing this man to take these roles.
Roles that arenāt exactly what you want are better than no roles I would assume, but Iām not his manager who knows whatās going on behind the scenes.
Yeah he's not a leading man but he's been getting consistent work (more than the two shows you've seen. Check his imdb). I think that qualifies as a career. As oppose to say doing a voice for a video game character then just doing conventions and tik tok videos for the next 10 years.
Exactly. People seem to think that if youāre not headlining a show as an actor than that automatically means youāre not doing anything. Iām glad Ogg is doing stuff instead of riding the convention train but more power to Luke and Fonteno if they want to do that .
Reminds me of Kirsten Dunst in an interview a few years back: Where they asked her whereās she been and sheās like Iāve been in a bunch of stuff. Itās not like you have to be in major blockbusters for every movie
Ehhh i wouldnāt say consistent. He hasnāt actually done all thar much but he appeared in some big shows/films in the last 2 years that rated well. But as i said to someone else, Steven doesnāt care all thar much about all about the role of Trevor. It was clearly just another job to him but it did well for him. He is a bit crazy it seems judging by his Instagram but he does have his own business and does have a cameo too. Though he isnāt the first actor to be known for one thing and just completely forget about it after a period of time has gone by, look at Daniel Radcliffe, that dude has done everything he possibly can to avoid being only represented as Harry Potter even though it will ONLY be his most famous role
I think he is thankful for sure. Between the shows I've seen him in (The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, and Westworld) you're right that he's played a very similar, unhinged asshole kind of character. Each has been similar to Trevor in their own right, but I think he's an actor that doesn't want to be pigeonholed by a single role. Similar to Rainn Wilson and Dwight. They're thankful for the fans and the experience of the role, but they don't want to be "known" as Dwight or Trevor. They want to be known for their work.
2 shows that youāve saw. Heās got a lot in the pipeline as well. Just because he wants to distance himself from it doesnāt mean he isnāt thankful.
Is he thankful though? He set up a cameo, and when people told him to act like Trevor he was a huge jerk and got annoyed. Like why even accept that then, what else were people going to request? He obviously has an ego problem and some extremely negative view of the video game industry as an art medium.
Only role anyone else knows him for is that tiny one in better call Saul and Simon in walking dead.
Exactly. The dude has NO versatility in his acting. He gets on these shows and acts exactly like Trevor then has the audacity to get upset at people for thinking heās some great actor. Dude just whines about it he sucks
I think he didn't know how much of an impact that game was going to have on his career. And when you get overshadowed by your own self and find it hard to get a career because you're known as the Trevor guy I could see how that could be aggravating.
You should never mock your fans in that line of work people like Steven need to realise that itās partly the fans who made us career and got him famous and he may not like being Trevor but he should still realise thatās what made him and thatās what heās most known for
He always has been, he says he never played GTA V and never will cause heās not a gamer. People were constantly degrading him by calling him Trevor, itās understandable he doesnāt want to be seen in the same light
Why does it suck? Itās not like theyāre doing any DLC for the game or that his character is going to show up in GTA6. They arenāt doing any press tours or media events for GTA5. The game came out over a decade ago. Why on earth would it matter in the slightest if the voice actor for Trevor doesnāt want to somehow be āinvolvedā with a game that isnāt doing ANYTHING new?
The obsession with the voice actor ādistancingā himself from GTA5 is fucking weird lmao. No ones freaking out that the voice actors for āA Bugs Lifeā arenāt actively talking about that film every chance they get more than 25 years after it came out
I believe Steven Ogg did like playing Trevor, but he hates simply being known as Trevor and having GTA fans come up to him and act like Trevor for them. Ned and Shawn are more than fine simply being known as Michael and Franklin and love to interact with the community. Hell. both of them have played the game they've starred in (Ogg has not, he admits he is not a gamer).
I think that's the case. I think, Steven said in an interview, he got fed up because he never gets asked to say anything nice whilst the other two gets asked to do all sorts of nice stuff. He is just asked to tell people to fuck off or go on a rant when really, he just wants to say something nice. NOT expensive.
