It seems Hideo Kojima is being talked about again, and Death Stranding – the latest from the famed Metal Gear director – is yet again the topic. This time, Kojima tells us that he’s not trying to legitimize games. Although Kojima has well-established actors – and a film director – working alongside him on this project, Kojima says he’s not interested in “whether actors sell or whether they’re famous or they’re established.”
When asked if he was trying to legitimize games as an art form, Kojima said “[it’s] not my aim at all” in an interview with Telegraph. Interesting, considering Norman Reedus is a mainstay of The Walking Dead, and Guillermo del Toro Gómez has directed films like Hellboy (2004), Pacific Rim (2013), and The Shape of Water (2017). In addition to these two, Death Stranding has also revealed Mads Mikkelsen (Clash of the Titans, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Léa Seydoux (Beauty and the Beast, Isle of Dogs), and Lindsay Wagner (NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy) as part of the game’s cast. You can read his full statement below.
That?s not my aim at all. Game development is something that takes a lot of energy and requires a lot of time and is something you wholly invest your life into. I?m sure it?s the same case for making a movie but when you?re investing so much you don?t think about whether actors sell or whether they?re famous or they?re established. For me, it was more workin...