As Covid-19 has changed Hideo Kojima’s vision for “Death Stranding 2”

Stranding of death 2 Marinelli’s wife also presents Alissa Jung: “I was also looking for someone who interpreted Lucy, but in the middle of the pandemic it was not easy. One day, Luca asked me if I had found his” counterparty “. I told him no.

Among the favorite scenes of Kojima shot for Stranding of death 2mentions a coup de Marinelli and Jung: “Luca, in the meantime, was turning the series Mussolini: son of the centurydirected by Joe Wright. When I offered him the role that was beautiful, he looked like a young Alain Delon. But when I scanned it he had changed: I asked him what had happened. He replied: “I’m fat to play Mussolini”. We couldn’t do much, so we scanned it as it was.

“A year later, at the time of the capture of the movement, had changed again. I thought:” Oh God, it is not the Luca I expected “, but then we solved him digitally. It was a great problem, but what shot is really good! Most of the scenes with Alissa and Luca are only between the two of them, and the interesting thing is that, because I am a husband and wife in real life, they have an incredible chemistry.

“Luca comes from the theater and Alissa is a director and an actor. Sometimes he tried to take over on the set also! We shot the Sie Angeles study. It is a huge study, almost like a great set of Hollywood. I and a couple of staff went to manage the filming, but there have never been the shooting, but they never went to look, but they never went to watch.

The music of Stranding of death

Kojima’s games also impress with their beautiful soundtracks e Death stranding 2: on the beach It is no exception. One of the star artists of the new title is WoodkidAnd the director of the game said he had met him by chance in Paris in 2020, when the artist wanted to present himself, being a fan of Kojima, playing one of his songs. Kojima was also affected by Woodkid’s music videos, who have atmospheres like that of Stranding of deathAnd Kojima decided to contact him to make him work on some songs for the soundtrack of the second chapter.

Music was an important legacy to continue, especially after the disappearance of Low Roar’s Ryan Karazija, whose musical style had deeply scored the first chapter. Kojima explained that he had also included some unpublished rusty tracks in the new game, sent to him by the singer’s family.