Ever since video games became a mainstream form of entertainment, so many games and characters have reached icon status, many of which have later been adapted to live-action movies and TV shows.
Films and shows based on games are becoming more and more common, and a multitude of Hollywood stars have portrayed popular characters in live-action.
Browse through the slideshow to discover 10+ actors who have portrayed iconic video game characters in live-action movies and TV shows…
Gerard Butler is starring in the new thriller Kandahar and a trailer has been released!
In the new movie, Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring in the film are Homeland‘s Navid Negahban, Victoria & Abdul‘s Ali Fazal, Raised by Wolves‘ Travis Fimmel, and Iranian actress Elnaaz Norouzi.
“400 miles. 30 hours. A race for survival. Check out the trailer for my new movie KANDAHAR,” Gerard wrote on social media.
The film will be released in theaters on May 26.
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Machine Gun Kelly has an exciting new role!
The 30-year-old music star and actor, also known as Colson Baker, will join Travis Fimmel in the upcoming action-thriller One Way, directed by Andrew Bird, Deadline reported Friday (September 11).
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Machine Gun Kelly
Principal photography is planned for January 2021.
Here’s a plot summary: “One Way will follow Freddy (Baker) who goes on the run with a bag full of cash and cocaine after a robbery of his former crime boss goes wrong. With a potentially fatal wound, he slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. With his boss and her henchmen hot on his heels and his life slipping through his fingers, he is left with very few choices.”
Machine Gun Kelly also has some new developments in his personal life.
Travis Fimmel poses for a photo in the new Rogue Magazine Issue No. 9, which is available now.
Here is what the 38-year-old Vikings actor shared with the mag:
On what he dreams of pursuing if he wasn’t acting: “To work on a farm, you know? There are so many professions in one. Carpentry and metalwork, animal stuff, horticulture. It’s everything. It’s ten professions, yeah? You get to do it all yourself. Not many other careers that you can learn all that stuff that is so diverse.”
On previously saying he doesn’t want to be an actor: “I appreciate acting because it has given me opportunity and money. I respect how hard it is and how talented the people in the industry are. But it’s not as important to me as some other people make it. It’s a job.”
On a country he felt connected to: “I really liked Ireland. The people there were pretty amazing. Just a great attitude to life. They are great storytellers. Every second fella can recite a poem or sing really well. It makes the pubs really fun. Probably Thailand was my favorite place. Just so clean and healthy. The food was so fresh and the water so blue. It felt like really clean living. The people were so friendly and lived in such a different way, such a different culture. Happy people.”
For more from Travis, pick up a copy of Rogue!
Travis Fimmel started off his career as a model and he fell into acting, something he says he never wanted to do and still doesn’t want to do.
“I just f–king came out here and tried to do it. I did a class. I never wanted to be an actor, ever. I still don’t,” the 38-year-old Vikings actor told GQ Australia when asked to describe the moment he realized he could act.
Travis is not a fan of going on auditions and promoting his projects.
“I hate it. Absolutely hate it. It’s very unrealistic. There’s people that like to get up and talk in front of people. I wasn’t the kid that enjoyed reading out loud in class,” Travis told the mag about doing casting meetings. “I’ve walked out halfway through, embarrassed, plenty of times. I put myself on video tape. I can’t remember the last job I got from actually auditioning. It’s horrible. Nervous, sweaty, embarrassed. I feel like a little monkey. I just panic. I get out of there.”
Travis tries to keep his publicity to a minimum these days.
“You just have to do it. But it doesn’t get easier,” he said. “You get a bit more selective about what things you do. You try to do one thing that gets seen, so you don’t have to do five.”
“It’s always uncomfortable,” he said. He is also not a fan of endorsement deals, saying, “That’s the worst thing, you have to promote stuff that you don’t like at all. Yeah. You’re just lying the whole time, mate.”
Ansel Elgort is dapper in a suit while posing alongside Violetta Komyshan during the GQ Men Of The Year Awards Ceremony at The Star on Wednesday (November 15) in Sydney, Australia.
The 23-year-old Baby Driver actor and his 21-year-old girlfriend were joined at the event by Stranger Things 2 star Dacre Montgomery, model Jon Kortajrena and actor Travis Fimmel.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ansel Elgort
Ansel was honored with the International Sensation Award, Jon took home Model of the Year and Dacre hit the stage to present the Actor of the Year Award to Travis, who is best known for his role in Vikings.
That same evening, Amber Heard was honored with the Woman of the Year Award.
FYI: Ansel is wearing Prada. Violetta is wearing a Prada gown.
Chloe Sevigny is bringing her latest film to the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival!
The 42-year-old actress stepped out at the premiere of Lean On Pete on Monday afternoon (September 11) in Toronto, Canada.
She was also joined by her co-stars Travis Fimmel and Charlie Plummer and director Andrew Haigh.
The film follows the fifteen-year-old son of a single working father looking for stability in his life – a home, food on the table and his own high school.
When the family moves to Portland, Oregon, he’s hoping for a new start when he takes a summer job with a washed-up horse trainer, and befriends a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete.
Lean on Pete is set to hit theaters February 16, 2018.
FYI: Chloe is wearing Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood.
