Death Stranding’s Director Is a Mary Poppins Fan
The Death Stranding hype has been heating up as of late. Most recently, Jordan Vogt-Roberts expressed his positive impressions of the game (“YOU.ARE.NOT.READY”), and now Kojima himself is throwing out some more information. In a recent Twitter post, he revealed which of the game’s characters was inspired by Mary Poppins.
The character of Lea Seydoux in DEATH STRANDING carrying the umbrella and the bag is a homage of Mary Poppins.. ????????????????????☔️???? pic.twitter.com/r233MG5GeH
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) February 16, 2019
Saw MARY POPPINS RETURNS, I cried over. Mary Poppins was one step ahead bringing the Spring wind☔️???? pic.twitter.com/okMVfeWSqW
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) February 16, 2019
The influence is not surprising given how much of a movie fanatic Kojima is. A quick scroll through his Twitter feed reveals lots about his influences, including David Lynch, who was a big inspiration for Silent Hill series that Kojima almost contributed to. It will be interesting to see how many other movie references are in the game once it finally releases.
— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) February 14, 2019
Check out this image of the character designs for those we’ve seen thus far.
Main characters of DEATH STRANDING revealed at TGS last week. Yoji made this drawing for TGS based on the setting, the design, the gimmick, the outfit, and the casting as of today (minor change might be considered in future) BTW, there’s a few more main character will appear. pic.twitter.com/XV5hA2jv5U
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) September 28, 2018