The voice actor behind Nathan Drake in Sony’s multi-million selling Uncharted franchise has spoke about a possible cameo in the planned movie adaptation of the popular action-adventure franchise.
Speaking at Metrocon (via IGN), Nolan North said that he’s eagar to have more than just a quick nod to fans in the movie, which has once again found itself in limbo following the departure of its third director.
“You know, I have been approached a while ago to do that. And the one thing I told them was I don’t want to be the ‘where’s Waldo guy’,” he said. “And I don’t want to walk up to him [Mark Wahlberg] and be like ‘your coffee Mr. Drake’. I just don’t want to be a nod…it could be a nod to the fans but I could be one of Drake’s buddies. Maybe the movie has something where he is sitting with some fans and maybe I am one of his pals. Or like the bartender – just give me a scene. I don’t want it to just be like ‘HAI’.
“I mean I don’t need to be in a movie because ‘Oh I want to be in a movie!’ I have been in movies, I have done that. And here’s the thing, maybe that week I could be doing something else that could push my career forward. You are always looking for the next thing. It’s the hard thing about this career. It’s so much fun but it’s never enough. You could be on the greatest job and you would be like ‘alright, what’s next when this ends?’ Because you are always trying to find your next job while you have one.”
During the same chat, North seemingly confirmed that developer Naughty Dog is working on a sequel to The Last of Us. The actor is currently working on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, which is to be his final game in the series. North currently has no other projects with Naughty Dog in the pipeline.
The Uncharted movie was supposedly scheduled to start filming in early 2015 with a release due next year. Right now however, it’s probably unlikely we’ll see the film out any time soon.