Borderlands star Édgar Ramírez, who will play Atlas in the movie, has said that he thinks people will enjoy the film even if they haven’t played the games on which it’s based.
“In the end, games, movies, it’s all about storytelling,” Ramírez told CinemaBlend. “And the most iconic games, such as Borderlands, [it’s] the storytelling and the tone of the games what have made them so special. So now I know the game. I didn’t know it before. And the tone is spectacular.”
However, he seems certain that fans of the games will be satisfied, too, adding: “I mean it’s so dark and so witty and so whimsical as well. It’s so in on the joke and kind of like impudent. There’s a ‘I don’t give a damn’ attitude to the game, and that’s what we rescued and put into the movie so I’m very excited for the fans of the game to see it and see how respectful we were to the tone of the…
