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Subject: Everything you never wanted to know about Steve Downes...

There has been a lot of discussion lately about who is going to pay the role of MC is the Halo movie. A lot of people have suggested that the Chief retain his enigmatic anonymitiy by keeping his helmet on an use the games' voice actor for all the lines.

This got me to thinking: Who does the MC's voice and what is he like? Could he possibly act the role as well as voice it? I soon went in to internet-investigation mode and dug this dirt up. Enjoy.

Pic of Steve Downes on Rampancy

Downes' Bio on the WDRV website

Slightly interesting bio/info on IMDB

Interesting phone interview from a blog called Tied the Leader(good info on Halo in general as well)

For those of you too lazy to click the links and read for yourself. Steve Downes is a radio DJ for WDRV out of Chicago. He has voiced all of the Halo games plus one other minor role in a game called "Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator" (featuring the musical stylings of Marty O'Donnell). He looks like he is in his 40's so he will most likely not be appearing in person in the movie.

If nothing else, the interview is fun to listen to.

  • 07.11.2006 9:35 PM PDT
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I think that Master Chief should be in CGI. If you saw pirates of the carribean, Davey Jones (the guy who had tentacles everywhere) was created by CGI, and he looked so real. So I think Master Chief would look good in CGI as well. Then all Steve has to do is a voice over.

  • 07.11.2006 9:39 PM PDT
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I think as far as the movie is concerned. He should just do voice overs.
And a MC CGI wouldn't be a bad Idea, if they render him at the quality of Davy Jones.

  • 07.11.2006 9:43 PM PDT

I tend to agree. I was very impressed with what they did for Pirates. Assuming that Weta is used to do all the CG stuff, a CG MC wouldn't look half bad.

  • 07.11.2006 9:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: SS Crow
I think as far as the movie is concerned. He should just do voice overs.
And a MC CGI wouldn't be a bad Idea, if they render him at the quality of Davy Jones.
They will make him better, on huge farms.

  • 07.11.2006 9:46 PM PDT

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I'd like all the main characters to be top notch CGI, so they look like the ones in the game..and won't need to have some well known actor portraying someone like Johnson, or Captain Keyes.

  • 07.11.2006 9:47 PM PDT

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They could, make a live action MC, with steve downes voice over, But personaly I would rather just see a entire CGI movie of halo, damn I wanna see them grunts...

  • 07.11.2006 9:47 PM PDT