# LA Noire Developer Considered Mad Men Star Jon Hamm for the Role of Cole Phelps, but Had a Very Good Reason for Going With Aaron Staton Instead

> The creative team behind LA Noire considered Mad Men star Jon Hamm for the role of Cole Phelps. I recently interviewed Daniel McMahon, a writer who worked on the Rockstar-published LA Noire, for a YouTube video about…

- **Source:** [Ign](https://www.ign.com/articles/la-noire-developer-considered-mad-men-star-jon-hamm-for-the-role-of-cole-phelps-but-had-a-very-good-reason-for-going-with-aaron-staton-instead?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a54d836c9bd3cdbff4d3648)
- **Published:** 2026-07-13
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #noire #cole #considered #hamm #phelps #aaron #game #role
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