The actor behind Michael in Grand Theft Auto V, Ned Luke, overtly endorsed Lucia, the playable feminine protagonist, within the extremely anticipated GTA 6.
As a part of our IGN’s GTFM video collection, Luke was seen chatting with my colleague Akeem Lawanson. In the course of the interview, Luke described the importance of Lucia as one of many two playable protagonists in GTA 6 whereas additionally addressing the claims that Rockstar has gone “woke” for including her as one of many playable characters.
“Lucia’s onerous, man. Within the trailer, she regarded good. You get a number of these clowns out right here going, ‘Rockstar’s going woke, they’re caving into the wokeness of the world,'” Luke mentioned. “To begin with, there’s been different feminine protagonists up to now, however not in one thing as big as this.”
As Luke factors out, it’s a well-documented indisputable fact that a number of video games within the Grand Theft Auto collection supplied a feminine protagonist. Exterior of the apparent one being the feminine customized character you may make in GTA On-line, each Grand Theft Auto and the Sport Boy Coloration (GBC) model of Grand Theft Auto II had no less than one feminine protagonist in every recreation you would play as.
But, Luke’s level of mentioning the importance of Lucia within the subsequent installment continues to be important. Past what has already been identified, since leaping into the third dimension, the Grand Theft Auto collection has been a essential and industrial hit for Rockstar, with GTA 5 being a significant success since its launch in 2013.
GTA 6 is at the moment in improvement with a 2025 launch window. Past the identify of our two protagonists and the affirmation that it will likely be set in a fictionalized model of Florida referred to as Leonida, Rockstar has but to share extra in-depth particulars. Till then, take a look at 99 particulars we found within the first GTA 6 trailer.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You’ll be able to comply with her on Twitter @TayNixster.
