{"id":326750,"date":"2025-10-18T23:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2164062"},"modified":"2025-10-18T23:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:45:46","slug":"metal-gear-solid-movie-star-says-he-loves-the-strangely-isolated-mournful-lonely-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/metal-gear-solid-movie-star-says-he-loves-the-strangely-isolated-mournful-lonely-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Gear Solid movie star says he loves the &#8220;strangely isolated, mournful, lonely&#8221; game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/metal-gear-solid-movie-star-says-he-loves-the-strangely-isolated-mournful-lonely-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oscar Isaac &#8211; who&#8217;s set to play Solid Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie &#8211; says he took the role because he &#8220;loved the game&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/totalfilm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Total Film<\/a>, Isaac talked about his current commitments, which include the Metal Gear Solid film from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just loved the game,&#8221; Isaac said (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/oscar-isaac-on-why-he-wanted-to-play-solid-snake-in-the-metal-gear-solid-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GamesRadar+<\/a>, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/oscar-isaac-on-metal-gear-solid-its-just-a-strangely-isolated-mournful-lonely-game-3025269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NME<\/a>). &#8220;I love the feeling that the game would give me every time I&#8217;d play. It&#8217;s just a strangely isolated, mournful, lonely game to play that has these incredible moments of violence and terror, with these weird, psychedelic concepts and villains. But, yes, it&#8217;s kind of like psychedelic military horror things that happen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-22-metal-gear-solid-movie-star-says-he-loves-the-strangely-isolated-mournful-lonely-game\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-22-metal-gear-solid-movie-star-says-he-loves-the-strangely-isolated-mournful-lonely-game\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar Isaac &#8211; who&#8217;s set to play Solid Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie &#8211; says he took the role because he &#8220;loved the game&#8221;. In an interview with Total Film, Isaac talked about his current commitments, which include the Metal Gear Solid film from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. &#8220;I just loved the game,&#8221; Isaac said (thanks, GamesRadar+, via NME). &#8220;I love the feeling that the game would give me every time I&#8217;d play. It&#8217;s just a strangely isolated, mournful, lonely game to play that has these incredible moments of violence and terror, with these weird, psychedelic concepts and villains. But, yes, it&#8217;s kind of like psychedelic military horror things that happen. 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