If there’s one thing that Call of Duty has excelled at, it’s attracting Hollywood’s greatest talent to portray some of the most diabolical villains in video game history. Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Lance Henriksen as General Shepherd in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Kevin Gage as Captain Gabriel T. Rorke in Call of Duty: Ghosts are just a few examples of bad guys with big plans and even bigger Hollywood talent attached to them.
This year the tradition continues in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare with Game of Thrones star Kit Harrington shedding his good guy persona to portray Admiral Salen Kotch the leader of the Settlement Defense Front. Thing is, there’s always been a shade of grey when it comes to the bad guys of Call of Duty. General Shepherd sought to restore America to a position of authority on a global stage, while Irons was concerned with fighting a war in a more efficient manner without the interference of politicians who had yet to experience the horror of war first-hand.
And then there’s Salen Kotch. A leader for a new frontier beyond Earth, Kotch may just be as mad as a hatter. “You know what excited me about it was the villain. I don’t get to play villains very often, I’ve never played a villain before,” Kit Harington said in a video interview.
That was the first thing that excited me about it, and I came into the room thinking ‘I’ll do this villain thing,; I’ll do this kind of classic Bond villain thing. And as it went on it became a really interesting role. Like all best villains, [he’s] psychotic and unpredictable. I really enjoyed playing psychotic and unpredictable.
My take on Admiral Kotch is that he has an element of the dictator about him. He’s an invading commander, he’s someone who wants to control a whole race of people and he feels that he’s entitled to do that. He’s also not afraid of death. That makes him incredibly terrifying. But i think what was great with Salen Kotch is that he’s a madman. I found that very fun to play.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare gets properly psycho (IN SPACE!) on November 4.
Last Updated: July 21, 2016
Mark Treloar
July 22, 2016 at 06:47
So is Kit Harrington the reason why the standard edition of COD is selling for R999 on Steam?
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 07:53
XD
Mark Treloar
July 22, 2016 at 08:01
But seriously though, Digital Deluxe edition for BF1 is R150 less.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 08:06
True, but with COD you get the remaster everyone is baying for
Mark Treloar
July 22, 2016 at 08:16
Nope that cost you and extra R200 since its only included with the Digital Deluxe edition.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:39
Oh snap O_o
Captain JJ off track
July 22, 2016 at 07:42
Must be great fun to play a villain.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 07:53
My only regret is that he and Shia le Douche didn’t team up
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 07:51
SOLD! Wanna shove John Snow in an airlock and shoot him into space, you think winter is coming? You know nothing about the cold boy!
Francois Knoetze
July 26, 2016 at 15:16
I know there is a pun with “kotch” in there somewhere…