![]() ![]() What I get from them is an overwhelming sense that they’ve seized power and control but what’s lacking to me is their ability to translate that into caring and compassion for their people. I haven’t drawn from any of that experience - because I’ve been to Burkina Faso, I’ve met a couple of dictators. I’m interested in those countries in Africa where there are leaders who have such great resources but haven’t been able to take advantage of them and use them for their own country. Mugabe is one, obviously Castro is another. ![]() I’m very interested in third-world country where dictators have taken power and taken advantage of their population. Did you take any influence from real-world leaders or politics? Your character is a sort of dictator and the game deals with themes of nationalism. In our case, we’re really making a movie that will have more resemblance to a real film than ever before. I find it fascinating that it all comes from coding and how it all blends to bring a game to life. I’m not a gamer myself, but I’ve become a fan on this particular project. I also know that Far Cry 6 is going to open up a whole new world in terms of all the games they’ve done before. I would have liked to pick his brain about how it works, but I know from game to game it’s very different. He said he enjoyed his time working on Far Cry 3 and was excited I was going to be a star in Far Cry 6. I mentioned to him that I was doing this game and said I was going to ask Ubisoft to show me what you did. ![]() I didn’t consult with Michael, but we did have a conversation at the premiere of Better Call Saul season five. I come from theater, so it was a way for me to explore this new world and get back to my roots, as well.ĭid you consult with other actors who have done performance capture work in games while shooting Far Cry 6? Your Better Call Saul co-star Michael Mando actually starred as the villain in Far Cry 3. To use just your physicality and face and emotions, it reminded me a bit of doing a stage play. So, when Far Cry 6 came up, I was interested because we never completed the movie and I was also just getting comfortable working in this space. I found it challenging, but it introduced me to this whole world. I had some experience with director Wes Ball on his film Mouse Guard before it got shelved during the Disney-Fox acquisition, so I had about a week and a half of working in a motion capture suit. What was appealing about this project that made you want to step back into gaming? ![]() He got on the phone with THR ahead of the Far Cry reveal to talk about his return to gaming and the influences he drew from for the role. Khavari says Esposito “really took him under his wing.”Įsposito, who stars as Moff Gideon in Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, joins Far Cry after having appeared in Payday 2. “It’s going to feel very fresh.”Īcting alongside Esposito is Coco‘s Anthony Gonzalez. “This is a performance that people are going to be excited about because he really decided to do a very different twist on Antón,” says Khavari. To secure Esposito’s involvement, the team flew to New York and met with the Emmy nominee in what Khavari calls a “giant loft space.” During the four-hour meeting that followed, for which Esposito had prepared extensive notes, they discussed Castillo’s history and motivations. To hear narrative director Navid Khavari tell it, once that father-son dynamic had been locked into place, there was only one person they wanted to voice Antón Castillo: Giancarlo Esposito. The developers at Ubisoft Toronto behind Far Cry 6 didn’t want President Castillo to come across as a one-dimensional villain, so they gave him a 13-year-old son, Diego, who he’s grooming as his successor. What Global Music, Podcasting Revenue May Look Like by 2027: PwC Expert Explains Forecast ![]()
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