Not way back, Madame Net and Anybody however You star Sydney Sweeney revealed in an IGN interview that, like many people, she grew up enjoying a Simpsons online game – however she did not reveal which one it was.
Fortunately, for the sake of journalism, we have adopted up and discovered that the Simpsons recreation in query was, in reality, The Simpsons: Highway Rage.
It began a couple of weeks in the past, when Sweeney talked about at a press junket for Madame Net that she grew up with a brother who performs video video games on a regular basis. When requested what her favourite recreation was, she mentioned, “we might play The Simpsons recreation,” whereas miming a steering wheel. She additionally talked about enjoying Tremendous Mario Bros. video games on her Nintendo DS when her co-star Isabela Merced introduced it up.
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Followers had been fast to invest on simply what the Simpsons recreation could possibly be. As Gamespot famous, on condition that Sweeney’s 26 years previous, pure timing would place 2001’s Highway Rage and its religious sequel Hit & Run as the plain candidates. Other sites merely assumed Sweeney meant Hit & Run (and, to be truthful, so did I).
Fortunately, we caught up with Sweeney to speak about her upcoming horror movie Immaculate and obtained the possibility to set the document straight.
“I need to say it was the racing recreation,” she mentioned. With the assistance of my colleague Jeffrey Vega, she finally remembered that it was Highway Rage.
“Highway Rage! As a result of it was previous, it was on the Xbox,” she mentioned. And what character did she play as?
“I all the time appreciated Homer,” she mentioned.
Nicely, there you could have it.
Sydney Sweeney clarifies The Simpsons online game she liked rising up: It was The Simpsons: Highway Rage!
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Sweeney’s one among many followers with fond reminiscences of The Simpsons’ car-based recreation diversifications, though it would not appear like we’ll be getting a sequel to 2003’s Hit & Run anytime quickly. Final yr, Hit & Run’s builders revealed in an interview on the MinnMax YouTube channel {that a} follow-up was within the works, however by no means got here to fruition for no matter cause.
“It was only a actually weird choice,” government producer John Melchior mentioned of the sequel being tabled. “I am going to by no means perceive it. Most individuals on the manufacturing degree by no means understood it.”
Sweeney will subsequent be seen in Immaculate, a horror movie that she stars in and produced. It debuted on the SXSW Movie Competition final week, and can hit theaters on March 22.
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Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you’ll find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.