One of the more intriguing elements of Far Cry 5 is the story--which focuses on a cult called Eden`s Gate in Montana, USA. The leader of the cult is Joseph Seed, a creepy and charismatic madman of sorts whose followers call him The Father. Actor Greg Bryk (Saw V, Netflix`s Frontier) brings the character to life in the game (and the live-action short film), and from what we`ve seen and played so far, his performance is outstanding. He`s chilling in how he believes his cause is the right one and will stop at nothing to get his way. The character is integral to the story, and Ubisoft knew it had to find the right person to play him to get the message across in the right away. As it turns out, Bryk was a late addition to the lineup, a fact that led to some amount of stress and scrutiny within Ubisoft. The game`s executive producer, Dan Hay, thought the game might be in trouble.Speaking to GameSpot, Hay said Ubisoft was able to build out the game`s supporting cast with relative ease, but it struggled to find the right actor to play Seed. `We took a long time to find him. To be honest, it was a little bit scary because it went around in circles for a while. Everything hinges on finding the right guy,` he said.Greg Bryk as Joseph Seed in the Amazon series Eden`s Gate`We were doing all this work and building all these characters, and we ... felt good about all these different characters. But we still hadn`t found the Father,` Hay explained. `We had good writing and everybody was feeling good about it. Things got pretty heated, and I was thinking, `OK, are we in trouble?` Meanwhile, I`m trying to put on a brave face.`About a year and a half ago (`somewhere in the middle of development,` Hay says), Hay was shown an audition tape that would change the course of Far Cry 5. Specifically, Bryk`s audition made Hay believe in Seed`s extreme cause and position and challenge his own thoughts. That`s precisely the kind of compelling cult leader Ubisoft was looking for.`Somebody pu ...
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