Steven Ogg famously portrayed the wildcard character Trevor in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5, and he needs Rockstar introduced the character again for GTA 6.
Chatting with Precept Journal, Ogg mentioned it might have been a pleasant second to “go the torch” to have Trevor present up in the beginning of GTA 6 “sitting on the bathroom” or performing some “bizarre factor” like strolling round having one thing fall on his head, knocking him to the bottom.
In brief, Ogg mentioned he wished Trevor to have some form of “acknowledgement” that Trevor’s story is over and it is time for Jason and Lucia to take middle stage in GTA 6. Ogg mentioned it may have been a pleasant full circle second as a result of, in GTA 5, Trevor’s first scene reveals him bashing Johnny Klebitz from GTA 4.
“I’m not a fan of the entire reboots and the sequels. I don’t get the … the starvation for that, however there may be, as a result of it makes cash and that’s why folks do it,” he mentioned.
Ogg went on to say issues have come thus far since GTA 5, so he wished to see how characters from GTA 5 may look in GTA 6, given the technical enhancements from the previous decade.
“So, I’d be curious. However you realize, not my duck, not my bottle. Not my monkey, not my cage,” he mentioned.
Additionally within the interview, Ogg pushed again towards the net theories that he’s no fan of GTA and Trevor. He mentioned he is at all times been pleased with Trevor and pleased with what Rockstar created. He would not play GTA 5, however he mentioned persons are out of line for taking his soundbites about GTA 5 and spinning them right into a perception that he is no fan of GTA or his character. He acknowledged he did not like how folks would name him Trevor, and never Steven, in actual life, although.
“That’s been all blown out of proportion. Or that I hate GTA and now I’m beginning to embrace it extra. No, it’s simply early on, there was lots of people calling me Trevor. And I’d be like, ‘Effectively, my identify is Steven,'” he mentioned. “So I may by no means perceive that. So it’s at all times like ‘What’s your identify, David? Okay, Nolan.’ It doesn’t make sense if you realize somebody’s identify and also you’re calling them another person’s identify. I don’t get it. And I perceive folks affiliate with characters and connections,” he mentioned. “At these Comedian Cons, they’re not Documentary Cons. So I couldn’t be these folks. I imply, I couldn’t even be Trevor, as a result of he’s a cartoon. Simon [from The Walking Dead] was a human on a TV present, no less than. Yeah, it’s simply a kind of issues. It’s like… [scratches head]. It’s like me calling you, you realize, Barbara.”
Trevor was one of many three playable characters in GTA 5, alongside Michael (Ned Luke) and Franklin (Shawn Fonteno). Ogg, particularly, landed some notable appearing roles after GTA 5, showing within the TV reveals Higher Name Saul, Snowpiercer, and Westworld, together with the movies Emancipation and Unabomber.
Trevor was apparently going to be in additional content material for GTA 5, as Ogg mentioned Rockstar canceled Trevor-centric DLC that may have featured a James Bond-like story. Rockstar reportedly canceled the DLC so it may as a substitute focus extra on GTA On-line, which is thought to mainly print cash.
GTA 5 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S.
