‘There were no organics to him’

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‘There were no organics to him’

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is one of the best stealth action-adventure gaming series. Starting in 2002, this franchise has surfed in a total of eight installments so far, and all of them were blockbusters. However, the main reason for the series’ success was the main protagonist, Sam Fisher.

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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is the last game of the long-hailed series. | Credit: Ubisoft.

His dark and deep personality with stealth and action skills made this character everyone’s favorite. And this character was brought to life by famous ********* actor and filmmaker, Michael Ironside. The surprising fact is that this actor almost rejected this role.

Michale Ironside Initially Turned Down Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell

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Michael Ironside has been voicing Sam Fisher since 2002. | Credit: Ubisoft.

Michael Ironside once appeared on the Inside Xbox show where he discussed his return in the role of Sam Fisher in the Ghost Recon Wildlands/Splinter Cell crossover, called Special Operation 1, which is free to play this weekend.

In this show, the veteran actor stated a shocking fact about how he initially turned down to voice Fisher:

Sam was this one-line, two-dimensional character. There [were] no organics to him.

Since 2002, Ironside has voiced Sam Fisher in every Splinter Cell title except the last one. In 2013’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Ironside was replaced by another popular ********* actor, Eric Johnson, who also became the performance capture actor for Fisher in the game, alongside voicing him.

However, Ubisoft announced in 2021 that the company is working on a remake version of the first Splinter Cell game that was released back in 2002. That means Sam Fisher is likely to make a comeback through Ironside’s voice once again.

What Made Ironside Change His Decision?

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Sam Fisher’s character needed extensive rework. | Credit: Ubisoft.

Ironside then went on to explain how he reworked the character with the developer team of the franchise, Ubisoft Montreal. The actor mainly felt a huge lack of a solid background and dimension in the character. Not much was known about Fisher when Ubisoft first pitched the character to Ironside. He stated:

We created a backstory. We created a family [for him], and where he goes, and what he does, and who he trusts.

There is a specific incident that shaped up Fisher’s character development significantly. Ironside references a real-life encounter with a Ukrainian mercenary at a wedding in the early 1970s, which gave a proper base to the main protagonist of the franchise.

The show came to an end with a cryptic statement from the actor: “Let’s see if the storylines allow an organic [way to bring] Sam back.” That means there are high chances that Ubisoft might be working on a new Splinter Cell title besides the already-announced remake.

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