saw Franchise Vet Marcus Dunstan Returns to Horror Films inhuman. This horror-comedy film follows a group of high school misfits as they embark on a field trip, only to encounter zombie-like creatures that force them to put aside their differences and find a way to survive.
Benjamin Wadsworth (Deadly level), Drew Scheid (Halloween Kills) and Uriah Shelton (Look for Alaska) travels the line between horror and comedy with a talented group of young actors inhumanRunning time is tight.
Before the film is released, screen roar Exclusive chat with stars Benjamin Wadsworth, Drew Scheid and Uriah Shelton inhumantheir love for the zombie movie genre, developing their characters with director Marcus Dunstan and more.
Screen Rant: I’m so excited to talk to you all about this movie. From start to finish, it was a blast. Did this movie really capture your full interest in being a part of it?
Benjamin Wadsworth: For me, it was the character Randall. He’s a very damaged guy and it was definitely fun for me as an actor to play someone who wasn’t portrayed as being so perfect. Also talking to our director Marcus Dunstan, just hearing how passionate and passionate he was about the film made me excited to be a part of it.
Uriah Shelton: I think from my perspective, doing a zombie movie is on my bucket list. I’ve always wanted to be one of them since I was a kid and I love them. I really like the idea of playing bad guys and despicable characters because that’s not who I am. So it’s a really cool thing to step out of your shell and become a completely different person.
The more the script was developed – because we did some pretty big rewrites in the beginning – the more human my character became and the more I thought, “Oh, this is why he’s like this. This is That’s why he screws up. That’s why he abuses people.” To find out that he made the decision at the end like, “Okay, we don’t have to be a jerk because we went through something.” That’s what really attracted me to it, and then it got me invested in it, and I really enjoyed it it.
Drew Scheid: What appealed to me was, number one, it’s a zombie movie, it’s a fun movie like a John Hughes zombie movie, where we’re all escaping from zombies and learning more about ourselves . Also, to give me a clear character goal, Steven’s goal in the movie was that I wanted to be with Ivor the most. Just like my whole life, I imagine loving Ever from kindergarten through senior grade. To have an interesting character, I wouldn’t say it’s a romantic character at all. [Laughs]
You’ve seen the movie, it’s not a romantic character but has this fun energy on top of all the running away from zombies and bullies in the movie. And then when Ever and I have a scene like this, there’s this immediate unspoken energy where it’s like, “Oh, what’s going to happen, they kind of like each other?”
Drew, your personality is very similar to Oscar’s halloween In 2018, it’s about your goals. What’s it like for you, from an actor’s perspective, to really work to help make sure characters and audiences see them differently?
Drew Scheid: Oh, yeah, you’re right. On the surface, I think Steven and Oscar are similar, [they’re] Excitement, long hair, and a very, very one-sided relationship with the heroine of both movies. [Chuckles] The great thing about Steven is that he has so much, I don’t want to say angst [energy], but he was so worried about what people thought of him, even what his best friend Randall thought of him. I wanted to be Randall’s best friend, but I was afraid of what other people thought of me. I think Steven was so caught up in his intrusive thoughts that it led him into a situation where he was like a subhuman being.
He does go down an interesting path in this movie, to say the least. Ben, when I was talking to Marcus earlier, he mentioned that a lot of the characters were supposed to be these types of clichés. Did you have any major inspirations for your characters, especially through these different rewrites?
Benjamin Wadsworth: I wouldn’t say I learned from anything specific, just from personal experiences I had in high school.I was homeschooled, so [it was] Just the feeling of being isolated and not having many friends.I wandered on a few bridges and listened to melancholic music [chuckles] Sometimes, darker issues creep in, so I guess that’s where I draw inspiration from.
Uriah, like Drew, we’ve seen you play an athlete-like character before in a Booker movie weird. What was it like for you to really explore this different archetype and try to differentiate yourself from similar characters on paper?
Uriah Sheldon: One of our coolest developments is I Should Die on page 24. In the original script, I had my head blown off, and after the audition tape, I guess they liked what I was doing and they made him his lead character. A more prominent figure. When they do that, like when we shot it, they add all these human elements and you realize that even though he’s a d-kish athlete and he’s very different from Booker, he’s very arrogant, he’s very Arrogant, very aloof, selfish and you start to realize why.
