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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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[-] Mantis_Toboggan@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Patrick fuckin Stewart was in it as well but he dies in the tutorial.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago

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)
[-] Paradox 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] plantedworld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] leftzero@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oblivion is TESIV.

[-] scops@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago
[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] emptyother@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] emptyother@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] habanhero@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Matthew Perry was Benny from FO: New Vegas

[-] beefcat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Wumbologist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Davel23@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Flightbird386@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] 0XiDE@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Who was also in Dune 2000

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