“I asked who would be good for the lead. He said, "Sophia Lillis, obviously!"”
Kojima said that, when he asked who would be good for OD’s lead, Sophia Lillis was recommended.
“Before someone calls "Action!" she seems like an ordinary person. Then the camera rolls, and she transforms. She'll do anything. It's remarkable.”
“I pitched him the game, and he agreed to do it.”
“I pitch the projects myself, too.”
“Putting Elle in a video game is a big responsibility on my part, so I wanted to make something that will live up to her expectations.”
“But I really wanted to put in an Asian character, and if I'm going to use an Asian actor, I wanted them to be Japanese because, well, um, I'm Japanese.”