![]() I’ve really gotten to know the mind of Hideo a little bit. He’s always been super personable and such a friendly guy with a great sense of humor. He’s had dinner at my house, met my girlfriend and my cat. I’m like, who is this guy? The Hideo that I know is a friend of mine. Grown men in their 40s are screaming with tears in their eyes like Elvis just walked into the room. I’ve been with Hideo at the Game Awards, and he’s like the Beatles. ![]() ![]() I was like, thank god that didn’t work, because this is way better. When that went away, I was bummed, but when Hideo described what we were doing next, I completely forgot about it. Silent Hills had the backstory and people knew that game, knew what it was about and what it would look like. When Kojima pitched you for Silent Hills, was it a completely different project, or were there similarities to what Death Stranding became? If he ever did a movie or anything else, I would be there in a heartbeat.ĭeath Stranding doesn’t come across as horror. If you don’t say anything, he’ll think there’s probably something wrong with you. You’ll say, “Maybe I should do this,” and he’ll say, “Yes! And then do this on top of that!” He’s a collaborative mind. A lot of times a director will say, in this scene I think you should do it this way, and they’ve rehearsed it in their head so much that when you throw something new at them they sort of short-circuit. We sort of transcended the language barrier after a while. He and I got into a shorthand where he would look at me and he would point and frown and make a face and I would just go, yep, I got it. You stand up and he goes, “Imagine there’s a thousand dead whales in front of you,” and you’re like, “What?!” His mind is on another level. Then freak out because there’s hand prints everywhere. He would have a plastic baby doll on the ground and want me to cradle it and act like it’s dead, then act like it’s alive. You were working with the other actors and Hideo on set? It’s kind of like Joan Cusack in Sixteen Candles, where she’s got the big headgear on. Anytime I had to kiss somebody or hug somebody, our heads are bouncing off of each other. You have a helmet cam on with a big arm sticking out the front of it. ![]() You go in and they put those dots on your face, which take forever - and take twice as forever to take off - and you squeeze into this tiny little suit that is very revealing and embarrassing and you’re strapped in. Some of it was with Mads Mikkelsen in the room, some with Lea Seydoux in the room, other actors in the game. In between episodes or if I had a long weekend, I would fly out, and it was whenever everyone’s schedule lined up. We filmed in a couple different places: In California in a few spots, the face recognition stuff in New York - it was kind of based on where I was. Well, I’ve been working on Death Stranding for three years, so about three years ago, I guess.ĭid you know who Hideo Kojima was before you met him? I knew it was going to be a home run right from the get-go. I was more excited about that, to be honest, because Hideo came down to San Diego Comic-Con and had an iPad and was showing me some of the graphics he was working on, which were just mind-blowing. Then they came back and said Sony’s back in with Hideo and we’re going to make a brand-new game. So Hideo, Guillermo and I were going to do another game, a Silent Hills game, but Konami and Kojima had a falling out, so it went radio silence for a minute. I knew this guy would be good if Guillermo was saying this. Just say yes.” I said, “Who is he?” And he said, “Trust me, just say yes.” Guillermo gave me my SAG card and my first acting job, and I trust him with everything. I first met Hideo when Guillermo del Toro called me and said, “Hey, there’s a guy who’s going to call you and wants to do a video game with you. Salary Cap Eliminated for Esports Pros in Activision Settlement With Justice Dept.
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