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Ray Liotta saved Vice City's "awful" script, its writer says

Ray Liotta saved Vice City's "awful" script, its writer says. Dan Houser, who wrote it and co-founded Rockstar, told IGN: "my writing is awful and he made it sound good". Liotta recorded every Tommy Vercetti line in about four days, dialogue only, with no motion capture. GTA 6 returns to Vice City on 19 November, 24 years after Liotta's Tommy
  • Dan Houser, who wrote it and co-founded Rockstar, told IGN: "my writing is awful and he made it sound good"
  • Liotta recorded every Tommy Vercetti line in about four days, dialogue only, with no motion capture
  • GTA 6 returns to Vice City on 19 November, 24 years after Liotta's Tommy

Reported by Dan Houser's career interview with IGN, 13 Oct 2026. We are repeating their reporting rather than claiming it.

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