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Lego Horizon recasts Sylens, previously played by the late Lance Reddick
Sept Terrion Of Nothing
Member
Hope they keep using the same face with the permission of his family.
He was a really good actor and played Sylens extremely well.
He was a really good actor and played Sylens extremely well.
diffusionx
Gold Member
not just saying this to puff up a dead guy, his performance was amazing and really stood out in a title that otherwise had lots of sus acting.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
It's a Lego game, there are no human faces.
Sept Terrion Of Nothing
Member
Well yeah. I wasn't talking about this game actually but for the future Horizon games
My bad not to clearly state that.
March Climber
Gold Member
The obvious three choices:
(Last one is David Harewood).
(Last one is David Harewood).
GulfCoastZilla
Gold Member
Keith David already took over one of his roles in Destiny and imo it was god awful.
I just heard Lance everytime he spoke to cope with how bad it was.
I just heard Lance everytime he spoke to cope with how bad it was.
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GooseMan69
Member
Was the all state guy in the Splinter Cell games? Sounds like one of the guys who would brief you before and during missions.
diffusionx
Gold Member
You can't just replace him with another baritone black guy. There was a subtlety in his performance that is difficult to replicate and I doubt whoever they chose will actually be able to. It's just a major loss for the franchise and it wouldn't surprise me if they right him out of future games for this reason.
March Climber
Gold Member
In Pandora Tomorrow yeah, he was the briefing guy. I haven’t played the Horizon games but Lance usually spoke with heavy enunciation and a militaristic tone in most of his roles. Allstate guy (Dennis Haysbert) would do well if this role is like that.
March Climber
Gold Member
Personally I have never been a fan of this ‘when the actor dies the role dies’ mentality. Disney messed up Black Panther’s entire timeline and the BP 2 movie because of that. Gen V(The Boys spinoff) is about to face a similar issue due to Chance’s death.
Usually in the past decades, when an actor either left a role or died they would do their due diligence to find a great enough replacement for the role. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but the point is that the writers aren’t suddenly scrapping tons of work and having to do last minute rewrites, because that’s how you get a dip in quality.
Edit: Also I didn’t just pick any 3 black guys with a baritone voice. Listen to the clips, their enunciation, speaking pattern, etc.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
They should’ve just killed off the character IMO. But TBH I have played a few hundred hours of Destiny 2 and don’t remember a single thing about the narrative, but I do remember accepting quests from Lance Reddick.
Vick
Gold Member
I'm curious, but I've already accepted this as a lost cause in the future games because no one on this planet can get even close to what Lance brought to this character.
As I said one year before he passed away:
To the point simply hearing him talk and reveal secrets, as silly as this sounds, has always been a major motivation for me in these games. He was just too goddamn good.
As I said one year before he passed away:
To the point simply hearing him talk and reveal secrets, as silly as this sounds, has always been a major motivation for me in these games. He was just too goddamn good.
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Muffdraul
Member
Anyone with a minimum of two brain cells inside their skull knew what you meant.Well yeah. I wasn't talking about this game actually but for the future Horizon games
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
He was very good as Sylens. As Zavala too.
I get that it was his take but yeah, it didn't feel like Zavala. Made worse by the fact that Lance Reddick's voice lines were still in the game.
That would be my choice of the 3 shared up here.
Roman Empire
Member
Lance Reddick did a stellar job as Sylens and Zavala (Destiny). His performance always stood out when he was in the spotlight, and he was always up for doing rehearsal of his lines to please fans and whatnot. Every year he would record a message for Destiny fans in commemorative dates. We lost one of the good ones.
Bloobs
Al Pachinko, Konami President
March Climber
Gold Member
Interesting idea, far too expensive.
Puscifer
Member
I think they're talking future games, bruv
Werewolf Jones
Member
You're thinking of David Harewood who played Sinclar in Shadowfall.
Killzone: Shadow Fall (Video Game 2013) - IMDb
Killzone: Shadow Fall (Video Game 2013) David Harewood as Sinclair
www.imdb.com
Shows how good
March Climber
's recommendation is if that's who you mistook him for.
CompleteGlobalSaturation
Member
They should have used David harewood. His voice sounds very similar to Lance.
Keith David as Zavela sounds absolutely fucking awful as a casting choice.
nowhat
Gold Member
Assuming Guerrilla would still use Lance's appearance, there is also the consideration of facial features/shape of the face for future facial capture. The closer the actor's face is to that of the model, the better the results are/need less tweaking afterwards.
Given these constraints, the obvious replacement is Ru Paul.
Given these constraints, the obvious replacement is Ru Paul.
