

Whether CD Projekt Red reworked the Cyberpunk 2077 narrative to accommodate Reeves’ request is unclear. And, appears to the player as a hacked malware implant dishing out quips. As Reeves’ Johnny Silverhand puts it the E3 trailer puts it ‘we’ve hot a city to burn.’ Source: CD Projekt RedĪccording to Cyberpunk 2077 lore, Silverhand died well before the events of the game. He’s an enigma the stuff of legends within Nightcity. He guides the player with advice and tips throughout the story as a sidekick of sorts. As we now know, Johnny Silverhand features in Cyberpunk 2077 as an irreverent rockstar. The powers that be at CD Projekt Red were seemingly more than happy to acquiesce. He also noted the game was looking fantastic. Ward explains that Reeves heightened involvement meant more time in the recording booth. Rocco was able to extract this juicy nugget from Luca Ward, long-running Keanu Reeves Italian dubber, during the Lucca 2019 Comics and Games expo. Italian journalist Gian Luca Rocco reports that The Matrix star was so enamored with the game and his in-game character, Johnny Silverhands, that he lobbied the Polish developer to double his screen-time. Keanu Reeves’ Cyberpunk 2077 Screen Time Doubled Now, it appears the actor himself was just as excited about bringing his likeness and voice acting skills to the game as we all are. Not that the upcoming action RPG needed the extra push, but it catapulted the hype to stratospheric heights. Keanu Reeves plays an irrerevent rockstar named Johnny Silverhand.Įxcitement for CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 reached feverish heights when Keanu Reeves took to the stage at E3 this year.

CD Projekt Red expands role to accommodate request.Keanu Reeves loved Cyberpunk 2077 character and work that he requested double screen time.
