Shawn Ashmore Talks Future Of Motion Capture Games
Shawn Ashmore has done many types of acting. He’s done kids shows, TV shows that were incredibly dark, he was Iceman in the X-Men saga, and much more. But he’s gotten more fame recently for portraying the main character in Quantum Break, and by “portraying”, I mean full motion character so that his likeness is on the character. Following the trend set by Ellen Page, William Dafoe, and more. In a chat with IGN, Ashmore talked about the differences between the different styles of acting, as well as whether motion capture games really have a future in the industry. “Ot’s sort of the opposite of doing something like X-Men, because on X-Men you have a 300-person crew there to make that shot happen. You’ve got the camera operators, you’ve got the producers, you got all the guys working the cranes and the lighting and the special effects and everything needs to be done that moment. As an actor you’re a little piece in this gigantic crew, and there are so