Arrowhead's ode to friendly fire, "Helldivers 2," has been a hit among players discovering and rediscovering Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film based on Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction novel, with a little " Starship Troopers" led to a renaissance. Casper Van Dien, who played football star-turned-Space Marine Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers, responded on Twitter by suggesting a crossover movie.

While unlikely, the trailer for Helldivers 2 has certainly hit a rather similar tone, to say the least, and players have suggested that Van Dien or one of his co-stars, such as Neil Patrick Harris, should be used by Arrowhead to make a commercial for the game They suggest that he should. Van Dien liked the idea well enough and replied "DESIRE TO KNOW MORE INTENSIFIES" with a vibrating GIF of him as Johnny Rico.

Van Dien later deleted the tweet, but we don't know if this was him actually swearing to secrecy about his ongoing collaboration with Arrowhead, or if he was just a little embarrassed to tweet a reaction GIF like Boomer's. It is clear that the actor has been very Hell Diver-leaning in his other tweets, reposting news about the game and proclaiming "The only good bug is a dead bug!"

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Its latest tweet was in response to rumors about a new flying terminoid that players have been sharing videos of, and Arrowhead's CEO publicly refuted them, declaring that the Ministry of Truth agreed that this was all definitely bug-leaning propaganda. As a satire on fascism, it is as subtle as something out of a Paul Verhoeven movie.