This is also potentially a legal matter for Sony. That a Quantic Dream artist would unnecessarily create a sexually realistic body for a 3-D model, then task Ellen Page to bring it to life without her knowledge, seems creepy at best, and a violation at worst. Which is exactly what happened.īut if Quantic Dream never meant for players to see Jodie Holmes naked, why did a Quantic Dream artist spend time painstakingly modeling her breasts, nipples, vagina, and pubic hair? A 3-D model is usually as sexless as a wax doll underneath its clothing, because designing games is expensive, and creating assets for things players aren’t going to see is a waste of time. Scenes in a game are rendered, not filmed, which means that if a hacker knows what he’s doing, he can “move the camera” and see a scene from an angle that was not intended. Nudity isn’t so much about what you can see as it is about how it is seen. Beyond: Two Souls features a shower sequence, but it does not contain visible nudity: instead, Page’s character Jodie Holmes bathes while her body is tastefully obscured by steam and a carefully placed curtain, just like you might see in a PG-13 movie. The fact that the images in question are “nude” images of a model created by a Quantic Dream artist might be at least part of the source of Sony’s embarrassment. Although Jodie Holmes bears a resemblance to Ellen Page, and though both her voice and movements were used to bring the character to life, Holmes is essentially a cartoon: a 3-D character created by a digital artist based upon Ellen Page’s likeness. The first thing to understand is that Sony is right at least about one thing: the nude images that have leaked online are of Jodie Holmes, not Ellen Page. What do we mean when we say that a 3-D model is nude, when as a society we can’t even agree what nudity means? If the nude images were “not actually her body,” how could they be “very damaging” to Ellen Page? And what do we mean when we say that a 3-D model is nude, when as a society we can’t even agree what nudity means? Fueled by the implicit contradiction in Sony’s statement on the matter, discussion about the images heated up online. If the goal of the takedown requests was to “end the cycle of discussion,” it had the opposite effect entirely. I would really appreciate if you can take the story down to end the cycle of discussion around this.” “The images are from an illegally hacked console and are very damaging for Ellen Page,” the rep reportedly told one site. By itself, it was something of a non-event, but the game’s publisher, Sony Entertainment, quickly moved to get these posts taken down. Several weeks ago, nude images of Jodie Holmes, Ellen Page’s character in Beyond: Two Souls, leaked online, and were published by several gaming blogs.
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At the very least, it raises some rather awkward questions about Beyond: Two Souls mastermind David Cage: Why would he, or anyone on the Quantic Dream team, rendered Holmes’ body in full detail – and I mean, full detail – for a shower scene that was intended to be covered up? And how is it that nobody at Quantic or Sony saw this coming? I’m not sure that characterizations of Page as a “victim” really ring true, since it’s really just a matter of her face being shopped onto a CGI body, but it sure doesn’t cast anyone on the production side of the coin – and particularly David Cage – in a very good light.This is where things get interesting. Page herself hasn’t yet commented publicly on the matter but Sony’s frenzied response to the appearance of the images has led to speculation that legal repercussions could be in the offing. And while a Sony PR rep clarified that “it’s not actually her body,” the company also described the situation as “very damaging for Ellen Page” and was apparently seeking to have any coverage of the matter taken down from web sites in order to “end the cycle of discussion around this,” although by now it’s probably given up hope of that actually happening. Sony’s been dropping the hammer on anyone hosting the images for non-specific “legal reasons,” but they’re still pretty easy to find at this point – and no, I won’t be linking them. It turns out that a shower scene featuring her character Jodie Holmes was rendered with naughty bits and all, and then covered up for use in the game, which of course meant that a simple change of camera angle revealed the young Ms.
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Sony is working madly to scrub fully-nude images of Ellen Page’s Beyond: Two Souls character Jodie Holmes from the net, leading to speculation that the actress might be considering legal action.Įllen Page’s appearance in Beyond: Two Souls has become a whole lot more revealing than either she or Sony intended, thanks to the slightly creative use of a PS3 dev kit.