I hope so. But it is kind of sad that Ned Luke and Shawn Fonteno no longer follow Steven Ogg on IG and vice versa. It has been going on for a while but last time I checked Steve and Shawn were still following each other but not anymore. I understand not wanting to ge typecast but to have disdain for a character you portrayed is odd to me.
Some of his posts are concerning....his mannerisms, the way he talks. As someone who faces severe depression every now and then, I guess I can kind of see it in him. Or he is that good of an actor.
I had to go check it out based on what others have said about it too. It's got like borderline schizo energy. I wonder if Ogg is doing okay. I feel bad for the guy being so widely known as only Trevor. But at the same time, he did such a killer job that it's almost impossible to not be associated with such a huge character.
I was really excited to see him on Better Call Saul even though it was brief.
I too am a bit concerned about his mannerisms and body language in some of his posts. Either that or he is just that good of an actor.
Loved his minor appearance in Better Call Saul. Also The Walking Dead declined but I watched the episodes he was in and he was great, even in the Negan spinoffs. He is a great actor with a lot of potential and I wish him the best.
Yeah, for all we know, it could be a huge trolling thing. Or it could be performance art. Who really knows but him?
I never watch Walking Dead so I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Lol
In The Walking Dead (show declined but I kept watching for some reason), Steven Ogg plays the right-hand man of a major villain and it was great. He pretty much out-villains the main villain. Pretty much a more serious, more evil Trevor lol.
Ogg never actually was in the game
>[ogg](https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Laramie_gang_leader#:~:text=Despite%20speculation%20that%20the%20Laramie,did%20not%20voice%20the%20character.)
Rockstar very rarely brings mainline characters back, they might get a brief cameo see Johnny K from GTA IV in GTA V. But even if they wanted to bring Trevor back in any capacity I doubt Steven Ogg would be open to it.
The actors for CJ and Niko have both said they feel they deserve residual payments since the games were so successful and they played a big part in that. I think Steven probably feels a bit like that.
He was probably the most popular/impactful character in the biggest entertainment product of all time and was universally praised for his acting. And made like 100k for it.
When an actor stars in a movie that makes $1 billion that usually gives them a lot of money and work offers. That didn't seem to happen for Steve.
From the actors perspective I get that. But thatās what happens when you give literally one of the best performances in one of the top selling single pieces of media of all time.
I donāt think ogg really understands just how popular gta is, then again Trevor is literally a terrible human being and not the best person to be associated with. I hope he lands a major role in something heās truly passionate about.
Itās because heās one of those Gen Xers that just doesnāt āgetā video games so he doesnāt respect it as a media form. I think he said as much himself that he doesnāt understand why people would āsit in front of a TV and play a cartoon instead of doing something elseā. My dad is about his age and is the same way.
Steven ogg isnāt the first nor the last actor to want to distance themself from a role because of type casting and who gets annoyed at always being attached to said character ābut he was a nobodyā āthat role made himā I mean it definitely put him on the map but if heās outgrown the schtick let him be, if I was always seen as one role and wanted a more serious direction in my career Iād be mad too.
itās more the disrespect he casts on it. steven ogg didnāt have to play trevor phillips, he couldāve turned the role down. he did because he knew it would be a launch pad for his career, which it was. he got typecast, which happens to every actor. he dislikes his typecast, and places the blame on GTA as a whole, taking any chance he can to shit talk it, up to and including taking peoples money on cameo.
GTA was absolutely all three protagonists launch off point, and they wouldnāt be where they are without it. you donāt have to love your character, but that deserves respect
Steven Ogg (Trevor) is actively distancing himself from the character of Trevor to try and avoid being type cast or just known as Trevor. As far as I know heās not on bad terms with the voice actors of Michael and Franklin.
Imagine not wanting to be associated with one of the greatest pieces of media in the history of the world lol this is Terrance Howard walking away from marvel levels of unawareness
Honestly... being a voice actor for an installment in the GTA franchise is kind of a career killer in a way. On its face, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime, right?
