Roger Clark shared his experience working with Rockstar and what he learned from Red Dead Redemption 2

IGN published an extensive interview with Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. The actor discussed his introduction to Rockstar and the lessons he learned from their game.

Clark began working on the game in August 2013. Initially, the actor auditioned with Take-Two Interactive, then about a month later, he visited the Rockstar office in New York. The companies did not disclose which game it was, but Clark guessed it was related to the Red Dead series.

"I knew it was for Take-Two. I was pretty sure it was Rockstar, but I couldn’t confirm that at that point. I had a feeling it might have been Red Dead because I had finished the first one. I wasn’t much of a gamer throughout my thirties, but I did just happen to play Red Dead Redemption a month before all this happened," Clark said.

Eventually, the work process stretched over five years until 2018. The actor not only voiced Arthur Morgan but also participated in the motion capture process: "We would learn our lines and we would rehearse the scene and we would perform the scene until the director was happy with it. The only difference is we were wearing lycra while we did it and we didn’t have to change locations, it was always in the same studio."

During this time, Roger Clark learned a lot about American history, such as the "Pinkerton" agency and the language nuances of that era.

"I was always a huge fan of westerns and I’ve always been pretty good at history. But there were some things I’ve learnt. For example, the f-word wasn’t really popular back then. [...] I learned a lot about some certain firearms, too. I learned about the Pinkertons, which was a legitimate agency back then. Some of them were really good guys, apparently. A lot of them weren’t. They were glorified mercenaries in most of their application. It was a crazy time in the Wild West and it was literally lawless, so they were what was needed I guess to punish bad boys like Arthur Morgan. I learned an extensive amount, absolutely," the actor admitted.

Earlier, Roger Clark announced that he plans to voice "a pretty iconic character." Online speculation suggests that the actor will work on the Max Payne remakes.