Direct quote 2023-06
“They were the kind of people that I wanted to work with. ... I wanted to do something with them that probed slightly deeper.”
What it documents
Kojima explained why he wanted to work with actors like Mads Mikkelsen and Léa Seydoux in Death Stranding: they had been in art-house and independent films as well as Hollywood movies; they were the kind of people he wanted to work with, and he wanted to do something with them that probed slightly deeper.
Source
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (documentary by Glen Milner; PlayStation Productions / Kojima Productions); official English SDH subtitles, 2023-06 (00:31:56,750–00:32:33,916). View source ↗
“People like Mads and Léa have been in art-house, independent movies, but they're also in Hollywood movies. ... They were the kind of people that I wanted to work with. ... I wanted to do something with them that probed slightly deeper.”