![]() ![]() ![]() I only hope that what I brought to the table shows that. oftentimes goes to very, very dark places, and has this wholeness, this realness. Of course, she's strong and she's smart and all of those things, but she's also had incredible difficulty and sadness and anger. Page also found sympathy in the role of Jodie: "I think what's so great about Jodie is she's so real and complex. ![]() There was nothing cartoony or stereotypical or familiar about it, and I thought, 'Cool, that's something I'd like to work on'." "I knew it would be interesting to do, an ambiguity to it that I knew we'd find in the doing. "I liked the relationship it has a complexity to it," he says. It was this aspect that appealed most to Dafoe. Nathan Dawkins (Dafoe), the man analysing her abilities, becomes Jodie's only constant, creating a conflicted father-daughter relationship. While the presence seems to grant her unusual powers, it also leads to Jodie being abandoned by her parents and subjected to a battery of military experiments. The story spans 15 years in the life of Jodie Holmes (Page), who is haunted by a mysterious entity known as Aiden. Beyond sees Cage returning to more speculative fare. ![]() After debuting in 1999 with sci-fi effort The Nomad Soul, by the time of Heavy Rain in 2010 – a murder thriller mixed with child kidnapping – Cage was using gaming narrative to explore such intricate material as his own fears and doubts about becoming a father. "Really it was when I sat down with David and heard his intent, and about my character's journey and struggle and story, and knowing I'd get to work with Willem – to be honest, it was a bit of a no-brainer."Ĭage has spent his career telling stories through games. "I was sent the material, it was awesome, the female protagonist was incredible – I mean, what a great opportunity for an actor," says Page. While actors have lent their voices to games before – Liam Neeson appearing in Fallout 3, or Samuel L Jackson in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, for instance – this is one of the first times a fully acted performance has been captured, using technology similar to Andy Serkis's turn as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.ĭafoe and Page, who starred in Juno, were both attracted to the project by its narrative drive and the opportunities presented by telling that story through performance capture. Beyond: Two Souls, written and directed by auteur creator David Cage, and starring Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe, is released this week on PlayStation 3. Some of Hollywood's finest disagree, increasingly attracted to games for the storytelling and acting opportunities. It is a curious claim from the man who, in 1982, founded LucasArts, a video games company lauded for its story driven titles. "B y its very nature, there cannot be a plot in a game," George Lucas said a few weeks ago. ![]()
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