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“Sure, I get on alright with the Crisp Twins, keep 'em sweet. Send Albert a couple of boys and a bag of stardust and that shuts him up, and old Archie ain't spoken a word in god knows how many years.”
—Jack Parkinson about Albert Crisp.
Archie Crisp is a character appearing as a main antagonist in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969. He is the silent twin brother of Albert Crisp.
History
Background
Archie is always described by the other characters as a silent crime lord with a short temper.
Events of Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
Along with his brother Albert Crisp, they provide the character with odd jobs. The Crisp brothers are feuding with London's most elite crime lords Harold Cartwright and Jack Parkinson. Archie is considered the muscle of the operation. Archie remains silent throughout the game unlike his brother Albert.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay
- Chelsea Smile - Ending
- Dead Certainty - Ending (Defeated)
Trivia
- Both Archie and his brother are possibly based on Ronald and Reginald Kray, twin brothers who were notorious criminals in London from the 1950s to 1967.[1]
References
- ↑ “I remember [Dan Houser]'s initial explanation was that it was a parody of British crime wave stories. The impression I got from him was that it was going to be full of jokes, cockney slang, caricatures of the Krays, etc. Greg Bick always tried to inject comedy in his game designs, so there would have been zero resistance there anyway.”—Ray Larabie – "THE MAKING OF GTA London, Rockstar's Daring Detour Into The Swinging Sixties", TimeExtension (November 29, 2022)