GTA 5’s Michael de Santa voice actor recently offered advice to the GTA 6 cast, asking them to enjoy the fandom’s enthusiasm to the fullest and to have fun with their “15 minutes of fame.” Initially, the GTA community was suspicious of Ned Luke being a part of the upcoming highly anticipated game, with the actor also teasing his return in the beginning. Unfortunately, he later shut down an interviewer who claimed that he was in GTA 6 by saying, "GTA 6 is unknown ghings right now."
During an interview with IGN, the interviewer asked Ned Luke if there’s any advice he’d like to give to the GTA 6 voice actors behind Lucia and Jason. Although Rockstar Games hasn’t revealed either actor yet, Luke claimed that they should “get ready” for the sudden spotlight that’s about to fall on them, especially with the characters now looking so realistic as compared to their voice actors.
Luke said, "I don't know if they really have any idea what they're in for." He also claimed that even though the three characters featured in GTA 5 look like their actors, he said, “these characters, the graphics are so much better." As per Luke, this means that Jason and Lucia "are going to look exactly like" the actors that are playing them, "so they're going to be more recognizable even than we were."
The realism, mixed with how social media has grown in the past decade since GTA 5’s launch, means that Luke believes GTA 6 will be a huge moment for the new voice actors. He offers some more advice, claiming that he said the same thing to himself nearly ten years ago, which is, "Enjoy your 15 minutes for as long as you can. That 15 minutes might be ten years, like us, but enjoy that 15 minutes for as long as you can because it's a rare thing." Moreover, Luke continues to talk about the importance of embracing the fanbase, saying:
"They need to remember, the most important thing is that the fans are the game. Not us, not Rockstar, the fans are the game. They're the ones who make it, they're the ones who make the billions of dollars for Rockstar. That would be my biggest piece of advice, is appreciate the fans. And when someone comes up and calls you Lucia or Jason, you don't go 'no no no, that's not me, he's a cartoon'."
From the looks of it, his last sentence seems to be directed towards Trevor’s voice actor, Steven Ogg, who tried his best to distance himself from the character, whereas the other two members of the GTA 5 trio made completely opposite efforts. Despite Ogg’s standing, it’s interesting to see Luke talk about the need to put the GTA community first, especially considering the fact that GTA 6 is so far away. For now, we aren’t sure who’ll play Jason and Lucia, but it’ll be interesting to see how Rockstar reveals it to the fanbase.
Who might play Lucia in GTA 6?
The first time we found out about the Bonnie and Clyde-inspired duo was through the massive leak that took place last year. Last month, we finally received an official confirmation through the GTA 6 reveal trailer. However, fans have been going to great lengths to figure out the voice actors behind both Jason and Lucia. They might have come close recently when they noticed a strange resemblance between Lucia and Alexandra Echavarri when it comes to the way they look and sound.
On the other hand, they also believed that Ana Esposito might also be playing the character’s role, but they didn’t have much to go on from there. Lately, they’ve been suspicious of Manni L. Perez and have been busy following this lead, comparing the actress’ audio with Lucia’s and watching both old and new interviews to see if she slipped up anywhere. The actress refuses to speak on the topic, so we aren’t sure if this news is accurate, which is why one must take it with a grain of salt.
GTA 6 is set to come out in 2025 on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
