“He better have dreads, gold teeth, and my distinctive walk. Then people will be like, ‘Oh, that’s really Beast Mode right there!’”
Watch Marshawn Lynch shoot fake guns in a motion-capture suit for Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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Here’s the situation. Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (aka Beast Mode) is drinking beer and smoking hookah with a few people at a bar in Singapore (c. 2065) when in walks a few “bosses,” prompting everyone to stand up and start shooting each other. It’s a video game, after all; that’s what video characters do.
That’s the gist of the scene where you’ll find Lynch (or at least the character he’s playing) in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. ESPN joined the Super Bowl XLVIII winner as he spent the day acting out gun battles in a mo-cap suit in what’s maybe the best photo gallery I’ve seen in a long time.
You can watch a 57-second teaser video at ESPN for a behind-the-scenes look at the capture process... or you can watch the most important six seconds about nine or ten times. Your call:
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