Daniel Cudmore will be seen on the big screen in Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part II, but he’s also starring online in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Cudmore plays Master Chief in the online series, which is also available in the Halo 4: Collector’s Edition. The actor talks about what it was like to step into the video game world up on the Vancouver set in this exclusive interview.
Daniel Cudmore will be seen on the big screen in Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part II, but he’s also starring online in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Cudmore plays Master Chief in the online series, which is also available in the Halo 4: Collector’s Edition. The actor talks about what it was like to step into the video game world up on the Vancouver set in this exclusive interview.
Hollywood actor Daniel Cudmore steps into the Spartan armor of Master Chief.
Can you share like a favorite memory from playing any Halo games in the past?
Funny enough the first game I was ever bought by my fiancé, who was my girlfriend at the time, was Halo 2. That was the first game I ever played front to back, not in one sitting, but the whole way through. Whereas other games, I’d last about 30 minutes and then I’d go off and do something else. It’s funny. I just remember watching it and remembering how cool the universe was, how much detail there was, and I just thought how cool Master Chief was. The suit’s cool and the way he moves and his ability to take anything on. I just remember watching it and thinking, “Oh man, that would be a cool movie.” And then fast forward x amount of years and I’m sitting here going, “Oh, I got to play him.” It’s been sticking in my mind lately, “Holy smokes, I’m kind of full 360 from playing and thinking it’d be cool, to being in this suit filming this amazing web series.”
You also got to be in a real Warthog. What was that like?
I didn’t get to drive it. I only got to sit in the back because of the fact it’s a Warthog cockpit and when I get into that suit there’s no chance I’d be able to drive it. So I’m on the back of the thing, but I’m a real gearhead and so I’m looking at this Warthog like this thing is cool. I want to take this thing 4x4ing. I tried to ask the guy who was handling it like how much is one of these and he told me the price and I was like, “I’m good. You can hold onto that thing. There’s no chance I’m going to be able to afford that thing.” But the Warthog’s pretty bad ass with the all-wheel steering and the all-wheel drive. It was a fun ride being on the back of that thing.
