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Michael Fassbender Admits He Never Played The Videogame Before Signing Up For Assassin's Creed


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Before Ubisoft asked Michael Fassbender to star in the film adaptation of its historical action-adventure game, Assassin's Creed, in 2012, the Irish-German actor admits that he never played the popular videogame and didn't have the most concrete idea of what he was signing up for. "I hadn't played it before these guys approached me," Fassbender tells Entertainment Weekly.

"I've played it since [being offered the job] mainly to get an idea of the physicality of the character," Fassbender told EW via phone from Spain, where he was filming the adaptation. "We're striving to find something special. We believe the whole concept around it is special and want to service that the best we can. The fans are really passionate: very specific and they expect accuracy and historical detail. We're really trying to capitalize and feed on and enjoy the fun element. We're working hard to make this something special."

Fassbender stars as Callum Lynch — a character who never shows upin the games but who exists as a kind of cypher for all the time-traveling, first-person action in the games. He had to spend more time to play the Assassin Creed games on the Playstation 4.

"I've played it since [being offered the job] mainly to get an idea of the physicality of the character," Fassbender says by phone from Spain, where he was filming the adaptation. "We're striving to find something special. We believe the whole concept around it is special and want to service that the best we can. The fans are really passionate: very specific and they expect accuracy and historical detail. We're really trying to capitalize and feed on and enjoy the fun element. We're working hard to make this something special."

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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