Who is Danny Dyer and Why is Rockstar Posting About His Latest Movie?

If you travel Rockstar Games connected X (the Everything App formerly known arsenic Twitter), past you whitethorn person been surprised, confused, oregon a operation of the 2 erstwhile you saw the GTA workplace posting astir the movie Marching Powder and its star, Danny Dyer.

Why connected world would Rockstar beryllium posting astir a tiny British movie to its assemblage of 21 cardinal followers? And who is this Danny Dyer guy? Don’t worry, we’re present to explain.

Who is Danny Dyer?

Danial John Dyer, amended known arsenic Danny Dyer, is an histrion from East London. And if you unrecorded successful the UK, helium needs nary introduction. As Rockstar’s station states, he’s an “absolute legend”. If you don’t talk British slang, past delight notation to the Urban Dictionary’s explanation of the term to amended recognize Dyer’s reputation:

“A idiosyncratic who embodies the pinnacle of each the important societal aspects. Any idiosyncratic who is funny, reckless, archetypal and delicate successful the close measures is apt to beryllium nominated a fable by his associates. A idiosyncratic to whose persona you aspire.”

Dyer has been acting since 1993 and has built up a estimation for playing rough-and-ready moving people characters. That’s successful portion owed to his nationalist persona; he’s considered somewhat outspoken connected societal and authorities issues, and is known for his “tough uncle” attack to life. For example, successful 2010 erstwhile offering proposal to readers of Zoo magazine, Dyer told a antheral attempting to retrieve from a caller break-up that helium should spell “on a rampage [drinking session] with the boys."

Dyer is besides beloved for his galore chaotic societal media posts, specified arsenic this gem:

Roll connected bonfire night..........it's gonna get strapped to a large large monolithic fuck disconnected Rocket truthful it tin articulation the different Furbys successful the sky...

How is Danny Dyer Connected to Rockstar?

If you’ve nary thought who Danny Dyer is, but are a large instrumentality of the Grand Theft Auto games, past you’ve astir surely heard his voice. Dyer plays Kent Paul successful GTA: Vice City, the manager of Scottish stone band, Love Fist. He reprised the relation for GTA: San Andreas, successful which Kent represented a caller band, the Gurning Chimps, and aboriginal produced for rapper Madd Dogg.

Dyer has a much important transportation to Rockstar, though, and it comes from an antithetic place. In 2004, Dyer starred successful The Football Factory, a British movie directed by Nick Love and produced by… Rockstar Games. Yes, erstwhile upon a clip Rockstar helped make a diagnostic film.

Danny Dyer (right, wearing the tan jacket) starred successful The Football Factory, which was produced by Rockstar Games. | Image credit: Vertigo Films

Marching Powder, a caller movie releasing successful the UK and Ireland this week, reunites Danny Dyer with Nick Love. The project, portion not a sequel to The Football Factory, pulls connected galore of the aforesaid ideas, including shot hooliganism (see: unit among fans), dense drinking and cause use, and a uniquely British gritty consciousness of humour.

Despite the station connected X, Rockstar has thing to bash with Marching Powder. It seems the workplace is simply championing the movie due to the fact that of its anterior transportation to Dyer and Love and their enactment connected The Football Factory.

Is Vice City's Kent Paul Returning for GTA 6?

Short answer: we’ve nary idea. And this societal media station surely has thing to bash with GTA 6. But hey, we mightiness arsenic good theorise anyway. Could Kent Paul amusement up successful Grand Theft Auto 6?

It’s important to retrieve that GTA is divided up into 2 precise antithetic eras: the 3D epoch (games released connected the PS2 and PSP) and the HD epoch (GTA 4 onwards). Both are considered their ain universes – storylines from 1 bash not proceed into the other. That’s wherefore GTA 5’s Los Santos looks wholly antithetic to San Andreas’ equivalent city, and wherefore there’s nary nonstop notation of characters from the PS2-era games successful GTA 4 and 5.

Tommy Vercetti tackles Kent Paul successful Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Image credit: Rockstar Games

That’s not to accidental there’s nary overlap, though. CJ’s location cul-de-sac, Grove Street, appears successful GTA 5, and galore of the gangs that archetypal featured successful the 3D beingness are contiguous successful the HD universe, including the Ballas. Lazlo, the infamous ponytailed scumbag, has besides been successful a fig of GTA games spanning the 2 eras. And here’s the kicker: Kent Paul has his sanction connected the Vinewood Walk of Fame.

So is determination a accidental that Kent Paul could instrumentality for GTA 6? It’s surely possible. But a station connected X astir Marching Powder surely doesn’t bring america immoderate person to confirmation.

Matt Purslow is IGN's Senior Features Editor.