Willem Dafoe is both terrifying, and terribly endearing. You’ve seen him as Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ, a mentor as Sergeant Elias in Platoon, as the Nosferatu’s Max Schreck and the megalomaniac scientist Norman Osborne in Spider-Man. Soon, we’ll be seeing him in Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls.
He’ll be lending his likeness and voice to the game – via the magic of full body motion capture. He’ll be giving us a digital performance as a government scientist, Nathan Dawkins, working to understand the strange interlinked supernatural powers at the heart of the game.
Given Dafoe’s penchant for portraying characters of an unhinged disposition, he’s probably not going to be nice to Ellen Page’s character Jodie for too long.
See it all in action here, with a behind the scenes look afterwards. The game will be available exclusively for the PlayStation 3 this October. I’m pretty excited. I don’t care that Quantic Dreams’ games are little more than very pretty QTE-lead interactive story; they’re amazing, gripping experiences.
Last Updated: March 4, 2013
Admiral Chief Erwin
March 4, 2013 at 14:40
Don’t forget him as the quirky/insane gay FBI agent in Boondock Saints. Epic role in epic movie
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
March 4, 2013 at 14:45
And as Klaus in The Life Aquatic!
The Lying Dutchman
March 4, 2013 at 14:59
As a side note, why wasn’t there ever a Boondock Saints FPS? It could’ve been a co-op like Army of Two, or even a GTA style game…
Admiral Chief Erwin
March 4, 2013 at 15:05
With drinking mini-games!
Trevor Davies
March 4, 2013 at 15:19
and rope, because you never know when it might come in handy
Admiral Chief Erwin
March 4, 2013 at 15:51
And ridiculous masks to look effin scary!
Devon Stanton
March 4, 2013 at 21:44
“THERE WAS A FIRE-FIGHT!!”
They Lying Dutchman
March 4, 2013 at 14:51
Yeah, I regard this to be a serious oversight. Why don’t you make like a tree and f-f-f-f…
Admiral Chief Erwin
March 4, 2013 at 14:54
You know what they say, people in glass houses sink ships!
Nathan Horne
March 4, 2013 at 15:07
Wow, this “game” looks like it’s going to have an interesting story, can’t wait – the graphics seem a bit dated though – not much of an improvement since Heavy Rain…
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
March 4, 2013 at 15:08
When it was first shown, it looked amazing – but the longer and longer we’ve had to wait, the less and less impressive it’s becoming.
Jonah Cash
March 4, 2013 at 17:16
Cmon you guys, it is actually Walter Bishop of Fringe!! And she is obviously Olivia Dunham!!