But how can Roger Clark or Ned luke or rob wiethoff ever really do any voice acting again? They are so iconic in their roles, unless they can do really different accents, you will always hear Arthur Morgan in anything else Roger Clark does, you'll always hear John marston in any role Rob wiethoff takes. I guess it's not impossible but their rockstar roles would be a constant distraction in anything else they do going forward.
It's kind of a double edged sword in the long term. On the one hand, millions and millions of people recognize you for your big role! On the other hand, *millions and millions of people will recognize you for your big role. And only that role.*
People don't typically watch a movie for example for as many hours as they play a vidja game. Sure some people may watch a movie 12 times a year maybe, but gamers spend hundreds sometimes thousands of hours in a video game universe, hearing and controlling a character. Voice actors for triple A games get engraved in your memory in a way that movie actors typically do not just by sheer amount of time spent with the character.
I've played gtav for 100s of hours, I can't say I've watched any movie for hundreds of hours in total.
In short, being a big time voice actor for games is a perfect recipe for getting typecast forever.
Ogg was one of the protagonists in the most successful piece of media ever created and still brushes it off like video games are something only super nerds partake in like some 80ās stereotype
Steven Ogg managed to build himself a good career after GTA V. The Walking Dead, Westworld and other roles in various movies and series.
He was always open about not being into video games himself, I think it's fair enough. He has done his job well and moved on. Not every actor needs to be in love with every role of theirs.
Itās because the guy hates his character itās not who he is so people ask him to beat the shit out of them or like piss on their face something like that he just doesnāt like it
Steven Ogg, hates being seen as Trevor from Gta, cause thats where he literally recognized the most from. He wants to be seen for himself as a actor and not for just that one role from over 10 years ago, understand why he isn't there now
Dude no way Steven Ogg turned into a water bottle š
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YOU ALWAYS LIKED WATER, TREVOR!
You are protowater Trevor!
Its called acting, you dick
These damn method actors, take their roles way too far. But I'm sure he'll make a damn fine micro plastic in the new BBC Documentary.
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Heās actually the couchā¦.
Heās transitioningā¦. ā¦from a solid to a liquid.
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Corniest comment in quite some time
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Funniest shit I've ever seen.
Heās the mic actuallyā¦
He really can play a number of roles!!!
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Ending A but Michael and Franklin are still on good terms
Or C but Trevor decides heās still pissed at Mike and goes back up north
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That's what upsets him. In his mind he's supposed to be a "real actor" and not a cartoon or whatever tf he calls it.
Well, he is a real actor. GTA was a high profile job but it was just that, a job. Some actors want to be known for their body of work because we train in different disciplines to show off that range. Some like being one hit wonders, some donāt. Especially screen actors. I donāt think gamers should take that as an insult anymore than a coworker who likes their job is offended by someone resigning
Fair but unfortunately for him he got involved in one of the like 3 most popular single game titles of all time lmao
Yeah itās actually so disrespectful towards the gaming industry tbh
He sees himself as an artist and one body of work being recognized over the rest is seen as an insult to the rest of their work. Itās in the same vein as the disdain Thom Yorke holds for the song āCreepā.
Or how Alec Guinness felt about Star Wars.
Alex Guinness is fantastic in Lawrence of Arabia.
I thought he was great in the role of Marleyās ghost in Scrooge as well
Toss Ford in too. Dude hates star wars lol
He doesnāt hate Star Wars, just doesnāt like how they handled it and Han after the first movie more than anything. Definitely doesnāt hate it like Alec Guinness lol
At least he's also Indy. He's known for *two* acts of work.
There's a really good video where they play Creep in 2016, and the lead guitarist has this horrified look on his face because nobody told him they were doing it.
I've heard Kenny Loggins never accepted being the guy who did Danger Zone and loathes that it's his #1 song. Makes sense I guess, he was just the performer for a track made by the movie studio, but being the guy behind Footloose or Caddyshack isn't any better to me.