When he was younger, he was bullied for being too heavy, and it all showed up in this protective case that he carried around with him, which was really heavy for him. When he was able to let go, he actually started to be able to rebuild his relationships, and I was able to detach myself from my life with that. I was never overweight but after a motorcycle accident I was severely underweight and I dropped from 155 pounds to 98 pounds and I remember hating the way I looked in the mirror, I was ripped open and had a foot long penis on my belly Big scar, I look like a ghost.
It takes a lot of hard work, it takes a lot of external and internal growth, and I know how slippery the slope is and you just want to get in there and not care about anyone. But I’m lucky that I didn’t go down that path, but I know how easy it is to go down that path, so I’m really excited to explore it and it’s really therapeutic in a way.
That’s an unexpected blessing for a character, right?
Uriah Shelton: Exactly, and I have to give that to Marcus. He really gave that human element and he trusted me to be able to play it and I’m really grateful to him and the whole Blumhouse team.
So far, the Blumhouse team has made few mistakes. Now that you did mention rebuilding relationships with your characters, the next question is for all of you. So much of the movie is about the rapport you have with each other, whether it’s hostile, friendly, or whatever. What was it like for all of you to come up with this off-camera before bringing it into each scene?
Drew Scheid: What was really great was it was a pretty long shoot and we spent a long full day with each other, which was very special, like “we were all in the scene together.” And then we were hanging out in between takes and we were like, “Oh, it’s all over, we’re done at six, let’s all go have dinner, let’s go to the next hotel for dinner. Oh, it’s the weekend, we just have One day, and then we shoot on Sunday, which is great, let’s all go out and do something in New Orleans and then come back.”
There was a lot of public contact because we got this opportunity, which was great because I feel like in some scenes you might meet one or two people and then people are filming around you that you don’t sometimes meet Everyone. But in this case, we all got to meet up, hang out, and have a good time the whole time.
Uriah Shelton: A lot of things can go wrong when you’re shooting so close to your colleagues, especially people in the industry. But I have to say, the fact that we bonded in the days leading up to the shoot, hanging out together, having drinks, eating food and getting to know each other really well, really helped everything go smoothly. That was very important to us because, like we said, we spent a lot of long days, a lot of long nights, and shooting in the summer in Louisiana is not an easy thing to do.
There’s no air conditioning, you’re shooting outside and it’s hot and everyone is enduring it. But you know the guy to your right, the guy to your left, the girl to your right, the girl to your left, they’re going to perform because we got to spend that time with them. We have to know them well so we know they won’t get us into trouble.
Benjamin Wadsworth: We had a lot of fun behind the scenes and did go to Bourbon Street a few times and watch some basketball games. I remember Drew and CJ, they quickly ran into Walmart and I was like, “Hey guys, can you guys stop and buy me a Rubik’s Cube,” and they did and we had a lot of fun.
Drew Scheid: Oh yeah, there was a lot of the common thought of, “I’m done, who needs anything?” Did you guys go to a karaoke night?
Benjamin Wadsworth: I didn’t make it to that karaoke night, but CJ did.
Uriah Shelton: I remember part of the karaoke night. [Laughs]
Drew Scheid: The cast and crew had so much fun together, it was great, not just the cast coming together. It was a big crew, but it wasn’t like, I think about how many people there were the other day, because it wasn’t like a big crew where everybody knew each other and everybody was together all day. We went out together as a cast and crew and it was great.
Uriah Shelton: Good size, but private. really good.
This is rare in Hollywood. Now that you’ve all mentioned your love for zombie movies, what are some of your favorite zombie movies?
Benjamin Wadsworth: Shaun of the Dead.
Drew Scheid: Damn it. The first time I saw this, I loved Edgar Wright.
Uriah Shelton: I think 28 Days Later and 28 Days Later , I think they changed the genre a little bit. They’re brutal, they’re honest, and they really explore the human side and the complete psychological breakdown associated with it. But as far as the whole creature goes, World War Z and I Am Legend, they’re some scary zombies. They are fast, vicious, and downright animalistic. But they also have some human element to them that makes them even scarier because you feel for him.
Drew Scheid: My favorite zombie movie? inhuman. 2022. June 3rd.
inhuman summary
The deceased would use this club for breakfast. Blumhouse Television and Epix bring you the story of a high school field trip. The students’ trust in each other is tested when the only way out is a brutal, horrific fight for survival.
Check out our other inhuman Interview with director and co-writer Marcus Dunstan.
inhuman Now available on digital platforms and streaming on Epix.