SAN DIEGO- Actor Chris Pine revealed that he had never played the well-known role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons until he was asked about taking the lead in a film about the realm of swords and sorcery a few years ago. He has since converted.
Speaking to tens of thousands of fans at San Diego Comic-Con, Pine expressed his hope that the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the game by Paramount Pictures, which is scheduled to hit theaters in March, would help “spread the gospel of D & D.” He argued that everyone should play the game in high school.
“You can get the bully, the jock… all in a room and I guarantee you in 20 minutes no one will remember what kind of class they came from, or who their best friends are, or who the dork is,” he said. “They just want to laugh.”
For the first time since 2019, the “Wonder Woman” star participated in the opening of Comic-Con. The COVID-19 epidemic forced the two-year postponement of the yearly, star-studded celebration of pop culture’s superheroes. By Sunday, 130,000 attendees, according to the organizers, are what they fully anticipate.
John Francis Daley, who is also the co-writer and director of “Dungeons & Dragons,” said that he wanted to represent in the movie the sense of family and camaraderie he feels while playing the game.
Along with “Fast & Furious” actor Michelle Rodriguez, “Bridgerton” star Rege-Jean Page, and British actor Hugh Grant, the movie, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” has been compared to Monty Python.
Grant made his debut at Comic-Con that year.
We attempted to bring “Sense and Sensibility,” but were rejected, Grant said in jest.
