Note: This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Anthony Mackie was eager to enter the demolition derby-style world of “Twisted Metal.”
The Marvel actor — who stars as John Doe, an amnesiac driver transporting goods across a war-torn nation — told TheWrap that he and his team were looking for a “different type of energy” than his previous projects when he signed onto the PlayStation video game adaptation for Peacock.
“It was actually about me just being able to show a different side of myself. This business can bog you down and you lose that lighthearted side of yourself if that’s what you’re pigeonholed into,” he explained. “So my team and I would look for something that was more comedic, something that I could just run around and have fun with.”
Mackie said he played plenty of PlayStation while growing up in New Orleans. One of his first video games was “Twisted Metal.
Anthony Mackie was eager to enter the demolition derby-style world of “Twisted Metal.”
The Marvel actor — who stars as John Doe, an amnesiac driver transporting goods across a war-torn nation — told TheWrap that he and his team were looking for a “different type of energy” than his previous projects when he signed onto the PlayStation video game adaptation for Peacock.
“It was actually about me just being able to show a different side of myself. This business can bog you down and you lose that lighthearted side of yourself if that’s what you’re pigeonholed into,” he explained. “So my team and I would look for something that was more comedic, something that I could just run around and have fun with.”
Mackie said he played plenty of PlayStation while growing up in New Orleans. One of his first video games was “Twisted Metal.
- 7/26/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
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