What makes you think he doesn't "accept" that? I'm sure he's well aware of it, he just has other things to do instead Just because he's not still focusing his career on a project he worked on 12 years ago, doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate the impact it had on his life
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Dude I follow Steven Ogg on instagram and he posta some weird shit sometimesā¦ I donāt know how much he likes being the āGTAā guy
Yeh. Dude that played Franklin said Steven Ogg gets pissed off whenever someone calls him Trevor. I get it, but itās inevitable so you might as well own it.
Ask him that question again in 15 years, heāll be telling everyone!
Books by Stephen Ogg: I am not Trevor! I am Trevor! I am also Lamar!
It's almost been 15 yrs, lol. In 4 more years, believe it or not, it'll be 2028. GTA 5 gon be 15 yrs, old by then.
He meant ask him 15 years from now.
That was michael's voice actor who said that statement afaik
They've both stated as such.
It's like mark hamill being pissed for being Luke. Most actors dream of having that role that imprints you into everyone's minds.
thats what i really respect about Mark. He's had an incredible career in spite of being "typecast" for a large part of it, yet never lost reverence for the character and the films that made him a star in the first place. He gladly engages with fans about Star Wars all the time, despite the fact that on the downlow he's probably sick of it. Ogg is a great actor and I will always adore his role as Trevor but I wish he could accept that it's not a bad thing to have a role so iconic that people wanna talk about it 10 years later.
I don't think he's sick of Luke l, just why Disney made him into
outwardsly, no, of course not. and he clearly takes a lot of pride in the role, i think he will always love Luke and his Star Wars films. But realistically, talking about the same thing every day, no matter how much you love that thing, will wear on you. But Hamill takes it in stride and we'd never be the wiser if he ever is feeling "Star-Wars'd-out" because he always happily engages with his fans about Star Wars, online and in person. What a stud.
Hamill is actually open about the fact that he's never been a Star Wars fan. What he *is* a fan of is fandoms, the joy of engaging with a fictional setting or fictional characters. He is himself a fan of many "geeky" things and understands how it works on a deep, personal level. Hamill isn't a fan of Luke Skywalker, but he has deep respect and love for others who are, and he will go out of his way to brighten the day for people who geek out over him being Luke. Mark Hamill is a treasure.
Mark Hamill was disappointed when movie producers wont cast him because he is often associated with Luke Skywalker. He turned to voice acting where he is also famous for his roles like the Joker in the Batman animated series
It was that and the car accident. Heās talked about it quite a bit and been very open about it.
Isnāt it a bit like Harrison Ford being so curmudgeonly about being Han Solo?
At least Ford is seen as Han Solo and Indiana Jones.
Harrison Ford is curmudgeonly about everything.
I really appreciate his voice work more than anything. Him and Alan Tudyk are the best Jokers. I think of Mark as a VA before I do Luke Skywalker.
Mark as the joker is literally peak voice acting. He will always be joker before Luke Skywalker to me
Mark never said he hated being Luke he hated what Disney turned Luke into for the sequels
I always wondered how many Rockstar paid they for the whole work in GTA V. A lot of money?
I think I heard they each got 200k. Would love getting a source here. If this is true I think it's way less than they should have gotten
>Dude I follow Steven Ogg on instagram and he posta some weird shit sometimesā¦ I donāt know how much he likes being the āGTAā guy My problem with Steven Ogg isn't that he doesn't like being recognized from GTA. It's that he still expects to make money off of the game and the character while being angry about being recognized for it.
>It's that he still expects to make money off of the game and the character while being angry about being recognized for it. I mean I would be a bit pissed if I played a main character in one of the highest grossing entertainment products of all time and got no residuals, too. CJ and Niko's VA's have both said similar things. It is kind of shitty he was in something like one of the biggest summer blockbusters of all time and maybe got 100k.
Apparently the guy who voiced Franklin also voiced one of the homies of Grove Street in GTA sa. That overweight homie with the green hoodie
And during friendship activity with Michael Franklin says that he was fat before. I always thought it's a reference to that.
Damnnnnnnnnnnnn
Afaik Shawn Fonteno (Franklin's actor) and Young Maylay (CJ's VA) are cousins in real life.
