Current Events > Death Stranding: Heartman dies 60 times a day

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https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/21/death-stranding-character-heartman-hideo-kojima-nicolas-winding-refn-comic-con-2019

Hideo Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Too Old to Die Young) took the stage at Comic Con 2019 to talk Death Stranding, storytelling, and more.

Among the anecdotes shared was some new information on Refn's character Heartman, first revealed in Death Stranding's release date trailer which debuted during PlayStation's pre-E3 2019 State of Play presentation.

Among the anecdotes shared was some new information on Refn's character Heartman, first revealed in Death Stranding's release date trailer which debuted during PlayStation's pre-E3 2019 State of Play presentation.

According to Kojima, Heartman has a "unique" heart, which stops every 21 minutes. He is hooked up to an AED and occupies himself with music and film that can be consumed within that 21 minute window. When he dies, he spends three minutes on the other side, searching for his family, before being resurrected. Heartman dies 60 times a day.

During the panel, Kojima also discussed how he reached out to work with Refn because he was a fan of his movies, Valhalla Rising and Drive in particular, but also because he wanted to meet Mads Mikkelsen, who stars in Valhalla Rising and will also play a major role as the character of Cliff in Death Stranding.

According to Kojima, when he mentioned his interest in casting Mikkelsen in Death Stranding, Refn actually recommended Keanu Reeves for the role instead.

"That would've been a threesome," Refn joked.

While Reeves is not playing a role in Death Stranding that we know of, he will play a role in Cyberpunk 2077, as revealed during the Xbox briefing at E3 2019.

Official Death Stranding box art was also revealed, which attendees like @kalai_chik first posted on Twitter before PlayStation revealed the official assets on the PlayStation blog.

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That's a lot of dying.
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Vahalla Rising sucked

Keanu would be great in a Refn movie though since he wouldn't have to act
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Wouldn't dying that much have an impact on his overall health?
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the only Refn movies that I haven't seen are: Bleeder & Fear X, and yea, Valhalla Rising was kinda weak, but Neon Demon and Only God Forgives were straight up trash, IMO.
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This sounds like the dumbest fucking game

And somehow every new info makes it sound even dumber
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Im stranded in death
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Sounds cool tbh
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Do ya'll think it's deep or try hard pretentious?

I'm in it to see Mads do his thing tbh
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