Kojima reveals how Norman Reedus was cast in Death Stranding

[John Elden Ring]

Hideo Kojima: "When I had just started my own studio and had nothing, I pitched the DS project to Norman at a sushi restaurant and asked him if he would like to do it with me. He instantly said yes even though I didn't even have a script"​

 

[Kokoloko]

Translation is wrong. Kojima at the end asks:
Did you Rike it?

And Norman said yes

 

[Zzero]

In my head I joked, "I went down my list of actors who I wanted to meet and his name stood out as someone I really, really wanted to meet." Then the actual story might as well be the same thing. What a wastrel, spending big league cash to hire his celebrity friends. He's lucky most other big time game designers have zero story telling ability.