Nolan North Explains His ‘Uncharted’ Cameo and Who He’d Play in a Sequel
variety.comJordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Uncharted,” now playing in theaters.In Sony’s “Uncharted” movie, “Spider-Man” star Tom Holland plays treasure hunter Nathan Drake from the popular PlayStation video game series; however, there would be no Drake without actor Nolan North, who voiced and performed motion capture for the video game icon for nearly 10 years.In fact, many “Uncharted” fans wanted North himself to star in an adaptation for years, but the actor has one simple response to that.“People think, ‘It should’ve been you.’ No, it shouldn’t.
I’m 51,” North told Variety.Fortunately for fans, North has a brief, but memorable cameo in the “Uncharted” adaptation, right after Holland’s Drake and Sophia Ali’s Chloe Frazer survive plummeting from a cargo plane thousands of feet in the air.
The sequence, inspired by an action set piece in “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception,” begins with Drake stowing away in the trunk of a car being loaded into a plane in order to steal an ancient artifact.
In true video-game fashion, a shootout ensues aboard the plane, and massive shipping containers are jettisoned mid-flight. Thrown from the cargo bay, Drake hangs on to a container for dear life, climbing and battling mercenaries along the way.
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