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

Idk if I like this. Wouldn’t having big famous Hollywood actors and actresses screw over the industry for a lot of people? Which sucks because just because they’re actors, it doesn’t mean they can voice act - Megan Fox has did a character in the new Mortal Kombat and she gave the most wooden performance in recent memory; Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk 2077 was kind of odd at times, but it was still okay.

I just don’t want these big names invading a space that’s already hard to compete in, and then taking all the jobs because of star power and not their actual talent.

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nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think Keanu Reeves is great in Cyberpunk 2077

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- fishy195@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah for real. I think Johnny Silverhand is my favorite Keanu role of all time
  
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snooggums@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Eh, actors and actresses have been in games foe decades just like they have done voices in animated films for decades. Both cases tend to only attract big names to a few games and this reads like the usual ebb and flow of interest from a limited number of people and gaming companies.

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- stardust@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yes, but usually not as themselves, so they were hired on the quality of their voice performance. So lot of times you don’t recognize it is them, which is really what you want from a performance where you really just see the character and not the actor performing.
  
  But, with more of their actual likeness being put in games instead of an opportunity to truly disappear into a role it can lead to their presence overshadowing the character they are playing. Which is a shame to me since it’s a medium where an actors actual voice or appearance doesn’t have to matter like live action does.
  
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PoetSII@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I agree with your point but imo Johnny Silverhand is Keanu’s best work.

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Kbin_space_program@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
E.G. the newfound celebrity of the BG3 VAs as they run around on social media.

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InisSieferI@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I agree. Plus it will make them even more expensive if they're full of star studded casts like all animation movies nowadays. Just let normal voice actors act.

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c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Back in 2007 Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi from Star Trek TNG) did the most phoned-in performance for Mass Effect, meanwhile other VA’s were running circles around her.

It’s been around for a bit.

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