It's not exactly a major secret that Rockstar Games was at one point developing an entire DLC for Grand Theft Auto V centered around everyone's favorite sociopathic criminal, Trevor Philips.
Sadly, this single-player DLC ultimately never came to pass, with Rockstar choosing to prioritize other projects rather than seeing the Trevor-centric expansion through to completion.
According to IGN, the long since abandoned expansion would have specifically focused on Philips as he embarks on a career as a secret agent. As part of the DLC, original GTA V voice actors Steven Ogg, Ned Luke and Shawn Fonteno were all slated to reprise their roles as Trevor, Michael and Franklin, respectively.
Speaking about the canceled DLC in a Q&A session on Streamily, the trio revealed that, despite its promising premise, the expansion unfortunately never came to fruition.
"Originally they were gonna do continuing stories of Michael, Franklin and Trevor," Luke said.
"We also had that really cool s**t of — and I forget if it was DLC, I have no idea — but where Trevor was gonna be undercover, he works for the Feds," Ogg elaborated. "And we did shoot some of that stuff with James Bond Trevor. He's still kind of a f**k-up but he's doing his best. And we shot some stuff and then it just disappeared and they never followed up on it."
While many fans have lamented the loss of a GTA V DLC, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser revealed that the decision was part of a deliberate strategy to refocus the company's efforts on Red Dead Redemption 2's production.
Speaking on the Lex Fridman podcast, Houser said, “The internet knows we made a DLC… single-player DLC for GTA V that never came out."
“It was one when you played as Trevor, but he was a secret agent," Houser continued. "It was cute. It never quite came together, and it was never finished. It was about half done when it got abandoned. But I think if that had come out, we probably wouldn’t have gotten to make Red Dead 2. So, there are always compromises.”