The Story/Transcript

This is the transcript of "The Story," part of The Making of Beyond: Two Souls.
== Transcript ==
(An ESRB logo appears, followed by the PlayStation logo. The phrases "The Making of Beyond: Two Souls" and "THE STORY" appear on a blue background.)
(Video footage of David Cage plays, followed by keyart and concept art from the game. The caption "David Cage, Writer and Director" appears.)
David Cage: Beyond is the story of this young woman called Jodie Holmes. Since the day she was born, she has a link with an invisible entity. It's a presence around her, she doesn't know if it's a ghost or the spirit of someone who passed away. And this thing is always there, and they are tied together.
(Video footage from "First Interview" plays, followed by footage of Caroline Wolfson and Willem Dafoe recording the scene.)
Nathan: You tell him what to do? And it happens?
Jodie: I don't tell Aiden what to do. No one does. He's like a lion in a cage. We're tied together, he can't go away. It makes him really angry... It's not my fault! I want him to leave, too. He can be really scary sometimes...
Cage: This thing is not exactly a pet, or a power. This entity that she calls "Aiden" is really a person, with his own personality.
(Video footage of Elliot Page plays.)
Elliot Page: This entity, you know, protects her and cares about her. But it also interferes with her life.
(Video footage from "The Experiment" plays.)
Nathan: Jodie! It's over, Jodie. It's over...
Jodie: It will never be over...
Page: The story itself is very huge, and there's incredible action. 
(Video footage from "The Mission," "Homeless," "Dragon's Hideout," "Navajo," and "Old Friends" plays.)
Page: But there's also this beautiful drama in how she relates to herself and Aiden and other people in the world, and the journey she's going on to just be herself, and be in control of her own life.
(Video footage of Willem Dafoe plays.)
Willem Dafoe: While this has fantasy elements, one of the beauties of it is it's very hardcore.
(Video footage of a recording session for "First Night" plays.)
Nathan: Here we have a better chance of understanding what's happening. We can find a way to protect you.
Jodie: Nobody can protect me.
(Video footage from "The Experiment" plays, followed by footage of Wolfson, Dafoe and Kadeem Hardison recording the scene. This is followed by footage of Dafoe and Page recording a scene from "Separation".)
Dafoe: I liked the basic idea of this gifted little girl growing up in this environment, and the scientist bonding with her and becoming a surrogate father.
(Video footage from "The Experiment" plays.)
Cage: I was interested by this idea of adults being fascinated by this little girl and what she can do.
Nathan: She's got a very interesting psychological profile for a kid her age, that's for sure.
Cage: So there is a strange relationship between them of a father to his daughter, but also at the same time this daughter has this power and this secret, and she knows so much that Dawkins would like to discover.
Dafoe: Not only am I the surrogate father, but I start to see how I can use her for my particular purposes.
(Video footage of Dafoe and Page recording a scene from "Black Sun" plays.)
Nathan: I'm begging you, Jodie. Do this for me.
Dafoe: It's a complicated relationship they have. There's lots of complexities: a combination of love and betrayal between the two of them.
(Video footage of Dafoe, Page and Hardison recording a scene from "Separation" plays.)
Jodie: Did you ever just stop and think about what I want?!
Page: When she's fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, she's living in the facility and she doesn't really have any friends. When she tries to, this entity often interferes. It interferes with her love life.
(Video footage from "The Dinner" plays, followed by footage of Page recording the scene.)
Jodie: I'm not yours, Aiden! I can have a relationship with whoever I want. This is my life!
Page: And she's just very, very profoundly frustrated and annoyed that she can't just exist.
(Video footage of Page, Dafoe and Hardison recording a scene from "Like Other Girls" plays.)
Jodie: I didn't ask to be different! I just want to go out and have friends and, and be like other girls my age!
Nathan: You'll never be like them. You need to get used to that.
(Video footage of Hardison plays.)
Kadeem Hardison: We learn through studying her that there are souls, and figure a way to contain them and study them.
(Video footage from "Separation" plays.)
Nathan: Cole?
Cole: Okay. I'm recording.
Hardison: So... trouble is coming.
(Video footage of Eric Winter plays, followed by footage from "Separation".)
Eric Winter: My character is a CIA agent that basically, you know, gets wind and understands what's going on with Jodie and her powers and what she can do. And I immediately want to get my hands on her and figure out how I can use her.
(Video footage of Page, Dafoe, Hardison and Winter recording a scene from "Separation" plays, followed by the finished scene.)
Jodie: I don't care what you think. I'm not going anywhere! You can tell the CIA to fuck off because I'm not going anywhere.
Winter: Once we first meet it's definitely not a pleasant meeting. She realizes why I'm there, and I'm not there for really great reasons for her, changing her life completely.
(Video footage of Page and Winter recording a scene from "Welcome to the CIA" plays, followed by the finished scene.)
Ryan: This is your room. This is where you'll study and sleep for the next three years. Your training starts tomorrow at 5 a.m., don't be late.
Cage: What interested me in the story is that, of course, not everyone has a link with an invisible entity but we all have something that we need to accept in ourselves, that we cannot change and we need to live with that. And this is definitely the story of Jodie and Aiden. I think it's not about paranormal as much as it's about accepting who we are.
(Video footage of Page and Dafoe recording a scene from "Like Other Girls" plays.)
Jodie: I... I just wanted to go out... I wanted... To be like everyone else for once...
Nathan: I know... I know.
Page: It's weird, because I think anyone could relate to that. Anyone could relate to getting rid of our own "personal demon", to live and be truly present.
Winter: So it's a very thought-provoking game, and the player has to make some really difficult choices. So it's a full journey that the player's gonna go on, emotionally.
(An image of Jodie appears on a blue background, along with the Beyond: Two Souls logo, the box art, and the game's release date. The PlayStation 3 and Sony logos appear, followed by a copyright notice.)
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