Possessor: Body-swap horror film’s cast on the art of playing double
In a video interview, Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott discuss how they integrated their performances in Brandon Cronenberg's thriller
https://nowtoronto.com/news/possessor-interview-andrea-riseborough-christopher-abbottI would say the same of Sean Bean and Tuppence Middleton. For a movie that goes to some very, VERY dark places, everyone I talked to on that set was sweet and funny and having a great time.
https://twitter.com/CWSmets/status/1312041928989573121Possessor Uncut: Brandon Cronenberg Talks Performance, Sean Bean, and Splattery SFX
Now speaking of performance and perception, I’m a big fan of Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and I have been since his days in Sharpe. So thank you for giving him a reprieve of sorts from that “Sean Bean’s character always dies” curse. When you cast an actor like Sean in the film are you conscious on that meta level – like, “okay, people might be expecting one thing from this because it’s this actor.” Does that play into it at all?
BC: [laughs] Certainly I was aware of it and I know that Sean has a great sense of humour about that, but ultimately the character is the character and the story is the story.
https://thatshelf.com/possessor-uncut-brandon-cronenberg-talks-performance-sean-bean-and-splattery-sfx/The Powerhouse Cast of ‘Possessor’ and a Look Back at Their Horror Roots
In celebration of Possessor’s release, we look back at the film’s stars’ horror roots.
Sean Bean – John Parse
Bean may have unwittingly developed a reputation for dying a lot on camera, but the inexhaustible actor has racked up an insane number of credits. Before his turn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy as the ill-fated Boromir, but he also made several thrillers around that era, including Don’t Say a Word, Equilibrium, The Dark, and Flightplan. Horror fans likely know him best as Christopher Da Salva, a desperate father searching for his wife and adoptive daughter in Silent Hill, the cinematic adaptation of the popular video game. Two years later, Bean assumed the titular role once portrayed by Rutger Hauer in the remake of The Hitcher. The actor also starred in the period horror film Black Death, set during the bubonic plague’s peak.
Possessor can be experienced uncut in theaters and drive-ins starting TONIGHT, October 2, 2020.
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