Hollywood in games – the familiar faces of Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima will soon unleash his opus magnum, which will feature prominent actors that we've seen in Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Spectre or latest Tarantino's.
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- Hollywood in games – the familiar faces of Death Stranding
- Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff
- Guillermo del Toro as Deadman
- Lea Seydoux as Fragile
- Margaret Qualley as Mama
- Tommie Earl Jenkins as Die-Hardman
- Troy Baker as Higgs
- Lindsay Wagner as Bridget and Amelie
- Nicolas Winding Refn as Heartman
- Jeff Keatley as Ludens Fan and Conan O'Brien as Wondering MC
- Hideo Kojima?
Guillermo del Toro as Deadman
Unlike most people described in this article, Guillermo del Toro does not specialize in acting – which does not prevent him from being as compelling an actor as the rest. Born in 1964, this Mexican filmmaker gained international fame as the director of Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Blade II, Pacific Rim or 2004's Hellboy.
Del Toro had been interested in film for decades, making amateur, short movies. However, he entered the fray not as a director, but a VFX specialist. Only in 1993, after ten years of creating special effects, he made his debut as a feature film director, with the very well-received Mexican horror film Cronos. By the way, Mimic, the film we mentioned when talking about Norman Reedus (created four years later) was neither commercial, nor artistic success. A 2001's horror film The Devil's Backbone, on the other hand, left audiences in awe, and secured del Toro's reputation.
In later years, Guillermo del Toro became known as a director with a very unique style, who can create really good pictures regardless of whether he's making a low-budget, obscure indie movie, or a blockbuster. Two of his films deserve particular attention: Pan's Labyrinth from 2006, recieved 3 Oscars and 3 BAFTA awards, and The Shape of Water from 2017 – four Oscars, including for best film.
Del Toro was often engaged in production of various computer games, although most of them were, for some reason, never finished. This includes Sundown by Terminal Reality and del Toro; the game is reminiscent of Left 4 Dead, which due to difficulty in production was canceled in 2006. Another game of his, Insane, a survival horror by Volition, for which he'd created the script and which he was supposed to direct, wasn't even completed. The project was cancelled in 2012. In 2015, Konami cancelled Hideo Kojima's Silent Hills, another project del Toro was involved in. The only game he was involved in that was actually completed, is Hellboy: The Science of Evil from 2008 Guillermo del Toro wrote the script and directed it.
Interestingly, in the case of Death Stranding, Guillermo del Toro only gives his face to the character – Deadman will speak in the voice of Jesse Corti, an actor known from TV series 24, Heroes or Law & Order. Little is known about Deadman himself, other than that he will be a kind of advisor to the main character, and that he'll be particularly talkative.