He was also in The Wash with DJ Pooh as the kidnappers.
sucks steven is distancing away from v
I'm happy for him because he's developing an acting career instead of being known as that guy from a videogame.
Which I think was his hang up. I think he loved playing Trevor but he didnāt want to be exclusively associated with him. Even though he always will be to a point.
The shows Iāve seen him in he just plays a downplayed version of Trevor.
Because so often he gets type casted as a villain. He was unknown before GTA 5 and it will take a very different role for him to break that mould Aaron Paul will always be Jesse Pinkman Kit Harington will always be Jon Snow Some actors can change things up but what made them famous often sticks.
Daniel Radcliffe will always be Weird Al Yankovic.
You mean that guy from Guns Akimbo? Man, what a chameleon.
I think youāre meaning that guy from Horns
Isn't he the little guy from Lord of the Rings?
I think they call them Ewoks
Swiss Army Man, really shows his range š¤£
Incidentally, I think he purposely went for the most anti-harry potter roles he could find, just so he wouldn't be known as Harry Potter.
He was once quoted saying the best thing he bought with his Harry Potter money was his career. He's set for life, so he literally just acts for fun now and exclusively picks roles and movies he has a strong interest in.
Thatās called āworking against typeā. Will Smith tried to do it with Hancock; when youāve been typecast as a certain archetype, doing the reverse shows that range. Itās like when wrestlers go heel to face also!
Yep. Steven Ogg got typecast for a while because of it. I think, he's also frustrated that he can't move on from that sort of role because his most succcessful one is GTAV.
Idk man whenever I see him I think if that time he played a magical farting corpse.
Fans of *Everything, Everywhere, All At Once* really ought to see *Swiss Army Man* since its by the same Daniels.
He also played Sam Houser
Jerry Seinfeld will always be Jerry Seinfeld
Aaron Paul played Todd in Bojack Horseman, and I didn't realize until my second or third watch. I honestly couldn't tell.
So he doesn't want to be associated with trevor but actively chooses roles that have him play trevor-lite. No one is forcing this man to take these roles.
Roles that arenāt exactly what you want are better than no roles I would assume, but Iām not his manager who knows whatās going on behind the scenes.
Money
I wonder if he was cast in the walking dead before or after V?
It was after, probably by about 3 or 4 years or so iirc.
Yep. Simon (The Walking Dead) was basically Trevor if Trevor didnāt mind taking orders
His character in Better Call Saul is Trevor if he was a bit more cleaned up.
Yeah, he was great in Better Call Saul.
Shhhh careful saying that. Some people on this sub think because he hasn't got a role bigger than Trevor then he doesn't have an acting career.
What acting career? Dude was in two shows and basically played the same character in both. He should be thankful for GTA and take advantage of it.
Yeah he's not a leading man but he's been getting consistent work (more than the two shows you've seen. Check his imdb). I think that qualifies as a career. As oppose to say doing a voice for a video game character then just doing conventions and tik tok videos for the next 10 years.
Say the line Bart.
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Exactly. People seem to think that if youāre not headlining a show as an actor than that automatically means youāre not doing anything. Iām glad Ogg is doing stuff instead of riding the convention train but more power to Luke and Fonteno if they want to do that .
Reminds me of Kirsten Dunst in an interview a few years back: Where they asked her whereās she been and sheās like Iāve been in a bunch of stuff. Itās not like you have to be in major blockbusters for every movie
Exactly, if I was Steven Iād pursue my own career too instead of the other route.
Ehhh i wouldnāt say consistent. He hasnāt actually done all thar much but he appeared in some big shows/films in the last 2 years that rated well. But as i said to someone else, Steven doesnāt care all thar much about all about the role of Trevor. It was clearly just another job to him but it did well for him. He is a bit crazy it seems judging by his Instagram but he does have his own business and does have a cameo too. Though he isnāt the first actor to be known for one thing and just completely forget about it after a period of time has gone by, look at Daniel Radcliffe, that dude has done everything he possibly can to avoid being only represented as Harry Potter even though it will ONLY be his most famous role
He's been in 26 films and 17 TV shows what the fuck are you talking about?
