From creating the “Noticed” franchise alongside James Wan to revitalizing the monster-movie style together with his crucial and monetary hit “The Invisible Man,” Leigh Whannell has been tapping into our fears for over 20 years, and his newest star, Julia Garner, believes he’s carried out it once more with “Wolf Man.” Not solely that, however that he’s gone additional than ever earlier than.
In a latest interview with ScreenRant, Garner shared that Whannell’s “Wolf Man” sources extra terror than earlier iterations by making the transformation from man to wolf a part of the journey. Within the movie, Garner’s character is compelled watch in alarm as her husband (Christopher Abbott) begins to turn out to be a beast, each bodily and emotionally — like a illness slowly taking maintain.
“It’s extra scary when it’s a slower transition as a result of I nonetheless acknowledged little components of Chris,” stated Garner. “His pores and skin and his hair was altering, however he nonetheless had his eyes and I believe if you wish to make something scarier simply go together with one thing acquainted. That’s why they at all times put dolls in horror movies since you see a doll like virtually daily. So I believe that this ‘Wolf Man’ is sort of scarier for that cause — that’s there’s one thing acquainted, that Charlotte nonetheless sees her husband, however he’s not there anymore.”
As scary as Abbott’s breakdown reads on display screen and as off-putting because it was to carry out reverse him, Garner did admit that the novelty of his grotesque look wore off fast on set.
“The primary time I noticed him with the prosthetics I couldn’t cease taking a look at him,” she stated to ScreenRant. “It was very bizarre and weird and I used to be identical to, ‘Oh my God that is terrifying,’ after which I acquired used to it after like three days.”
Chatting with IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill for a latest interview, Whannell detailed how he wrote the script for “Wolf Man” throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns and that he was drawn to the concept of illness as a monster many are compelled to face. David Cronenberg labored in comparable territory together with his 1986 tackle “The Fly,” a movie that served as sturdy affect for Whannell.
“‘The Fly’ was an allegory for illness, and I felt like that’s what my ‘Wolf Man’ story was,” the author/director stated. “I’ve to search out the emotional name for me, as a result of scaring folks could be very mechanical. The emotional bedrock beneath is the factor that’s scary feeling in me. And I belief that.”
Watch Garner’s interview with ScreenRant beneath.
“Wolf Man” is at present in theaters from Common Footage.