Kiss Me First contains a lot of CGI sequences ©Channel 4
Channel 4’s bold new show Kiss Me First morphs real-life teenage drama with CGI virtual reality, but its ambitions didn’t come without some strain on the cast.
Created by Skins writer Bryan Elsley, Kiss Me First follows Leila, 17, who is hooked by online gaming world Azana following her mother’s death. After meeting charismatic Tess inside a secret part of the world called Red Pill, they become close on the outside, before she mysteriously disappears.
It’s a show of two halves, translating real-life events back and forth with animated sequences as characters become avatars in the world of Azana; where they chat with friends under a guise, beat each other to a pulp and explore an expansive world.
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Simona plays Tess in Kiss Me First ©Channel 4
Tess is played by The Night Manager and Guilt star Simona Brown, whose acting past had never included motion capture before.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Simona revealed how the experience wasn’t as hi-tech as she expected, saying: ‘I thought it’d be really cool. I thought there’d be these really cool slick suits and a green screen, but it wasn’t.
‘You’re wearing these really unflattering grey suits and dots all over our faces and bodies. We were wearing these really expensive mechanisms with a motor in your ear. It was quite distracting and it was a lot to wrap our heads around.’
The motion capture sequences were the first they filmed on the show, which proved a welcome way to break the ice between a new cast.
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Source: Metro