The video game industry is inextricably linked to the film industry, and it is common to use real-life film and television artists to design and play game virtual characters, such as "Jedi: Fallen Order", which invited Hollywood's handsome and good acting Cameron Monaghan to play the protagonist Jedi Knight Carl, and "Cyberpunk 2077" invited action superstar Keanu Reeves to play the important supporting role Johnny Silverhand.
But inviting celebrities to play roles in movies or games means that the cost of investment in roles will increase exponentially, after all, not everyone is Guo Fan, and not every star is Wu Jing of "The Wandering Earth 1". So, usually even if a video game invites a celebrity, one or two are invited to play the main role or important supporting role.
Hideo Kojima is worthy of being a master of fame, and his popularity is very good. Not only in Japan, but also in the gaming world. "Death Stranding" may be the triple-A game that has ever invited celebrities to participate in the game with the most virtual characters in reality, so let's let the small aircraft carrier take stock of how many stars "Death Stranding" has invited, and what stories these stars have. (Special note, some of the characters in this article are excerpted from Baidu Encyclopedia)
Main character Sam (Actor: Norman Reedus)
The protagonist of Death Stranding is played by Norman Reedus, who becomes a courier in the apocalypse due to his undead constitution. In the game, Sam is a taciturn man, looking very cold on the outside, and even a little disgusted with people in close proximity. But actually if you go deeper into the game, you will see that Sam is not an indifferent person, he just can't express. Sam is a very reliable person, no matter how difficult the task, Sam is always able to do a good job of delivering the entrusted task.
If you have read Haruki Murakami's Kafka by the Sea, perhaps you will feel that everyone is an island, and everyone is struggling in their own lives. The islands of the people in Death Stranding are more pronounced, and Sam is the bridge that connects each island.
American actor Norman Reedus, who has a very famous nickname called "Crossbow Brother" in the circle of Chinese players and audiences, mainly because he played Daryl in the well-known American drama "The Walking Dead" series, a macho character who is good at using crossbows, bursting with combat power, and attaches great importance to love and righteousness.
On January 6, 1969, Brother Crossbow was born in Florida, USA, according to public information on the Internet, when Brother Crossbow was 12 years old, due to family changes such as the death of his father, he began to travel around the world to work hard, and lived in Japan, the United Kingdom and Spain. Before becoming a professional actor, Crossbow worked as a Harley-Davidson salesman, photographer, sculptor, and fashion male model.
It wasn't until 1997 that the 28-year-old Crossbow got his first film role, playing Jeremy in the horror film "Mutant DNA" directed by Guillermo del Toro. After that, Brother Crossbow, like many ordinary actors, came to the door from time to time to cooperate with movies, and from time to time fashion brands came to cooperate, such as modeling for brands like Prada, who can support his family but can't become famous.
What really made Crossbow Brother famous was 2000's "The Executioner", in which he played Murphy McManus in the movie, and then big-budget movies like "Blade 2" began to come to his door. In 2010, Crossbow Brother ushered in the peak of his life, starring in AMC's top American drama "The Walking Dead", in which he played one of the most important supporting roles in Daryl. For his performance in The Walking Dead, Crossbow was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in TV" at the 38th Saturn Awards in 2012. With the release of the personal biography of Crossbow Brother in the side story of the "The Walking Dead" series, as well as his outstanding performance in Hideo Kojima's game "Death Stranding", the road of "Crossbow" Norman Reedus's acting career should be wider and wider.
Cliff (Actor: Cannes actor Mads Mikkelsen)
"Death Stranding" invited a number of stars, and Xiao Aircraft Carrier personally believes that the most heavyweight of them is Cliff's actor, Mads Mikkelsen. Like Brother Crossbow, Mads Mikkelsen is well-known to the majority of Chinese players because of a TV series, that is, the new version of the crime drama "Hannibal", so in the Chinese circle, Mads Mikkelsen also has a nickname, called "Uncle Ba".
Uncle Pat, who plays Cliff in "Death Stranding", is a brave special forces commander and a great father. Whenever the player competes with Uncle Ba in the Underworld, it is a war scene. Uncle Ba will appear with four skeleton warriors, which is very oppressive. Players will fight with Cliff from World War I to World War II, and from World War II to the Vietnam War. It is not until the end that the player realizes that Cliff is not a bad person, he is just a father with a bad heart.
