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Behind the Scenes with Captain McLaren aka Gillian Anderson - Star Citizen News

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited January 2016 in News & Features Discussion

Behind the Scenes with Captain McLaren aka Gillian Anderson - Star Citizen News

Gillian Anderson has a role in Star Citizen: Squadron 42 as Captain McLaren. Last summer, Anderson traveled to London's Imaginarium Studios for some motion capture acting to prepare her character's role. Check it out for some fascinating footage of a work in progress. It's quite cool!

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  • FacelessSaviorFacelessSavior Member UncommonPosts: 188
    In a word? Yuck.
  • TwoThreeFourTwoThreeFour Member UncommonPosts: 2,155
    She was excellent in the tv-series Hannibal. 
  • 4Renziks4Renziks Member UncommonPosts: 390
    whats the point in hiring her..the in game model looks nothing like her

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,939
    She was excellent in the tv-series Hannibal. 
    She's an excellent actress. Have you ever seen an interview with her? She comes off a bit "bubbly". But then her movies and tv shows she really gets into character.
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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,178
    Loved her in Bleak House

  • feroshusferoshus Member UncommonPosts: 164
    Sovrath said:

    TwoThreeFour said:
    She was excellent in the tv-series Hannibal. 

    She's an excellent actress. Have you ever seen an interview with her? She comes off a bit "bubbly". But then her movies and tv shows she really gets into character.


    Totally agree, said the same thing in the other thread, I guess there's two about this video? She really stood out in Hannibal, which was tough to do since the rest of the cast was so great.
  • booheadsbooheads Member UncommonPosts: 25
    FacelessSavior said:
    In a word? Yuck.



    She's not bad for 50. Back in her X-Files days she was smoking hot. Great actress.


    4Renziks said:
    whats the point in hiring her..the in game model looks nothing like her


    Probably due to acting? Plenty of mo-cap characters looking nothing like the actors behind them.
  • GyrusGyrus Member UncommonPosts: 2,413
    She may be a great actor - they all might be ... but so what?

    This is supposed to be a game.

    Chris Roberts (IMHO) has forgotten what the game experience is and what gamers want from it.

    Hours of cut scene work (costing how much?) translates into a few seconds of time - which many players just find annoying anyway - since it slows them down and cuts into their play time.

    And all the great cut scenes in the world, with all the great actors in the world, mean nothing if the game play sucks.

    So, as I said, this is supposed to be a game.  There is already another game covering the same genre, which is playable.   It doesn't have lots of cut scenes, voice acting or anything like that.  But it is playable and new features are being developed and added.   Meanwhile - it's playable.
    Star Citizen is in danger of becoming obsolete before it is even released.

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  • TamanousTamanous Member RarePosts: 3,030
    edited January 2016
    Gyrus said:
    She may be a great actor - they all might be ... but so what?

    This is supposed to be a game.

    Chris Roberts (IMHO) has forgotten what the game experience is and what gamers want from it.

    Hours of cut scene work (costing how much?) translates into a few seconds of time - which many players just find annoying anyway - since it slows them down and cuts into their play time.

    And all the great cut scenes in the world, with all the great actors in the world, mean nothing if the game play sucks.

    So, as I said, this is supposed to be a game.  There is already another game covering the same genre, which is playable.   It doesn't have lots of cut scenes, voice acting or anything like that.  But it is playable and new features are being developed and added.   Meanwhile - it's playable.
    Star Citizen is in danger of becoming obsolete before it is even released.



    Or perhaps the Squadron 42 story with voice acting ala Wing Commander (which this story style is trying emulate ... you know, popular ass games from long before your memory apparently that also had big name actors AND some of the same on board with this game ... like OMG coincidence! /valleygirl accent off) was promised in KS. It doesn't matter if the game can exist without it or not. It is something they wanted to develop as part of their game from the beginning (and voted for by KS pledge $$$). What other games have or don't have is irrelevant.

    You stay sassy!

  • ishistishist Member UncommonPosts: 213
    Gyrus said:
    She may be a great actor - they all might be ... but so what?

    This is supposed to be a game.
    Star Citizen is in danger of becoming obsolete before it is even released.
    *Megasnip*

    Those aren't cut scenes. That is what is going on around you as you play.

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  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    >> This is supposed to be a game.>>

    Yes, a game with one of the crowdfunding Stretch Goals being : High class actors playing SQ42 characters via mocap and voice acting

    *** gasp *** They are doing what the backers paid them for ! *** shocking *** How could that have happened ?!1!?1!

    And BTW these are not cutscenes .... they have shot so many sequences because all those actors react to you as a player during your normal gameplay.


    Have fun
  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    Erillion said:

    And BTW these are not cutscenes .... they have shot so many sequences because all those actors react to you as a player during your normal gameplay.
    Care to share with us how you're so aware of this intrinsic detail?

    Look, if you're an employee, just say so, it's fine. What pisses people off is when you're acting like a fan but you're paid by the company. Why don't you just come clean. You'll feel better about yourself and we'll think better of you.
  • FacelessSaviorFacelessSavior Member UncommonPosts: 188
    booheads said:
    FacelessSavior said:

    In a word? Yuck.







    She's not bad for 50. Back in her X-Files days she was smoking hot. Great actress.





    4Renziks said:

    whats the point in hiring her..the in game model looks nothing like her





    Probably due to acting? Plenty of mo-cap characters looking nothing like the actors behind them.


    Was a comment on her acting chops, not her appearance. She's still pretty cute. I thought she was foxy in X-Files, but her performance always irked the crap outta me.
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