Back in July, Death Stranding developer Hideo Kojima briefly revealed that he was originally recommended Keanu Reeves for Mads Mikkelsen?s role in the upcoming title but he chose to offer the role to Mads instead.
In a recent interview with GameSpot, Kojima shed more light on why he chose Mads, and spoke of his admiration for Keanu, who he said he shares a lot in common with. He revealed that he did consider offering the role to Keanu at one point, and had multiple people encouraging him to do so.

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