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Steven Lisberger's classic 1982 film Tron mostly takes place within the fantastical realm inside digital games, where programs, envisioned as human-like figures in illuminated outfits, compete on the digital arena in lethal games. These entities are mercilessly killed (or “erased”) in the Battlefield and crushed by force fields in high-speed battles. Joseph Kosinski's 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy returns inside the virtual domain for additional vehicle combat and additional fighting on the Grid.

The new director's Legacy sequel Tron: Ares employs a slightly less interactive approach. In the movie, digital entities still battle each other for endurance on the virtual arena, but mainly in critical struggles over secretive information, functioning as representatives for their business creators. Defensive entities and hacking tools clash on digital networks, and in the outside world, large vehicles and digital motorcycles exported from the virtual world function as they do in the virtual world.

The combat entity Ares (Jared Leto) is another new innovation: a advanced warrior who can be endlessly manufactured to fight wars in the real world. But would the flesh-and-blood star have the practical skills to endure if he was inserted into one of the virtual world's games? In a recent media gathering, the cast and crew of Tron: Ares were questioned what digital environments they would be most apt to survive in. Here are their replies — but we also offer our own assessments about their capabilities to persist inside digital realms.

Greta Lee

Character: In Tron: Ares, Lee portrays Eve Kim, the CEO of the corporation, who is distracted from her leadership tasks as she attempts to retrieve the crucial information thought to be left behind by the original character (the actor).

The game Greta Lee feels she could endure in: “My kids are really into Minecraft,” she states. “I would never want them to realize this, but [Minecraft] is so fantastic, the worlds that they create. I think I would like to explore one of the worlds that they've made. My youngest has built this one with creatures — it's just packed with birds, because he is fond of parrots.”

The actress's probability of endurance: A high percentage. If Lee simply resides with her little ones' feathered companions, she's safe. But it's unknown whether she is aware of how to avoid or deal with a Creeper.

Evan Peters

Role: Evan Peters plays the antagonist, the leader of opposing corporation the business and descendant of Ed Dillinger (the star) from the first Tron.

The virtual world Peters believes he could endure in: “I'd definitely lose in the [Disc Arena],” Peters remarked. “I'd go into BioShock.” Clarifying that reply to fellow actor the actress, he explains, “It's really such a good video game, it’s the best. BioShock, Fallout 3 and 4, incredible ruined environments in the franchise, and the title is an underground, run-down nightmare.” Was he understand the query? Unknown.

Evan Peters' probability of endurance: In BioShock? Five percent, similar to any other regular individual's chances in the city. In any of the post-apocalyptic title? A modest chance, purely based on his charm level.

The Star

Role: Gillian Anderson plays Elisabeth Dillinger, guardian to the son and child to the original character. She’s the previous CEO of Dillinger Systems, and a more level-headed director than Julian.

The virtual world Gillian Anderson believes she could endure in: “Pong,” said Gillian Anderson, regardless of her apparent experience with the title Myst and her co-starring appearance in the late 1990s participatory digital disc The X-Files Game. “That's as sophisticated as I could manage. It might take so a while for the [ball] to arrive that I could dodge out of the way swiftly before it reached to strike me in the face.”

The actress's probability of survival: 50%, depending on the simple nature of the game and whether being hit by the pixel, or not volleying the object back to the other player, would be lethal. Furthermore, it’s extremely dim in Pong — could she slip off the arena to her end? What does the dark abyss of the game affect a person?

The Filmmaker

Position: the director is the filmmaker of Tron: Ares. He furthermore helmed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

The game the director thinks he could make it through: Tomb Raider. “I am a youngster of the ’80s, so I was interested in the home computer and the console, but the first experience that captivated me was the first ever Tomb Raider on PlayStation,” Joachim Rønning explains. “As a film enthusiast — it was the original experience that was so captivating, it was tactile. I doubt that's the environment I would truly like to be in, but that was my original incredible adventure, at least.”

The director's chances of success: Twenty percent. If he was transported into a adventure world and had to contend with the creatures and {booby traps