Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20141117225649

Mgsnerdswe wrote: Misterbunnsy wrote: Ishmael could've very well had Kiefer's voice as a placeholder before they announced Kiefer as Snake. That's when the trailer came out, so nobody knew about Snake's voice yet. Thats an interesting one, didnt think about that. But it doesnt explain why Sutherland voices the Medic (who also hidden the face) in the end of GZ, mysterious ;)

In either case, basing a theory around the voice actor is presumptious at best. Many of these theories are absurd simply because they rely on the VA as if that is proof of something. It's the same for both the Medic being Ishmael and Ishmael being a hallucination. Neither theory would have gained much traction had it not been for knowledge of the VA. Imagine if we applied this logic to the first MGS. One would assume Donald Anderson was the Cyborg Ninja, since one VA voiced both characters.