Although we get a good glimpse at the tragedies that made our other main characters the way they are (Weak Kingsley, D, Talia Yang), Roman\u2019s backstory is notably absent from the mix. And while he\u2019s so young that it could be argued the events of this season basically serve as his backstory, there\u2019s something that nagged at me the entire time I was watching: Why was his dad so permissive?<\/p>\n
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Maybe it\u2019s my strict upbringing talking, but I was surprised to see how freely Roman\u2019s father let him roam around Night City (even letting him bring D to his house on a few occasions). When asked about this, Sztybor revealed that, surprisingly, this wasn\u2019t always the plan for Roman and his dad.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has things to do! He\u2019s a barber and he trusts his boy,\u201d he said of Roman\u2019s father. \u201cThat was an artistic choice, not to explain too much. Roman is this glimpse of innocence in this weird, violent city, and walking happiness and trust and all that. I think that if you were to show his background\u2026 In our first draft of scripts, his dad had more dialogue with Roman, but we saw that it gave too much backstory to him. Then you start interpreting things, \u2018Why is he this way?\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it should be something for the audience that they just feel, \u2018Okay, he\u2019s that guy.\u2019 You can, of course, start thinking and start creating his story and background, which is fine. I would say that telling too much about himself, his past, his family would destroy the feelings of who he is. This is the promise that I\u2019m making, never in the Cyberpunk franchise will we show his backstory. It will be kept secret.\u201d<\/p>\n
I brought up my feeling that Roman was the lens through which we, the audience, watch the events of Edgerunners 2 unfold \u2014 and Sztybor acknowledged this take, while also revealing how he came to the conclusion of having a cinephile-type character being the central connecting thread to all of the other players in the story.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first pitch for Studio Trigger was, \u2018I want to do an homage to the pop culture of the ’90s. I want a pulp fiction kind of story with several characters that, at one point, connect.\u2019 Working with Kai Igarashi, we discovered we are both cinephiles and we love cinema. We needed something, someone that connected all the characters, and if we were already doing an homage to pop culture of the ’80s and the ’90s \u2014 not just at the story level, but the visual level \u2014 then a cinephile kid would be a perfect choice. We thought this one innocent guy who loves retro, who is this glimpse of hope, and suddenly he\u2019s the connection between all those flawed characters, would be an amazing choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 is out now exclusively on Netflix. You can read our review here<\/a>, where we scored it a 9 out of 10, saying it \u201cdelivers the gory, action-packed goods, even if it doesn\u2019t quite hit the highs of its predecessor.\u201d<\/p>\n Returning to Cyberpunk 2077 or playing it for the first time? We\u2019ve got a new and improved Cyberpunk interactive map<\/a> to help you find every mission, Iconic item, and collectible in the game. Plus, we\u2019ve also got a full walkthrough<\/a> for the base game, a Phantom Liberty walkthrough<\/a>, and an overview of all the Cyberpunk 2077 endings<\/a> so you don\u2019t make a choice you regret. And we can\u2019t ignore the various romance options<\/a> you can smooch, which also impact how V\u2019s story concludes.<\/p>\n Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I got the chance to ask Bartosz Sztybor, the showrunner, writer, and producer for Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Virginia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792542133_946_XD1zX2FT-1782150223173.jpg\")
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