Norman Reedus

"'Silent Hills had the backstory and people knew that game, knew what it was about and what it would look like. When that went away, I was bummed, but when Hideo described what we were doing next, I completely forgot about it. I was like, thank god that didn’t work, because this is way better. This is a completely different thing.''"

- Norman Reedus

Norman Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American-born actor involved in cancelled Silent Hill media. He is best known for his roles on film and television, such as The Walking Dead, The Boondock Saints, and Blade II.

Biography
Norman Reedus is best known for his role as Daryl Dixon in the AMC television series The Walking Dead, having gained prominence for his roles in films such as The Boondock Saints, Blade II, and Triple 9. In 2000, he starred in the teen psychological thriller Gossip. A still image of him from the film appears on a magazine cover seen in Silent Hill 3.

When Climax LA was developing a cancelled iteration of Silent Hill: Origins, the protagonist Travis Grady was modelled after Reedus' likeness. This was ultimately scrapped from the final build of the game, released in 2007.

Since the release of Mimic in 1997, Reedus has been a recurring collaborator with filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. When Del Toro began pre-production on Silent Hills in 2014, he recommended Reedus to co-director Hideo Kojima. Reedus recalls, "Guillermo del Toro, who gave me my first movie, called me up and said, 'Hey, there’s a guy named Hideo Kojima, he's going to call you, just say yes.' And I'm like, 'What do you mean just say yes?' He said, 'he stop being a jerk, just say yes'. Then I was in San Diego and Kojima came with a big group of people, he's from Tokyo, and he showed me a game he was working on called Silent Hill." He starred in a playable teaser for the game, before it was cancelled in early development in 2015.

Reedus went on to star in Kojima's next project, the 2019 video game Death Stranding. He considers the cancellation of Silent Hills a "blessing in disguise", because it gave him the opportunity to work on something more original and unique with the director.

Appearances

 * Silent Hill 3 - Himself (photograph)
 * Silent Hill: Original Sin - Travis Grady (scrapped)
 * Silent Hills - Unnamed protagonist (cancelled)
 * Silent Hills: Playable Teaser