The crisp difficulty of the early Zelda games was once too much for Spider-Man Chris Pine. But more than 30 years later, the 43-year-old discovers that gaming can also be fun – and is excited about an ancient feature.
Who is it about? The Californian actor Chris Pine made his film debut in 2004 in the comedy “The Princess Diaries 2”. More recently, he provided the voice for Spider-Man in Into the Spider-Verse.
During a press tour for his latest film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the 43-year-old spoke in March about his love-hate relationship with video games (via 3D Juegos).
35 years later, Chris Pine rediscovers gaming
What relationship does the actor have with Zelda? As Chris Pine admits to People magazine, he was ruthlessly defeated by the early Zelda games: “I basically gave up video games in 1988 when I repeatedly failed at Zelda.”
He really wanted to be good at Zelda back then, the actor said. The failure traumatized him. After that, he didn’t touch any games for over 30 years. People magazine posted the clip on TikTok, and we have embedded it here:
What game brought the twist now? Chris Pine reports that a few days before the interview, he played Mario Kart with some kids: That was incredibly fun.
A feature particularly excited the actor: The controllers vibrate nowadays! This capability was already given to the Nintendo 64 controller in 1997 with the Rumble Pak and has long been part of the gaming experience for many gamers, but Chris Pine had missed this milestone until now.
In fact, the 43-year-old had so much fun that he would have liked to continue playing. However, the kids eventually got bored.
Maybe Chris Pine can sit down with his Hollywood colleague Henry Cavill (Superman, The Witcher) and snag some game recommendations. After all, he is known to be a huge nerd – which not all his guests can relate to:
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