It is rumored that when Uncle Ba first received the invitation to "Death Stranding", he didn't know who Hideo Kojima was. But the children in the family are extremely excited and tell Uncle Ba that Hideo Kojima is a real genius. In order to become the idol of his children, Uncle Ba decided to star in "Death Stranding", and the role that Uncle Ba plays in the game happens to be a great father.
Born on November 22, 1965 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Uncle Ba was a gymnast as a teenager before moving to the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg, where he worked as a professional dancer for almost a decade before becoming an actor. In 1996, the 31-year-old Uncle Ba made his screen debut and starred in "The End of the Road". Unlike those actors who became famous at a young age, the most prominent impression of Uncle Ba is that he exudes the elegance of a mature man from the inside out. The whole face has a gloomy and restless temperament, and at the same time, the eyes are unusually firm. This is Uncle Ba's unique charm, and he is even known as the sexiest man in Denmark.
Uncle Ba became active in the European film and television industry until 2004, and this year was very important to Uncle Ba. The first is the release of the movie "Running at the End 2" starring him, for which he won the Danish Film Critics Award - Best Actor Award and the Zulu Award - Best Actor Award. It was also in this year that Uncle Ba played Tristan in "King Arthur" and successfully broke into Hollywood. In Europe and the United States, a powerful actor enters Hollywood, which means getting a ticket to become an international superstar.
After Uncle Ba successfully entered Hollywood, his career was booming, and big productions were invited to come one after another. It is worth mentioning that after Uncle Ba entered Hollywood, he began to play villains in many big productions. In 2006, Uncle Pullout played the villain in "007: vs. Casino Royale", and in the 2016 Marvel movie "Doctor Strange", Uncle Pull's role was also a villain, and on April 8, 2022, Uncle Pullout played Grindelwald in "Fantastic Beasts 3: Dumbledore's Mystery", and he is still a villain.
In the well-known American drama "Hannibal", he played the classic old villain Hannibal in Europe and the United States, teaching everyone how to behave, and the light once overshadowed the protagonist who represented justice. Compared with Hannibal in the movie, Uncle Ba plays Hannibal in the American drama a little less cold and a little more elegant.
Even in Hideo Kojima's "Death Stranding", the promotional film is shot according to the temperament of the villain, but the game is in the form of a red herring. Red herring is a kind of red mystery novel writing, which is simply understood as the meaning of deliberate guidance.
In "Death Stranding", Cliff, played by Uncle Ba, does not have that panicked feeling even if he is under siege. The whole game highlights the charm of Uncle Ba's middle-aged and handsome guys, who is calm and mature compared to young people. But there is no greasy feeling, and there is no lifeless feeling. You can feel the responsibility of Cliff played by Uncle Ba as a father and the decisiveness of being a soldier in "Death Stranding". Uncle Ba performed these two feelings side by side very well.
The Dead (played by Guillermo del Toro)
The deceased in "Death Stranding" is played by Guillermo del Toro, born on October 9, 1964 in Guadalahana, the capital of Jalisco, Mexico, a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
In 1985, Gilmour produced his first film, Dona and Her Son. In 1987, he directed the short film Geometría. In 1993, he wrote and directed the horror movie "Devil's Silver Claw". In 1997, he filmed the sci-fi horror film "Mutant DNA". In 2000, he starred in the fantasy action film "Matador". In 2001, he directed the fantasy horror film "Ghost Boy's Hospital". In 2002, he directed the sci-fi horror action film "Blade II.", and in 2004, he directed the fantasy horror action film "Hellboy". In 2011, he served as a producer of the animated adventure film Puss in Boots. He served as editor for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012. In 2013, he directed the sci-fi action movie "Pacific Rim", on September 9, 2017, he won the Best Director Award at the 90th Academy Awards for "The Shape of Water" on September 9, 2017, and on March 5, 2018, he won the Best Director Award at the 90th Academy Awards.
