Death Stranding: Hideo Kojima was really useful Keanu Reeves, however wished Mads Mikkelsen

22.07.2019

In 2019, the Year of Keanu, Kojima admits that he selected to not search the beloved actor out for Death Stranding.

This information comes by way of a Twitter report from contained in the San Diego Comic Con panel for Death Stranding, whereby Kojima and Drive director Nicolas Winding-Refn (who performs Heartman, a personality who – I shit you not – experiences coronary heart failure each 21 minutes, goes to the afterlife for 3 minutes, after which comes again.

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“Heartman’s coronary heart stops each 21 minutes. What occurs is that he dies and he seems for his household on the opposite facet for 3 minutes,”

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Wild. Anyway, one fan, Kalai_chik, was within the viewers and live-tweeted proceedings. At one level, Kojima dropped a tidbit that’s notably resonant proper now – he was really useful Keanu Reeves for his game, however actually wished to go along with Mads Mikkelsen (presumably as a result of Mikkelsen guidelines – have you ever seen Hannibal?)

Hideo: “I originally was recommended Keanu Reeves but I wanted Madds.” #DeathStranding #hideokojima pic.twitter.com/KY442aQsIx

— Kalai 📸 SDCC (@kalai_chik) July 21, 2019

Keanu, after all, is doing simply high-quality, and nonetheless managed to make it into an enormous game – he’s throughout Cyberpunk 2077.

The longer Twitter thread digs into some extra particulars concerning the panel, though Kojima continues to be imprecise on the small print. “You’re alone playing as Sam, you’re trying to connect city to city”, he reportedly mentioned. “I can’t speak much but everyone will be playing around the world and we’ll have an indirect connections.”

They additionally unveiled the game’s field artwork.