Our protagonist this time around is a military dropout turned guerilla activist named Dani Rojas. The choice on whether you want to play the character as female (portrayed by Nisa Gunduz) or a male (Sean Rey) is yours. You will get the exact same story regardless of who you opt to go on your adventure as, but there will be some subtle differences along the way with the portrayal, and it turns out the two actors had to work extremely closely to make the part their own.<\/p>\n
Nisa Gunduz \u2013 who you might recognise from Designated Survivor \u2013 chatted to RadioTimes.com<\/a> at a recent Far Cry 6 press event, and she gave us the lowdown on what it\u2019s really like to star in one of the biggest video games of the year, but also have to share that role with a male counterpart. As it turns out, her understanding of the character really changed through the production, as new scripts kept appearing.<\/p>\n \u201cStarting with a character where we only had like two weeks of scripts at a time, and we were getting those while we filmed, and there was this evolution of the character\u2026 going through the journey with her myself was kind of amazing,\u201d Gunduz says about the role, which turned out to be far more involved and technical than she had ever expected. \u201cI feel like in general, you don\u2019t get opportunities like that as an actor, and it was sort of like being on a series where you get multiple seasons \u2013 that\u2019s really how it felt.\u201d<\/p>\n Gunduz was in the dark over where her character and the Far Cry 6 story were headed \u2013 there were key characters and actors that were involved that she had no idea about until well into the filming process, including the villain played by Breaking Bad legend Giancarlo Esposito. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know who the villain was until like halfway through filming,\u201d Gunduz tells us. \u201cI had heard that it was going to be someone big, but you never know, right?\u201d<\/p>\n Chatting to Gunduz was an eye-opening experience about what it is like to be an actor in a game, particularly one that has two people playing different versions of the same character. And despite her and Sean not acting opposite each other, Nisa says that there was a level of teamwork required that was unlike any other role she has had.<\/p>\n Gunduz told us: \u201cIn general, I think our role requires more teamwork than any other acting job will ever require. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever be on a set again where I have to be so in-synch with someone like Sean and I had to be.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the female version of the character, I tried to make it different so if Sean does the scene first, I\u2019ll try and do something a little different when I step up. We\u2019re different people, we\u2019re different actors and we both have different things to bring to the role, but we\u2019re also trying to do that with the constraints of what someone else did in their performance.\u201d<\/p> \u201cSomething we got really really good at was communication,\u201d Gunduz added. \u201cI could pull him to one side and ask him to leave a little bit of time after he says a line so I could do something and vice versa.<\/p>\n \u201cWe weren\u2019t trying to one-up each other at all. We were just trying to make it different, while also staying true to what we as actors bring to the role, without having to be overly influenced by the other performance. We were always on set together but never in the same scene. We had to hit the same beats that the other person hit while also making the role your own.\u201d<\/p>\n Gunduz has never been an avid gamer herself, but her brothers are, and while she has always known that games have evolved a lot over the years, she had no idea just how much goes into making one, and she has come away from the project with a newfound appreciation for how epic they can be and how much work is required.<\/p>\n \u201cThe creativity behind games is inexplicable,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I got there and I realised how much of my imagination I was going to bring to the world, it was quite something. You have this mo-cap suit on, you\u2019re on the mo-cap floor which is just this grey room, you have lights in your eyes, at all times and you have a heavy headset on and the suit can be a bit restricting. It was amazing. It was a learning curve for sure, but it really helped me to build creativity and to bring that to other roles outside of video game acting too because you have to create this world inside your head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to act off,\u201d Gunduz continued. \u201cIf you have a phone [in a scene] it\u2019s a piece of styrofoam with markings on it. If you have a lighter it\u2019s just a little piece of wood with markings on it. So everything there is make-believe and you really have to bring your creativity to the individual scenes and the role. The biggest shock for me was the technical aspects and not really realising just how much goes into cinematics \u2013 it\u2019s like making a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n But has she had a chance to play the game yet and play through it as a virtual version of herself? It would appear someone on the Far Cry 6 development team needs to up their game and get her a copy shipped!<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t had the chance to play it yet,\u201d Gunduz revealed, \u201cbut I honestly can\u2019t wait. Even just watching some of the cinematics is a bit of an out of body experience. It\u2019s like it\u2019s not me, it\u2019s animated, it\u2019s surreal. I would love to do something like this again. I think mo-cap is more challenging than anything I\u2019ve done. It is not just about acting \u2013 there is so much else going on and you really need to bring it. I\u2019d love to do it again. You get roles in video games that you may generally not be able to get in other projects.\u201d<\/p>\n Far Cry 6 launches on PS4, PS5<\/a>, Xbox One, Xbox Series X<\/a>\/S, PC and Google Stadia on 7th October. You can pre-order the game now at Amazon<\/a>, GAME<\/a>\u00a0or your retailer of choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n Follow Radio Times Gaming on Twitter<\/a> for all the latest insights. Or if you\u2019re looking for something to watch, see our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our video game release schedule<\/a> for all upcoming games on consoles. 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