#IS NIKO BELLIC DEAD TV#

It was only necessary for Niko to reappear in GTA IV's DLC/EFLC and then there was no need for new work from the actor because it's about seeing the same events from different angles. Rockstar doesn't bring back past characters very regularly anyway, so never seeing Niko again would not be unusual. I think the effect of this controversy has been overstated.

#IS NIKO BELLIC DEAD TV#

But, if a TV commercial for a game is made out of what an actor did in the game, that actor gets nothing for the TV commercial.

Even if an actor does no work for a commercial but footage of him or her gets used in it, the actor gets paid (even if they're dead). Fact is, an actor who appears in a TV commercial (such as Ned Luke's (Michael) semi-famous Cheerios commercial) get royalties every time it airs. Michael Hollick (Niko) described it the interview that got turned into kind of a hit piece. There's a lot of complications about royalties depending whether or not actors unions have made deals with the industry to cover various kinds of work. Again, not even a notice to her, let alone any compensation. Similarly, you may have seen recently that the woman who provided the voice of the highly popular iPhone Siri assistant, was not even aware that generic voice recordings she made for a computer voice company years earlier were sold and re-used for Siri. I vaguely recall someone on this forum saying it was a general statement he made about voice actors not having good contracts, so they don't get residuals or percentages, but instead are stuck with the original fixed price contract payment.

I think it had to do with him being oblivious to how successful the game would be, and wanted a higher pay afterwards. GTA 5 Niko Bellic Gameplay Theories Is Niko Bellic Dead (GTA V) Please Leave A Like & Comment Subscribe For More. I taught it was something about $ but not sure Only it probably will never return in GTA anymore because the voice actor didnt want to do it anymore.

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