FEATURE
The Hollywood Byte #61: Grindhouse's Freddy Rodriguez
Freddy Rodriguez, the action star of Grindhouse, talks with us about his love of gaming.
"The marriage that's been happening lately has been great," said Rodriguez. "It brings such a high level of quality to the games, which is why it's attracting actors like Clint Eastwood. I saw Al Pacino is going to do a new Heat game. You probably would have never guessed that would have happened five or seven years ago, but when you start upping the quality of games you start to attract those kinds of actors."
With all of this back-and-forth between mediums, Rodriguez could see his latest film translating well to a videogame.
"Grindhouse would be interesting to see as a videogame," said Rodriguez. "I'd love to see a character that I created in videogame form. I would think that that would be one of the central characters in the game because I play the action guy in the film. Rose's (McGowan) machine gun leg would be cool gameplay, as well."
When it comes to the onslaught of videogames heading to the big screen like Gears of War, Resident Evil Extinction and Hitman, Rodriguez said that when he plays games nowadays it's like you're watching a movie anyway, so why not make that version into something for the big screen.
"Just like videogames are being made at such a high level of quality, as long as the films made about games are of the same high level of quality, I don't think there's anything wrong with it," said Rodriguez.
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When it comes to gaming, he spends most of his time playing at home or in airplanes.
"I haven't really played PSP in between takes on the set," said Rodriguez. "It's more for me when I'm traveling or flying on planes. Usually at work I'm watching movies or just trying to concentrate on what I'm going to do next."
With the anticipated success of Grindhouse and his virtual starring role in Dirty Harry, Rodriguez will certainly be an actor to follow in the coming years, both in Hollywood and in gaming.
The Hollywood Byte makes a weekly visit to the converging world of video games and traditional media.
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Posted: 6 Apr 2007