Gilmour's character in Death Stranding is a dead man, an artificial human cultured with pluripotent stem cells. Because it is an artificial human, its organs are prone to failure, but it has strong adaptability, so many organs in the body are from dead people. The dead laugh at themselves as Frankenstein, and the dead don't have their own stall. But the dead longed for contact with real people, longing for family or friends. He sometimes seems overly enthusiastic in front of the main character, Sam, and is also the person who cares most about BB Lo in the game besides Sam. Although the body of the dead is shaped by death, he is very eager for the pursuit of life. He wants to live like a human being, and he also wants others to live a beautiful life.
Heart Man (Played by: Nicholas Wendin Refern)
Nicholas Wending Refern was born on September 29, 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark, graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and is a Danish film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1996, he directed his first film "Running at the End". In 2003, he directed the thriller "Fear X". In 2009, he directed the thriller "Bronson" and the action film "Viking Valhalla". In 2011, he won the Best Director Award at the 64th Cannes Film Festival for the feature film "Dead Driving". In 2014, he served as the producer of the feature film "Light Gone". In 2016, he directed the suspense thriller "Neon Demon", which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
Refern's Hearts are a very special presence in the Death Stranding character, in the early days of Death Stranding, Hearts are undergoing heart surgery in the hospital's ICU, and his wife and daughter go home to pack some things for him. They were devoured by the Void, but the hospital was not in the range of annihilation. However, the impact of annihilation caused the power supply of the hospital to be cut off, and the person who was undergoing surgery also entered suspended animation. He awoke from the avoidance and saw the people killed in the annihilation blast, including his wife and daughter. Just as he was about to touch his wife and daughter, the hospital generator suddenly started and he was rescued.
In order to find the underworld where his wife and daughter are, the heart will stop his heart every 21 minutes, and then use a pacemaker to revive himself 3 minutes later. Die sixty times a day and be resurrected sixty times. Day after day, year after year, by the time the player takes on the role of the main character, Sam, who has died more than 210,000 times. He traveled through life and death countless times, just to die with his family. This man who is bent on dying is extremely gentle to people in the world of the living!
Margaret Curry (as Mama, and her twin sister Rockney, playing two roles)
Margaret Curry, born on October 23, 1994 in Montana, USA, is an American actress and model.
Since 2012, Margaret Curry has been working in the modeling industry. In 2014, he attracted attention for his role as a high school girl "Jill Garvey" in the HBO American drama "Watch the World". In May 2016, the starring action comedy "Tear Detective" was released, and in the same year, it was confirmed to star in the American thriller and suspense movie "Death Note".
Margaret Curry plays two roles in "Death Stranding", playing Mama and her twin sister Rockney. The magic is that when she played Mama, she performed a more mature feeling of women, and even had a certain maternal brilliance, after all, Mama did have a BT baby. But when playing Lockney, she played the feeling of youthfulness when a female engineer graduated from school, and even a little cold.
The little aircraft carrier thought about this problem while playing the game, and later felt that Hideo Kojima actually used some skills to create two different feelings of the same face. Mama wears glasses, Lockney doesn't, and has a different hairstyle. At the same time, Mama wears light-colored clothes, and Lockney wears dark-colored clothes. Mama sees the protagonist face-to-face most of the time, but Lockney is a holographic projection most of the time. So it feels like Mama is very gentle, and Lockney has a slight sense of distance.
Léa Seydoux (as Fragir)
Léa Seydoux, born on July 1, 1985 in Paris, France, is a French model and actress.
In 2006, he participated in his first movie "My Girlfriend". In 2008, she was shortlisted for the Best New Actress Award at the 34th French Film César Awards for the literary film "Beautiful People". In 2010, the drama film "Beautiful Toruń" starring her was released, and she was shortlisted for the Best New Actress Award at the 36th French Film César Awards for this film. In 2011, she starred in Tom's classic action spy movie "Mission Impossible 4", yes, she was the female killer who was kicked off the Burj Khalifa by the protagonist group.
