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The original director's groundbreaking 1982 movie Tron mostly takes place within the imaginary universe inside digital games, where programs, depicted as people in neon-streaked costumes, face off on the Grid in lethal challenges. Programs are ruthlessly destroyed (or “derezzed”) in the Battlefield and smashed by energy barriers in light-cycle battles. The sequel director's 2010 continuation Tron: Legacy ventures inside the digital realm for further high-speed races and further conflict on the Grid.

The new director's Legacy sequel Tron: Ares employs a somewhat lesser interactive method. In the picture, virtual characters still clash each other for endurance on the virtual arena, but mostly in high-stakes struggles over confidential files, serving as avatars for their business developers. Protection software and infiltration programs engage on corporate systems, and in the real world, Recognizers and speed bikes brought from the digital realm function as they do in the digital environment.

The soldier software the protagonist (the star) is an additional modern creation: a advanced warrior who can be infinitely replicated to engage in battles in the real world. But would the flesh-and-blood actor have the real-world abilities to make it if he was transported into one of the digital arena's contests? At a recent press event, stars and directors of Tron: Ares were inquired what virtual worlds they would be most apt to make it through. We have their replies — but we've also our own assessments about their abilities to persist inside digital realms.

The Actress

Role: In Tron: Ares, the actress portrays Eve Kim, the leader of the corporation, who is preoccupied from her leadership tasks as she tries to locate the key data believed to be remaining by the founder (the actor).

The game Lee believes she could make it through: “My children are very into Minecraft,” she says. “I wouldn't want them to discover this, but [Minecraft] is so cool, the environments that they build. I feel I would prefer to explore one of the environments that they've made. My little one has built this one with beasts — it's just filled with feathered friends, because he is fond of parrots.”

Lee’s probability of endurance: 90%. If Lee simply stays with her kids’ feathered companions, she's secure. But it's unclear whether she understands how to avoid or contend with a dangerous creature.

Evan Peters

Part: Peters plays the antagonist, the head of ENCOM rival the organization and descendant of Ed Dillinger (the actor) from the initial Tron.

The virtual world Peters feels he could endure in: “I would definitely fail in the [Disc Arena],” Peters remarked. “I might go into BioShock.” Clarifying that reply to colleague the star, he explains, “It's really such a excellent game, it’s the best. BioShock, Fallout 3 and 4, incredible dystopian worlds in the franchise, and the game is an subterranean, run-down nightmare.” Did he comprehend the question? Unknown.

The actor's probability of success: In BioShock? 5%, like any other normal human's likelihood in Rapture. In any post-apocalyptic title? A modest chance, purely based on his charisma score.

The Star

Character: Gillian Anderson plays the matriarch, parent to Julian and offspring to Ed. She’s the previous leader of the company, and a significantly level-headed director than Julian.

The digital environment Anderson believes she could make it through: “Pong,” remarked the actress, regardless of her obvious experience with the title Myst and her featured appearance in the 1998 participatory digital disc The X-Files Game. “That is as complex as I could manage. It would take so much time for the [ball] to come that I could duck out of the way promptly before it arrived to collide with me in the head.”

The actress's chances of success: An even chance, considering the simple essence of the title and whether being hit by the ball, or not hitting the pixel back to the opponent, would be lethal. Also, it’s extremely dark in Pong — could she slip off the stage to her demise? What does the black void of Pong impact a individual?

The Filmmaker

Job: the director is the helmer of Tron: Ares. He also made Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

The digital environment the director feels he could make it through: Tomb Raider. “I was a youngster of the ’80s, so I was interested in the home computer and the console, but the first title that influenced me was the very first Tomb Raider on the console,” Joachim Rønning explains. “As a movie guy — it was the initial title that was so immersive, it was tactile. I'm uncertain that's the game I would really want to be in, but that was my first amazing journey, at least.”

Joachim Rønning's chances of success: 20%. If Joachim Rønning was dropped into a Lara Croft title and had to contend with the creatures and {booby traps