One of the more surprising moments in volume four of Love, Death, and Robots is an appearance from YouTube star MrBeast. He shows up in the episode “The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur,” playing a sort of twisted game master presiding over a death race on one of the moons of Jupiter. Also, there are dinosaurs. According to LDR creator Tim Miller, who also directed the episode, the collaboration started out simply because MrBeast was a fan of the show. It then solidified once Miller realized he had the ideal role.

“I have this evil game master here, and I thought he would be perfect for that,” Miller says. “I watched his Amazon show and I thought ‘what a dick’ often. With some of the contestants, he seemed to take a particular joy in their uncomfortableness. Not because he’s an evil guy – he’s not, he’s a super nice guy. I think he just enjoys the whole machination of people and how they can either work together or against each other. And it seemed to fit this particular role very well.”

Miller says that because MrBeast was such a fan, he didn’t actually charge anything for his performance. “The cool thing is he likes the show so much – we couldn’t afford MrBeast prices or anything …

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