In 2012, she starred in the feature film "Goodbye, My Queen", and was shortlisted for the Best Actress Award at the 38th French Film César Awards. In 2013, she starred in the feature film "The Life of Adele", for which she was shortlisted for the Best Actress Award at the 39th French Film César Awards and won the Palme d'Or at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival. In 2014, Léa Seydoux was shortlisted for the Best Rising Star Award at the 67th British Academy Film Awards. In 2015, he starred in the action-adventure movie "007: Ghost Party". In 2018, he served as a jury member of the 71st Cannes International Film Festival. In 2019, he starred in the movie "007: No Time to Die".
It is no exaggeration to say that among the stars invited by the entire "Death Stranding" game, two people have the biggest coffee positions, one is Uncle Ba, and the other is her. Fragile, which means "fragile" in English, is a very important role as the ruler of Fragile's Express in the post-apocalyptic world of "Death Stranding".
Despite its name fragile, Fragir is tenacious and terrifying. She even rushed into the rain of time without any protection from her body in order to save everyone. Because of Higgs's conspiracy, Fragir's whole body was eroded by the rain of time and aged rapidly, except for his face, and Fragir transported the nuclear bomb to the Chubu Kyu, resulting in the destruction of the Chubu Yuki and the reputation of the Flagier Express was seriously damaged. Even so, Fragir eats bugs gracefully and constantly tries to clear his name.
In the game, Fragil is different from the heart man, who uses his mortal body to do extraordinary things. Fragir is a person with superpowers in the true sense of the word, and she can quickly travel through space with the help of the Underworld. The player relies on her ability every time he teleports, and in the end, everyone goes to the underworld to fish for the protagonist Sam also relies on her ability. It may have been raining, so get yourself an umbrella. Fragir is very designed, and it is also a token that players use to summon Flagir in the game.
But like most high-powered engines, Fragil also consumes a lot of fuel, so you can always see her eating bugs and replenishing energy and nutrients anytime, anywhere. But even if you eat insects, you have the elegance of a French man like red wine.
Tommy Earl Jenkins (Tough Guy)
Tommy Earl Jenkins participated in the movie "Sugar Daddy" in 2018. In 2019, he participated in the movie "My Name is Domet", and in the same year, he participated in the TV series "Pandora". In 2022, he participated in the TV series "Wednesday", as well as the movies "Vice Squad: New Orleans" and "Paradise Highway".
In "Death Stranding", Tommy Earl Jenkins played the role of tough guy, sometimes when he was younger, when he wore a mask when he was old, and when he finally took off his mask. I don't know why the little aircraft carrier always feels a little funny when he wears a mask, but he feels very old after taking off the mask. The tough guy, whose real name is John McClane, has participated in countless wars with Clifford in the past, and under Clifford's command, he has survived countless treacherous battlefields, hence the title of tough guy. The relationship between John and Clifford has gone beyond simple officers and subordinates, but has deep feelings for compatriots and comrades-in-arms, and John has also become President Brigitte's direct staff because of his outstanding military achievements, helping her rebuild the United States.
Because of BB's experimental plan, John is forced to be caught between the two, unable to really give up on either side. As Brigitte's staff, John must assist BB in his experiment, but out of personal interest, John chooses to help Clifford and his BB escape, but in the end, it fails. Eventually, Brigitte shot and killed Cliff with the help of John's hand, and John wore a mask and changed his name to Tough Guy.
The guilt deep inside the tough guy keeps him feeling guilty about Cliff, but Brigitte's plan to reconnect with the United States is the right one, and John, as a soldier, has to continue to help Brigitte. When all the plots are revealed, the tough guy himself takes the gun that once shot through Cliff and tries to kill Ameri. This behavior seems reckless and stupid, but it also represents the guilt of the tough guy who has accumulated too much guilt over the years, making him extremely impulsive and angry.
Troy Baker (as Higgs)
Troy Baker, whose full name is Troy Edward Baker, was born on April 1, 1976 in Dallas, USA, and is an American film and television actor, music producer, and voice actor. Participated in the dubbing of many anime works, TV series and games.
In the game Death Stranding, Troy Baker plays Higgs, who is the villain on the surface but is actually just a puppet evil king. Has superpowers, as well as a crazy personality, and his hobby is eating pizza. From a plot point of view, Hideo Kojima designed three red herrings in the game, the first one mentioned above is Cliff, and the second one is Higgs.
