{"id":14527,"date":"2024-05-20T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/return-to-senua-hellblades-melina-juergens-on-reprising-a-role-she-never-thought-shed-play\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:37:16","slug":"return-to-senua-hellblades-melina-juergens-on-reprising-a-role-she-never-thought-shed-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/return-to-senua-hellblades-melina-juergens-on-reprising-a-role-she-never-thought-shed-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Senua: Hellblade\u2019s Melina Juergens on reprising a role she never thought she\u2019d play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juergens had never acted before she played the fearsome but troubled Senua in Ninja Theory\u2019s game \u2013 and won a Bafta for it. Now she\u2019s back to battle the character\u2019s demons in a sequel<\/p>\n

\u2018I hope people can relate to Senua,\u201d says actor Melina Juergens, who plays the lead character in Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade II, the newest game from British developer Ninja Theory. \u201cI hope people play it and feel what somebody goes through on a daily basis who suffers from mental health issues \u2013 particularly psychosis. [They] come away with an understanding of it, able to empathise with people more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Juergens did not expect to be playing this role for the second time. In fact, she never expected to play it the first time. She was a video editor at the independent games studio when the first Hellblade game, Senua\u2019s Sacrifice, was gestating in 2012. \u201cThey were looking for an actress, but in the meantime they asked me to step in to help out with [performance capture] tech experiments,\u201d she tells me. \u201cAt some point, they asked me to perform a scene. The director really liked it and offered me the role.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nJuergens had never acted before she played the fearsome but troubled Senua in Ninja Theory\u2019s game \u2013 and won a Bafta for it. Now she\u2019s back to battle the character\u2019s demons in a sequel
\n\u2018I hope people can relate to Senua,\u201d says actor Melina Juergens, who plays the lead character in Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade II, the newest game from British developer Ninja Theory. \u201cI hope people play it and feel what somebody goes through on a daily basis who suffers from mental health issues \u2013 particularly psychosis. [They] come away with an understanding of it, able to empathise with people more.\u201d
\nJuergens did not expect to be playing this role for the second time. In fact, she never expected to play it the first time. She was a video editor at the independent games studio when the first Hellblade game, Senua\u2019s Sacrifice, was gestating in 2012. \u201cThey were looking for an actress, but in the meantime they asked me to step in to help out with [performance capture] tech experiments,\u201d she tells me. \u201cAt some point, they asked me to perform a scene. The director really liked it and offered me the role.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Juergens had never acted before she played the fearsome but troubled Senua in Ninja Theory\u2019s game \u2013 and won a Bafta for it. Now she\u2019s back to battle the character\u2019s demons in a sequel \u2018I hope people can relate to Senua,\u201d says actor Melina Juergens, who plays the lead character in Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade II, …<\/p>\n

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