Death Stranding Nicolas Winding Refn

Hideo Kojima Shares Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Nicolas Winding Refn in Death Stranding

Death Stranding has long been i of the nearly anticipated games on the horizon for many around the world, and other than the reveal that the game will in fact arrive afterward this year, one of the more surprising reveals was that managing director Nicolas Winding Refn volition play part in the upcoming game.

Following today'south new trailer for the title, Hideo Kojima shared some new details on the role that Nicolas Winding Refn–known for his films such asDrive and The Neon Demon–will play inDeath Stranding, as a character known as "Heartman."

Specifically, Kojima shared that Refn, whom he considers his "bestie," came on board as a special guest at Kojima's asking, and that his facial features, body, and head were 3D-scanned into the game. Nevertheless, like the case with Guillermo del Toro, Refn's character volition exist acted and voiced by some other performer. Kojima'due south assistant also shared another photo of the two during his session to be scanned for the game dorsum in October 2017.

Death Stranding will be coming exclusively to PS4 on November 8, 2019. If you have yet to pre-order the game, you tin do that right now over on Amazon.

I asked my bestie, Nicolas, to exist "HEARTMAN" in DS equally special guest. We 3D scanned his head, torso, and facial expressions to brand his 3D model, but his acting and voice are done by a dissimilar performer, aforementioned as with Guillermo. 👍🌈🦀🐟🐋☔️ picture.twitter.com/wOGt0LfX89

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) May 29, 2019

2017年10月某日のレフン監督と小島監督。この日にレフン監督の3Dスキャンを行いました。
Nicolas West. Refn and Hideo Kojima on a 24-hour interval in October 2017, when nosotros did his 3D scanning. motion picture.twitter.com/MwyqyQfdsQ

— Ayako (Touchy!) (@Kaizerkunkun) May 29, 2019

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