Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s most recent groundbreaking open-world RPG, has garnered much praise from fans and critics alike for its expansive setting and robust mechanics. However, despite so much to do inElden Ring, fans have elected to use its rich suite of character creator tools to create their favorite pop culture icons, the latest of which includes fan-favorite actor Willem Dafoe.
Willem Dafoe is far from the first celebrity that has found himself virtually inserted into the brutal world of the Lands Between. In recent weeks, fans ofElden Ringhave created Kanye West, Will Smith, and evenAdventure Time’s Ice King to an impressive degree of accuracy. FromSoftware’sSoulstitles have always let players express their creativity thanks to their broad character creation parameters and wide selection of armor pieces; however, withElden Ring,players have taken customization to the next level.
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Elden Ring’s Willem Dafoe model was showcased in a Reddit post by oEmersonKs, featuring two variants of the actor. The first model is Dafoe sporting a beard and short hair, as seen inThe Northmanwhile portraying Heimir the Fool. Dafoe’s second version is a base model of the actor and looks quite similar to his appearance in last year’s blockbuster hit,Spider-Man: No Way Home. Both fan-made creations bear a remarkable resemblance to theNo Way Homestar and speaks to the flexibility ofElden Ring’s character creator.
Users in the comments section praise oEmersonKs for hisElden Ringrendition of Dafoe while posting various memes that the fan-favorite actor has come to accrue throughout the course of his career. Additionally, a handful of users eager to have theNorthmanactor in their ownElden Ringsave files requested to see the slider settings that oEmersonKs used to create Dafoe, which the Reddit user thankfully delivered. Fans that would like to take onElden Ring’s challenging worldas Willem Dafoe can find oEmersonKs Reddit post or watch the video posted below.
Though only a fan-created rendition usingElden Ring’s character creation tools, this is only one of many appearances Dafoe has made in video games. Recent video game credits for the actor include voicework forTwelve Minutesalongside James McAvoy and Daisy Ridley. Dafoe has also appeared as a fully modeled actor in 2013’sBeyond: Two Souls. As a fan-favorite celebrity and the subject of many memes, players will undoubtedly have a great time taking on the Lands Between as Willem Dafoe.
Elden Ringis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.