There are some seeds there that I felt like I would like to cultivate in terms of seeing a different type of dictator." "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. "Because I’ve been to Burkina Faso, I’ve met a couple of dictators," he explains. ![]() He sites Mugabe and Castro as particular influences on the character, but also says he's had real-life encounters that he is drawing from. In our case, we’re really making a movie that will have more resemblance to a real film than ever before."īut his most interesting response comes from a question about which other real-world leaders influence his performance. "I find it fascinating that it all comes from coding and how it all blends to bring a game to life. He also talks more about wanting to play more games now that he stars in one. He fell short of giving me any pointers." "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," he recalls. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also says that he did not consult with Better Call Saul co-star Michael Mando, who played Vaas in Far Cry 3, before taking on the role, but discussed it briefly at the Better Call Saul Season 5 premiere. "I come from theater, so it was a way for me to explore this new world and get back to my roots, as well." "To use just your physicality and face and emotions, it reminded me a bit of doing a stage play," the actor says. The Hollywood Reporter also has a written interview with Esposito, where he talks about Far Cry 6 is relation to his previous turn as a villain in a game, Payday 2 (which was an FMV performance rather than motion capture).
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