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Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times' (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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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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[–] quams69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me it depends, if the game is a big bombastic hollywood esque block buster then cool, but I don't see how Keanu benefitted 2077's story in any way, no matter how much I love him

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He didn't. CDPR just knew that he had a lot of memes about how he's a really nice and down to earth person, and they figured that that was the kind of good will they needed for their oft-delayed title that was earning them a lot of fury even before it launched.