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Ever wondered where Westwood Studios found the charismatic leader of NOD?

 

Q:What was working at Westwood like? did Joseph Kucan really get the job as Kane from a 7-11 lottery/raffle?

 

A (Frank Klepacki):Working at Westwood was like a big family, great place to work and had a fun company culture, loved my time there.

 

No Joe didn't get the gig from a lottery, but he just sees it that way. You see, one day going into work, there was a deli next door, and Joe was sleeping right next to it, homeless, picking up scraps from whoever left the deli. One day the artists neeed a live male nude model to reference for 3d modeling. So they offered Joe a quick paying gig to nude model for a couple of hours so they could get all angles captured and translate it to the 3d tests. He just kept coming back and wouldn't leave, he kept offering to clean the office, the bathrooms, and they kept paying him because they felt bad. Then one day our receptionist went into labor unexpectedly in the lobby, and Joe without hesitation ran to help her and actually delivered her baby. We were in shock and he was the hero of the day. So then finally someone asked what his resume was, and sure enough we learned he was a former contestant on Star Search, which is a talent show that was popular in the 80's, but he lost his final round as a comedian and had struggled ever since, working odd jobs in truck stops and t-shirt wholesalers and the like. We hadn't considered the part of Kane yet, but they were shooting test footage the next day and Joe was helping set up the camera when it had come loose from the tripod and fell on his head. Cursing up a storm, he lunged it back on the tripod yelling at it for a good minute, and hit it a couple times before getting it out of his system and apologizing, cause he had kinda freaked us out with his outburst. What none of us realized is that the camera started rolling on the impact, and recorded the whole thing. This very footage was edited by the video crew, and used to show at the next game conference to build hype around C&C, and hence got him the role of Kane.

 

Footage is in the original trailer at 1:39 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aui392986EE

 

It was slowed down from actual speed.

 

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https://www.frankklepacki.com/images/bio-photo.jpg

 

Read this and other nuggets in Reddit IAmA with the composer of such iconic workds as the Dune II, C&C, etc. soundtracks.

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Ever wondered where Westwood Studios found the charismatic leader of NOD?

 

 

 

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https://www.frankklepacki.com/images/bio-photo.jpg

 

Read this and other nuggets in Reddit IAmA with the composer of such iconic workds as the Dune II, C&C, etc. soundtracks.

 

 

Why does Wikipedia says otherwise about his career?

 

 

Y U N TB?

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The Yawhg

 

Something. Something coming back. You too have choices to make.

 

There will be consequences.

 

An indie role-playing game with randomly generated story and many possible endings.

 

• Art - Emily Carrol

• Development - Damian Sommer

• Audio - Ryan Roth

 

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To be released on the 30th of May. Can currently be pre-ordered (direct link) 50% off. Your choice.

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