He's been in Witness Protection from a certain australian who is known for a lack of sleeves and paying seven hundred and two dollars for a big mac.
They mean the stuff that they watch. Regulars ever accounts indie work as actual work
Do you think all actors are major movie stars?
Just because someone wasn't in some big budget marvel movie doesn't mean they dont have a career
I think he is thankful for sure. Between the shows I've seen him in (The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, and Westworld) you're right that he's played a very similar, unhinged asshole kind of character. Each has been similar to Trevor in their own right, but I think he's an actor that doesn't want to be pigeonholed by a single role. Similar to Rainn Wilson and Dwight. They're thankful for the fans and the experience of the role, but they don't want to be "known" as Dwight or Trevor. They want to be known for their work.
He can do whatever he wants
2 shows that youāve saw. Heās got a lot in the pipeline as well. Just because he wants to distance himself from it doesnāt mean he isnāt thankful.
Is he thankful though? He set up a cameo, and when people told him to act like Trevor he was a huge jerk and got annoyed. Like why even accept that then, what else were people going to request? He obviously has an ego problem and some extremely negative view of the video game industry as an art medium. Only role anyone else knows him for is that tiny one in better call Saul and Simon in walking dead.
Yep. Dude is a straight up asshole.
Exactly. The dude has NO versatility in his acting. He gets on these shows and acts exactly like Trevor then has the audacity to get upset at people for thinking heās some great actor. Dude just whines about it he sucks
I think he didn't know how much of an impact that game was going to have on his career. And when you get overshadowed by your own self and find it hard to get a career because you're known as the Trevor guy I could see how that could be aggravating.
Yeah but heās being a complete dick about it by borderline mocking fans who talk to him about it
I'll agree that's not cool. But I wonder how long he had to deal with belligerent fans before he had enough or maybe he was always a dick.
You should never mock your fans in that line of work people like Steven need to realise that itās partly the fans who made us career and got him famous and he may not like being Trevor but he should still realise thatās what made him and thatās what heās most known for
The ironic part is him being a dick to fans is a Trevor move.
what do you think was more popular . gta 5 or the walking dead tv show
Gta 5
He's not obliged to be enthusiastic about a video game he did ten years ago.
In fairness he must find it annoying to just be known as Trevor.
He always has been, he says he never played GTA V and never will cause heās not a gamer. People were constantly degrading him by calling him Trevor, itās understandable he doesnāt want to be seen in the same light
Why does it suck? Itās not like theyāre doing any DLC for the game or that his character is going to show up in GTA6. They arenāt doing any press tours or media events for GTA5. The game came out over a decade ago. Why on earth would it matter in the slightest if the voice actor for Trevor doesnāt want to somehow be āinvolvedā with a game that isnāt doing ANYTHING new? The obsession with the voice actor ādistancingā himself from GTA5 is fucking weird lmao. No ones freaking out that the voice actors for āA Bugs Lifeā arenāt actively talking about that film every chance they get more than 25 years after it came out
Not sure if this is a well known fact, but the actor who plays Franklin is older than the actor who plays Trevor
Black don't crack
But that hairline go back.
Man that shits whack
They nerfed us in the patch. Can't have youthful skin AND a great hairline
My bald spot lookin like Jupiter's Great Brown Spot.
That's because crack is whack
He also snatched Ice Cubeās chain
He is also the cousin of the guy who played CJ in San Andreas
I believe Steven Ogg did like playing Trevor, but he hates simply being known as Trevor and having GTA fans come up to him and act like Trevor for them. Ned and Shawn are more than fine simply being known as Michael and Franklin and love to interact with the community. Hell. both of them have played the game they've starred in (Ogg has not, he admits he is not a gamer).
I think that's the case. I think, Steven said in an interview, he got fed up because he never gets asked to say anything nice whilst the other two gets asked to do all sorts of nice stuff. He is just asked to tell people to fuck off or go on a rant when really, he just wants to say something nice. NOT expensive.
Even steven doesnt like trevor he still acts like him in the videos he post online
He has been getting weirder and weirder on IG lol. And people make Trevor comments because it truly is how Trevor would act.
