Keanu Reeves discusses doing motion-capture for his rock star character in video game Cyberpunk 2077
Bill & Ted Face the Music star Keanu Reeves discussed the difference between doing motion-capture for The Matrix as opposed to the video game Cyberpunk 2077 dropping December 10.
‘I did it in The Matrix films so to start doing motion capture for Johnny was all very familiar to me,’ the evergreen 56-year-old said in a four-minute BTS video.
‘The only difference I think technologically was how close they were going to real-time review. But creatively it was very familiar and sense of starting a library of gesture and the toolbox for the animators to work with for the character.’
Dropping December 10! Bill & Ted Face the Music star Keanu Reeves discussed the difference between doing motion-capture for The Matrix as opposed to the video game Cyberpunk 2077
Keanu went to great lengths to embody his role as deceased rock star-turned-terrorist Johnny Silverhand, whose soul was digitized into a bio-chip the protagonist implants into his own head.
‘He burned down half the city just to prove he was right, and burned the other half just because it was fun,’ a female character described in the trailer.
Johnny – who has a mechanical arm – is out for revenge in megalopolis Night City, aiming to bring down the mega-corp that created the bio-chip.
It’s a mature-rated, choose-your-own-adventure game from CD Projekt Red, which has different outcomes depending on the player’s own actions.
The evergreen 56-year-old said in a four-minute BTS video: ‘I did it in The Matrix films so to start doing motion capture for Johnny was all very familiar to me’
Keanu continued: ‘The only difference I think technologically was how close they were going to real-time review. But creatively it was very familiar and sense of starting a library of gesture and the toolbox for the animators to work with for the character’
‘He wants to change the world’: Reeves went to great lengths to embody his role as deceased rock star-turned-terrorist Johnny Silverhand, whose soul was digitized into a bio-chip the protagonist implants into his own head
‘You almost have to play a moment…with three different behavioral attitudes,’ Reeves explained.
‘So you get to see Johnny as a rock star, you hear about his military past, and he’s fighting for his survival. He’s kind of got all these things leading into the moment of this guy. It’s really an interpretation because I think there’s a Johnny Silverhand in all of us.
‘He’s got a lot of energy, he’s got a good sense of humour, if not a little dark at times. He’s very passionate – he cares. He’s kind of naïve, but he’s also super-experienced in life. He’s got, certainly, an appetite for life.’
A female character described in the trailer: ‘He burned down half the city just to prove he was right, and burned the other half just because it was fun’
Named for his mechanical arm: Johnny is out for revenge in megalopolis Night City, aiming to bring down the mega-corp that created the bio-chip
‘I think there’s a Johnny Silverhand in all of us’: It’s a mature-rated, choose-your-own-adventure game from CD Projekt Red, which has different outcomes depending on the player’s own actions
The Beirut-born Canadian explained: ‘You almost have to play a moment…with three different behavioral attitudes. So you get to see Johnny as a rock star, you hear about his military past, and he’s fighting for his survival’
The protagonist character scoffed: ‘You’re a d*** you know.’
Johnny clapped back: ‘And you’re a c***. Maybe we’ll fit together after all.’
Directing duo Adam Badowski and Mateusz Kanik also enlisted art-pop songstress Grimes to voice Metadwarves frontwoman Lizzy Wizzy in Cyberpunk 2077.
Drops December 10! The McGill University drop-out next voices Metadwarves frontwoman Lizzy Wizzy alongside Keanu Reeves in CD Projekt Red’s video game Cyberpunk 2077