Speaking at Sydney Film Festival, Hideo Kojima spoke about actor Luca Marinelli – who he's a big fan of, saying he chose him for Death Stranding 2 because he needed someone who "would surpass" Mads Mikkelsen in the first game. Marinelli was revealed to players in a trailer back in March, in which his garb – a gray bandana – drew immediate comparisons to Metal Gear 's long-suffering hero.
As it turns out, fans weren't the only ones to draw those comparisons – so did Marinelli himself. Kojima says that when he asked the actor how he and his friends reacted to his Death Stranding 2 character reveal, Marinelli said: "'Oh Snake is wonderful. I'm so happy to be Snake'
Kojima had to put that misconception to bed pretty quickly, telling Marinelli, "'no, you're not Snake. You just have a bandana on your head!" Unfortunately, we don't know how Marinelli reacted to that reveal, but we do know that Kojima remains a huge fan of his actor.
"I needed someone who can top Mads [Mikkelsen] and Cliff," he said. "I thought Luca could do it." That intuition was proven correct once Marinelli arrived on set – "His acting was just so, so spectacular," Kojima went on. "Léa [Seydoux] comes in or Norman [Reedus] comes in, they're usually on their phones. But then when Luca started to perform, everyone put their phones down and concentrated."
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So basically…
**NO! THAT IS NOT SOLID SNAKE!**
>someone who can top Mads [Mikkelsen]
sorry but my favorite “old guy that plays villian” just does his job too perfect lmao.
When you can’t even say….
Sure it’s not Snake! When I got tickets to Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe, the ticket receipt said “NOT YES.”
You’re not that guy, pal trust me. You’re not that guy.
I’m gonna dress you like Batman but if you think for even one moment that you’re batman, I’ll fucking end you.
That blurb does not inspire confidence in the role or character if the actor doesn’t even know who he’s playing.
And whispered in an almost inaudible way
“For legal reasons”
How do I mute the Death Stranding marketing blitz
Of course, he’s Gelatinous Centipede.
Honestly I don’t think anyone can top Mads Mikkelsen’s performance from the first game.
I can’t believe it’s ^(not) Solid Snake
You’re not Snake, you’re Ekans.
Must be a hell of a letdown for that actor
#notmysnake
He just plays as a reptile of an unspecified state of matter
>I needed someone who can top Mads (Mikkelsen).
I thought that was already Kojima’s job