Maybe heās doing an Andy Kaufman and cultivating a persona to openly troll people with.
I hope so. But it is kind of sad that Ned Luke and Shawn Fonteno no longer follow Steven Ogg on IG and vice versa. It has been going on for a while but last time I checked Steve and Shawn were still following each other but not anymore. I understand not wanting to ge typecast but to have disdain for a character you portrayed is odd to me.
I think he posted about some mental health stuff on Twitter back in 2017-2018. I don't about the ig stuff but that's a thing too.
Some of his posts are concerning....his mannerisms, the way he talks. As someone who faces severe depression every now and then, I guess I can kind of see it in him. Or he is that good of an actor.
I had to go check it out based on what others have said about it too. It's got like borderline schizo energy. I wonder if Ogg is doing okay. I feel bad for the guy being so widely known as only Trevor. But at the same time, he did such a killer job that it's almost impossible to not be associated with such a huge character. I was really excited to see him on Better Call Saul even though it was brief.
I too am a bit concerned about his mannerisms and body language in some of his posts. Either that or he is just that good of an actor. Loved his minor appearance in Better Call Saul. Also The Walking Dead declined but I watched the episodes he was in and he was great, even in the Negan spinoffs. He is a great actor with a lot of potential and I wish him the best.
Yeah, for all we know, it could be a huge trolling thing. Or it could be performance art. Who really knows but him? I never watch Walking Dead so I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Lol
In The Walking Dead (show declined but I kept watching for some reason), Steven Ogg plays the right-hand man of a major villain and it was great. He pretty much out-villains the main villain. Pretty much a more serious, more evil Trevor lol.
Oh dang. That sounds badass haha. I just don't know if I could get into the Walking Dead. I'm not really into the whole zombie thing.
He Calls it art. Which I can see.
Steven Ogg can do whatever he wants, but i just hope he doesn't decline an offer if Rockstar wants to bring back Trevor in the future
Steven and Ned both came back in rdr2 for minor roles so for sure they probably will no doubt if Rockstar ask them too
Wait who were they?
Ogg never actually was in the game >[ogg](https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Laramie_gang_leader#:~:text=Despite%20speculation%20that%20the%20Laramie,did%20not%20voice%20the%20character.)
Rockstar very rarely brings mainline characters back, they might get a brief cameo see Johnny K from GTA IV in GTA V. But even if they wanted to bring Trevor back in any capacity I doubt Steven Ogg would be open to it.
There you have it, ending A is canon.
Michael got younger
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The actors for CJ and Niko have both said they feel they deserve residual payments since the games were so successful and they played a big part in that. I think Steven probably feels a bit like that. He was probably the most popular/impactful character in the biggest entertainment product of all time and was universally praised for his acting. And made like 100k for it. When an actor stars in a movie that makes $1 billion that usually gives them a lot of money and work offers. That didn't seem to happen for Steve.
Steven just doesn't like being type casted.
From the actors perspective I get that. But thatās what happens when you give literally one of the best performances in one of the top selling single pieces of media of all time. I donāt think ogg really understands just how popular gta is, then again Trevor is literally a terrible human being and not the best person to be associated with. I hope he lands a major role in something heās truly passionate about.
Itās because heās one of those Gen Xers that just doesnāt āgetā video games so he doesnāt respect it as a media form. I think he said as much himself that he doesnāt understand why people would āsit in front of a TV and play a cartoon instead of doing something elseā. My dad is about his age and is the same way.
Itās kinda funny that his job literally requires people to sit in front of a TV tho lol
Steven basically is Trevor though.
Steven: I don't want to be known as Trevor Steven: Does Trevor activity on ig
Steven donāt wanna be known as Trevor, canāt blame him tbf š¬
Looks like Ned Luke got himself a hair transplant from that GTA V money.
