Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times'

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Idris Elba, who stars in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, sees a future where films and games converge.

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Kristen Bell was in Assassin's Creed II and that was 14 years ago... Fuck I feel old.

But still, it's been slowly happening for quite a while

Sean Bean was in Oblivion, that's even older.

Batman Begins (2005) had an all-star voice cast from the movies:

  • Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
  • Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
  • Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard/Ra's al Ghul
  • Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes
  • Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow
  • Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone
  • Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
  • Tim Booth as Victor Zsasz
  • Mark Boone Junior as Detective Arnold Flass
  • Ken Watanabe as Ra's al Ghul (decoy)

Bruce Lee was in Bruce Lee in 1984, if you really want to get down to it. And he wasn't even the first.

He's also in civ 6 but I know that's newer. I just love his soothing voice

There it is. This was a big deal at the time because it wasn't just voice acting but a character built around his likeness too. The game was meh

The game was kickass for a kid who loved all kinds of weird action games! I probably shouldn't try it again and ruin my memories of it.

But a top down shooter where you could fire in different directions than you were walking was revolutionary for a kid who had mostly played metal gear solid on his new PlayStation.

Games have been doing that since Robotron: 2084 in 1982.

Not surprised. But I had never seen a game like that by then. And very rarely after too. Most recent one I played was.. Alien Swarm, I think? I loved that one too.

To be fair, they were often arcade games which required two joysticks. I had a game for my Amiga that I don't remember the name of that used the keyboard to do it.

Matthew Perry was Benny from FO: New Vegas

Ron Perlman provided opening and closing narration for all the numbered Fallout games.

And Fallout 1 was very much a “budget” title for Interplay, so it’s not like the studio was just splashing money around because they could.

And before that, Liam Neeson was the player character's father in FO3.

This kind of thing has been going on for at least 30 years. One of the earliest examples is Night Trap starring Dana Plato. You may not know who that is, but anyone who grew up watching Diff'rent Strokes certainly does. If you want a more mainstream example, look at Ripper from 1996 which features Christopher Walken, Paul Giamatti, Karen Allen, Burgess Meredith, David Patrick Kelly, Ossie Davis, and John Rhys-Davies.

Wing Commander III a 1994 release had Mark Hammill, Malcolm McDowell , and Tim Curry. Video game actors , voice actors and mainstream actors have intertwined for many years.

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