Random: Hideo Kojima Cast in Japanese Version of the Wildly Popular Zootopia 2

The mole he was born to play

Today in 'Not on the Bingo Card', it's been announced that Hideo Kojima has a cameo in Zootopia 2.

The game designer/director plays the part of Paul Moldebrandt, a mole who works at the Zootopia Police Department, in the Japanese version of Disney's new sequel.

According to a report from Famitsu, Kojima was offered the small role directly by the film's director, Jared Bush.

This won't be Kojima's first acting role, but in a statement, he says it's his first time dubbing an animated film.

"My participation was limited to a small scene, but even at the recording stage, the level of detail was impressive," he says. "Thanks to the illustrations, the recording went smoothly. I’m usually on the directing side, so I learned a lot from actually acting. I was reminded of how much attention voice actors pay to basic things like turning pages in the script and adding noise."

Zootopia 2 (or Zootropolis 2 in some countries) opened to an estimated global box office of $556 million, making it the biggest opening of all time for an animated feature film, and the fourth biggest overall. It's a massive hit, in other words.

Are you planning to watch Zootopia 2? Will you track down the Japanese dub to hear Kojima's cameo? Tell us in the comments section below.

[source famitsu.com, via insider-gaming.com]