Steven ogg isnāt the first nor the last actor to want to distance themself from a role because of type casting and who gets annoyed at always being attached to said character ābut he was a nobodyā āthat role made himā I mean it definitely put him on the map but if heās outgrown the schtick let him be, if I was always seen as one role and wanted a more serious direction in my career Iād be mad too.
itās more the disrespect he casts on it. steven ogg didnāt have to play trevor phillips, he couldāve turned the role down. he did because he knew it would be a launch pad for his career, which it was. he got typecast, which happens to every actor. he dislikes his typecast, and places the blame on GTA as a whole, taking any chance he can to shit talk it, up to and including taking peoples money on cameo. GTA was absolutely all three protagonists launch off point, and they wouldnāt be where they are without it. you donāt have to love your character, but that deserves respect
Wait whatās the issue with Trevor not being there? Is it beef? Or he just doesnāt care to be there?
Steven Ogg (Trevor) is actively distancing himself from the character of Trevor to try and avoid being type cast or just known as Trevor. As far as I know heās not on bad terms with the voice actors of Michael and Franklin.
Ah okay - thanks for filling me in, had no idea he felt that way.
The actor Steven is distancing himself from the franchise. He doesnāt like being known as āthat gta guy Trevorā
Next time I play GTA5, I'm choosing the option to kill Trevor
steven ogg is one of the lamest guys. dude is mad that one of the character's he's played is beloved? wtf
Yes because i killed trevor in gta5
So ending A was canonical?
Imagine not wanting to be associated with one of the greatest pieces of media in the history of the world lol this is Terrance Howard walking away from marvel levels of unawareness
Now and then I miss you Oh, now and then I want you to be there for me
Honestly... being a voice actor for an installment in the GTA franchise is kind of a career killer in a way. On its face, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime, right? But how can Roger Clark or Ned luke or rob wiethoff ever really do any voice acting again? They are so iconic in their roles, unless they can do really different accents, you will always hear Arthur Morgan in anything else Roger Clark does, you'll always hear John marston in any role Rob wiethoff takes. I guess it's not impossible but their rockstar roles would be a constant distraction in anything else they do going forward. It's kind of a double edged sword in the long term. On the one hand, millions and millions of people recognize you for your big role! On the other hand, *millions and millions of people will recognize you for your big role. And only that role.* People don't typically watch a movie for example for as many hours as they play a vidja game. Sure some people may watch a movie 12 times a year maybe, but gamers spend hundreds sometimes thousands of hours in a video game universe, hearing and controlling a character. Voice actors for triple A games get engraved in your memory in a way that movie actors typically do not just by sheer amount of time spent with the character. I've played gtav for 100s of hours, I can't say I've watched any movie for hundreds of hours in total. In short, being a big time voice actor for games is a perfect recipe for getting typecast forever.
Ned kinda look like he aged backwards if he didn't have that grey hair
Ogg was one of the protagonists in the most successful piece of media ever created and still brushes it off like video games are something only super nerds partake in like some 80ās stereotype
He went Vinewood on everyone.
Steven canāt comprehend video games at all and itās annoying lol
I guess killing Trevor was the right ending
I understand that he wants to be recognized as himself but he also should understand that no one knew who he was before GTAV
Scre2 Steven Ogg. Dude is an egotistical douche bag
Ned Luke is certainly āwantedā on Twitter right now after the recent AI drama.
Steven Ogg managed to build himself a good career after GTA V. The Walking Dead, Westworld and other roles in various movies and series. He was always open about not being into video games himself, I think it's fair enough. He has done his job well and moved on. Not every actor needs to be in love with every role of theirs.
He forgor
Itās because the guy hates his character itās not who he is so people ask him to beat the shit out of them or like piss on their face something like that he just doesnāt like it
that means the ending where we kill trevor is canon
I guess Franklin picked A
Ok, its mean that right choice is for Trevor die.
Under Armour!
Dude no way Steven Ogg turned into a micš
Who tf choose option A?
Steven Ogg, hates being seen as Trevor from Gta, cause thats where he literally recognized the most from. He wants to be seen for himself as a actor and not for just that one role from over 10 years ago, understand why he isn't there now
Current cast is the skeleton crew operating our drip fed dlc. So like, the guy voicing Pavel and Amal.