Nolan North Talks Uncharted Movie And Why He Thinks Tom Holland Is A Great Choice For Drake

Nolan North, the voice actor who plays Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series, has shared a little more insight into the upcoming Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland.

He said on the Good Game Nice Try podcast that he believes in Holland as an actor and the take that Sony is going for with the film and its story. Instead of tracing the story of any of the Uncharted games, the movie will pick up with Drake in his 20s, which is about a decade before we met him in the games.

North said the Uncharted movie is not being labeled as a prequel, but it does tell the story of what Drake was doing before the events of the game, it seems.

"They don't say this, it's not a prequel, but here's our version of Nathan Drake but in his 20s," North said of what the movie is going for.

North also said he's encouraged by the fact that the filmmakers are telling a new story as opposed to adapting one of the games. Going with that approach could make the movie feel stale, North said, because people had already experienced that for themselves in the game.

North also said there is a great dynamic between Holland and Mark Wahlberg, who plays Sully in the movie. In the games, the relationship between Drake and Sully--who is essentially a father figure to Drake--is very important.

As for Holland, North had nothing but praise for the actor.

"He's a super nice kid. Big fan of [Uncharted]. I love the fact that he travels everywhere with his brother Harry and their golf clubs. He's enthusiastic. He's so athletic. He's an amazing dancer. He actually did a lot of, with safety harnesses, he did a lot of the stunts. His physical intelligence is off the chain, the way he moves," North said.

Finally, North said he's not upset that he wasn't cast as Drake, despite being an actor himself and obviously intimately familiar with the material. North said he has let go of Drake and wants to move on to other projects and pursuits, leaving Holland to make his own mark.

The Uncharted movie is scheduled for release in February 2022. It's directed by Ruben Fleischer, who previously helmed the Zombieland movies for Sony.