Lance Reddick Answers Every Question We Have About Horizon Forbidden West

Lance Reddick is the guy in charge. He’s been a figure of capable (and complicated) authority across countless cop and sorta-cop shows like The Wire, Fringe, and Bosch, with an unflappable demeanor that has also served him well as Charon, the maitre’d of New York’s Continental Hotel in the John Wick films. Turns out it’s also a great look for video games, where Reddick has been a steady presence for nearly a decade as Commander Zavala, the taciturn voice in the player’s ear in the online game Destiny and its numerous sequels, as well as Sylens, the enigmatic secret keeper nudging the player along in this spring’s PlayStation hit Horizon: Forbidden West. Vulture recently spent some time catching up with Reddick and his time as a digital version of himself, both as Zavala (the more classic Reddick role) and Sylens (the rare instance where he gets to play “a real asshole.”) The two games couldn’t be more different: Horizon: Forbidden West is a lush sci-fi adventure that has players embodying Aloy, an exp