Lindsey Wagner (Played by: Ameri)
Lindsey Wagner, born in Los Angeles in 1949, is an American actress. His main works include "The Story of the American Hero of Superwoman", "Billy's Early Life" and so on. Hideo Kojima called Lindsay Wagner his goddess when he was a child on the E3 talk show, and he liked her when he was 13 years old!
Lindsay Wagner's role as Ameri, the third red herring in Death Stranding, is the game's true final boss and the one who gives the protagonist Sam the ability to be immortal. and Sam are similar to mother and son, similar to sister and brother, and even some complex love feelings. When he appears, he likes to sing softly "London Bridge is going to collapse".
Ameri is the extinction of Death Stranding, seemingly omniscient, but in fact unable to leave the Dead Stranding or prevent it from happening. All she can do is trigger Death Stranding, or postpone it.
In addition to these important characters, Hideo Kojima's "Death Stranding" also hides many bigwigs in reality
In Death Stranding, the player takes on the role of the protagonist who spends most of his time delivering goods. On the way to make deliveries, players will pass through many node cities, distribution centers, and deliver items to many isolated people. Whether a player takes an order or delivers something to a location, there will be a holographic projection of the staff to talk to the player.
There are many, many bigwigs hidden in these people, such as the real actor of the scrap buyer's wife named Mala Morgan, who is a popular British-Japanese mixed race model on INS, and there is a side quest that requires players to carry the young lady from their mother-in-law's house to the scrap collector, as we all know, when transporting the living in "Death Stranding", you can take the young lady to the hot spring together, you can take the young lady to the hot spring and then give it to the scrap collector.
Regarding the tasks of the scrap buyer and his wife, the most impressive thing about the small aircraft carrier is. At first, he carried the young lady from his mother's back to the scrap collector, and said that there was danger along the way, so he had to let Sam carry it. As a result, the follow-up plot quarreled with the two of them, and the woman ran back to her parents' house. The angry woman ran back to her parents' house by herself, so she was not afraid of danger along the way, and when she played this plot, she was speechless for the little aircraft carrier.
There are many outliers in "Death Stranding", and many of these characters are also played by real-life bigwigs. For example, the musician, played by the Japanese singer Miura Daichi, and it is worth mentioning that the world-famous Norwegian electronic music guru Alan Walker, who wrote "Faded", although he did not play a role in the game, he wrote the original song "Ghost" for the game.
The engineer in the game is played by Junji Ito, a well-known Japanese horror manga master, and yes, he is the one who drew "Tomie" and "Vortex". The arms dealer is played by Hermen Hulst, who is currently the head of PS Global Studios and was previously the CEO of Lancer Studios. Lancer Studios works include the Killzone series, as well as the Horizon series. The engine used in Death Stranding was provided by Lancer Studios and was previously used to make Horizon: Zero Dawn. The collector is played by Koichi Hamamura, the former editor-in-chief of Famitsu, Japan's largest game rating media.
In addition, Conan O'Brien, the host & founder of The Conan Show, also plays the role of a "wandering host" in the game, and will give the protagonist Sam an otter hat. What is The Conan Show? It is a very popular talk show in the United States. On the Chinese Internet, Quentin's famous "awesome" scene came from the Conan show, and the one sitting opposite Quentin was Conan O'Brien.
In addition, Edgar Wright, director of "Shaun of Zombies", Jordan Vogt Roberts, director of "King Kong Skull Island", Sam Lake, director of Remedy, Geoff Keighley, founder of TGA, and Errolson Hugh, director of ACRONYM, a Canadian trendy filmmaker, all participated. Play the role of a staff member in a node city, or distribution center.
"Death Stranding" can be said to be the triple-A video game that invites the most celebrities in the history of gaming, and it is estimated that it is difficult to do it if you just spend money, and I don't know how to do it. But Hideo Kojima is like the redhead in "One Piece", it is estimated that he has eaten face, and the big guys sell him face. "Death Stranding 2" is also exposed to many celebrities participating, but I don't know if it can break the record of the first part of "Death Stranding", it seems that players can only wait and see.