Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1887487-20130719212326

You don't get the point. If Ishmael isn't an important character in the story, doing a "test run" on him to hint at Sutherland actually being in the game is a possibility. Back then there were rumors of David Hayter not being the voice actor and stuff, nothing was confirmed. Kojima could have used this trailer just as a subtle hint for Sutherland voicing Snake. But i still strongly believe Ishmael is just an hallucination.