{"id":113047,"date":"2020-05-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/perfect_darks_joanna_dark_was_based_on_winona_ryder"},"modified":"2020-05-17T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T15:00:00","slug":"perfect-darks-joanna-dark-was-based-on-winona-ryder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/17\/perfect-darks-joanna-dark-was-based-on-winona-ryder\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Dark&#8217;s Joanna Dark Was Based On Winona Ryder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af6fd5aa3cb86\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af6fd5aa3cb86\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Perfect Dark\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af6fd5aa3cb86\/perfect-dark.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af6fd5aa3cb86\/perfect-dark.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Perfect Dark\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Nintendo Life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been said in the past that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gbc\/perfect_dark\">Perfect Dark<\/a><\/strong> protagonist Joanna Dark was modelled on historical figure Joan of Arc, but we&#8217;ve been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/feature_perfect_dark_turns_20_-_the_definitive_story_behind_the_n64_hit_that_outclassed_james_bond\">speaking to the guys behind the game<\/a> and they&#8217;ve put us right on that score \u2013 and have revealed exactly who inspired the design of the famous secret agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the thing that just sounds good,&#8221; admits David Doak \u2013 who worked on the game before leaving Rare to establish <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/timesplitters_future_perfect\">TimeSplitters<\/a><\/strong> studio Free Radical Design \u2013 when quizzed on the whole Joan of Arc thing. &#8220;I can\u2019t remember whether Joanna Dark or Perfect Dark came first. I think Joanna came first, but as I recall, the Joan of Arc thing was a kind of retro-fit. Joanna Dark sounded like a nice name, and then, \u2018Ooh, it sounds a bit like Joan of Arc. That\u2019s quite good.\u2019 As opposed to it fitting the other way around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brett Jones \u2013 who did so much to shape the design of the character \u2013 explains that he was inspired by media he was consuming at the time. \u201cWe\u2019d all been enjoying <strong>Ghost In The Shell<\/strong> and the Sylvester Stallone <strong>Judge Dredd<\/strong> film \u2013 a lot of influence from those,\u201d he says. \u201cWe were heavily influenced by early anime stuff. Even Joanna\u2019s costume is almost directly ripped from Ghost In The Shell. Also, the leather outfit was inspired by Mrs Peel from <strong>The Avengers<\/strong>, and the dragon dress actually used the dragon design from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/killer_instinct\">Killer Instinct<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Joanna&#8217;s movements were provided by motion capture artist Laurie Sage, but her face was modelled on someone different. \u201cShe was completely based on Winona Ryder,\u201d Jones admits. \u201cI was collecting images of faces, had a massive collection of reference images and we just picked her. She had this great pixie haircut and fulfilled the look of what we wanted Joanna to look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryder is perhaps most famous for her glittering movie career in the late &#8217;80s and early &#8217;90s, where she starred in hit films such as <strong>Beetlejuice<\/strong>, <strong>Heathers<\/strong>, <strong>Dracula<\/strong>, <strong>Reality Bites<\/strong> and <strong>Edward Scissorhands<\/strong>, but more recently she has enjoyed a resurgence thanks in part to her recurring role in the acclaimed Netflix series <strong>Stranger Things<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Perfect Dark turns 20 this month. Make sure you read our exclusive &#8216;making of&#8217; feature if you haven&#8217;t already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Nintendo Life It\u2019s been said in the past that Perfect Dark protagonist Joanna Dark was modelled on historical figure Joan of Arc, but we&#8217;ve been speaking to the guys behind the game and they&#8217;ve put us right on that score \u2013 and have revealed exactly who inspired the design of the famous secret agent. 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