GTA 6 'woke' worries shut down by iconic actor as Rockstar prepares to release 'biggest game ever'

GTA 6 'woke' worries shut down by iconic actor as Rockstar prepares to release 'biggest game ever'

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Jack Otway

By Jack Otway


Published: 04/01/2024

- 14:34

The next instalment of the Grand Theft Auto series is due to release in 2025

Ned Luke, the actor who played Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto V, has shut down concerns GTA 6 will be woke.

Rockstar Games recently showed off a first trailer for the upcoming game, which has been viewed a staggering 163million times already.


The company had no choice but to upload the trailer after it was leaked online.

Fans got their first glimpse of Lucia, one of the game's protagonists, who is initially seen inside a Vice City prison.

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GTA 6 is due to release in 2025 with some fans worried the game will be 'woke'

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As the trailer goes on it shows Lucia in action, with the protagonist seen raising a gun as she walks through a shop with another character called Jason.

With GTA deciding to go with a playable female character for the first time, some fans have worried about the game going 'woke'.

But Luke insists that won't be the case and insists GTA 6 will be the 'biggest game ever'.

"Lucia's hard, man. In the trailer, she looked good," he told IGN.

"You get a lot of these clowns out here going, 'Rockstar's going woke, they're caving into the wokeness of the world'.

"First of all, there's been other female protagonists in the past, but obviously not in something as huge as this.

"GTA 6 is going to be the biggest game ever.

"She looks like a badass to me. That last scene where they come busting in, she just looked like a badass.

"And the thing that was cool was that she led the way.

"She kicked open the door, and then Jason was back here.

"So, I don't know if you read into that as she's going to be the big time and he's going to be with her, or what."

Fans will be eager to know the tone of the game.

GTA IV was dark and gritty, with that title set in Liberty City - Rockstar's ficticious take on New York City.

GTA V, however, was far more light. That game was set in Los Santos, which is based on Los Angeles.

And Luke is intrigued to see what Rockstar comes up with.

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GTA actor Ned Luke has shut down concerns GTA 6 will be woke

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"I've said this before - from an acting standpoint, not just a protagonist, just top to bottom, I think that our game was if not the best, one of the best acted game in video game history," he said.

"There's so much comedy. Comedy is f***ing hard man.

"Drama's not hard to do, at least for me from an acting standpoint. Comedy's hard.

"I think that this thing, from the trailer, it looks like it's going to be a little heavier than ours was.

"It looks like all the comedy and all the weirdness is going to be on the outside, and all those ancillary characters.

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GTA 6 will be the 'biggest game ever' according to Michael De Santa actor Ned Luke

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"It had a little heavier vibe, it felt to me between us and [GTA] IV, almost.

"Because IV was really dark."

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