WhilePeter Stormare may appear in the trailer forUntil Dawn’s movie adaptation, it is not immediately clear whether the star is reprising his role from the cult video game.Until Dawnwas a huge hit when the horror game was released in 2015. With a unique storytelling style that allowed individual player choices to have a major impact on the story,Until Dawn’s branching gameplay and cinematic visual style were both highly celebrated. It didn’t hurt thatUntil Dawn’s cast included a couple of bonafide stars.
Hayden Panettiere and Rami Malek played lead roles inUntil Dawn, while Peter Stormare played a pivotal supporting role.Until Dawn’s movie adaptationrecast Malek and Panettiere’s characters and, judging by its trailer, rewrote the story of the game entirely. Despite this, Stormare does appear in the trailer for the adaptation. Since the changes toUntil Dawn’s original game castaren’t the only alterations to the source material, it is fair for readers to wonder whether Stormare is reprising his role from the game.
Peter Stormare Is Not Playing Dr. Hill In The Until Dawn Movie
The Until Dawn Video Game Actor Isn’t Reprising His Familiar Role
Although his character has a similar name,Peter Stormare’sUntil Dawnmovie character is not Dr. Hill from the original game. InUntil Dawn’s source game, the psychiatrist Dr. Hill is eventually revealed to be a figment of Josh’s disturbed imagination after the loss of his sister drove him to insanity. InUntil Dawn’s trailer, Stormare appears to be playing a gas station attendant who meets the heroine before she arrives at the guest house where the story takes place.
Stormare’s performance in the game is hilariously campy, which is justified by the revelation that he isn’t a real person but rather just Josh’s projection. Although theUntil Dawnremake’s ending changed his fate, Josh’s story is one that is almost guaranteed to end badly, no matter how hard players try to keep everyone alive inUntil Dawn. Stormare’s part in the movie adaptation seems much smaller unless the gas station attendant ends up playing a bigger role in the story later on. The character is still named Hill, but he is no longer Dr. Hill.
Peter Stormare’s New Until Dawn Character Still References The Video Games
Stormare’s Part In The Movie Adaptation May Be Related To His Earlier Role
Stormare might be playing another character from the original video game, namely the Stranger. Played by the game’s screenwriter, Larry Fessenden, the Stranger is a flamethrower-wielding supporting character who explains the game’s main villains, the wendigos, to the heroes. Since Stormare appears before the heroes visit the guest house and appears to know more than lets on, judging by a comment about the heroine’s sister going missing, he may play a role similar to the Stranger’s part.
Even though he shares a name with Dr. Hill, Hill’s tense demeanor and mysterious warnings make him more akin to the Stranger.
SinceUntil Dawn’s movie adaptationappears to have radically rewritten everything about the video game’s story, it is tough to know how Stormare’s character will compare to his game counterpart. However, even though he shares a name with Dr. Hill, Hill’s tense demeanor and mysterious air make him more akin to the Stranger, judging by the trailers. Only time will tell whereUntil Dawngoes with this character when the movie adaptation arrives in theaters in April.
