Max Thieriot on the serial killer thriller
Not a lot has been revealed about 25/8, the new movie from master of horror Wes Craven. ShockTillYouDrop.com has reported on some of the casting as it’s come to light and it’s known that Craven has been shooting the film in Connecticut the past few weeks. We also know that the general plot revolves around a serial killer who returns from the dead 15 years after his execution to kill seven children born on that same date.
The film’s star, 19-year-old Max Thieriot, played the young Hayden Christensen in Jumper and he’ll appear in the kids’ movie Kit Kittredge: American Girl, and it was for the latter movie, where we had a chance to talk to Thieriot about the lead role in which he was cast a few months back, hoping to squeeze a few more morsels of information about the plot and tone of the movie, and whether this may be return to Freddy Krueger territory for Craven.
“A little bit,” Thieriot told us. “It’s kind of different though. We have one week left but he hired a completely new crew this time, so that was really different for him, because he usually stuck to the same DP and a lot of the same people. Completely new crew, but it’s a little bit like Freddy Krueger-ish, but it’s more like a thriller than horror. I feel Nightmare on Elm Street is cool because it’s very smart. It’s not just killing. It has a whole back story and this craziness going on, and I think 25/8 has that, too. It’s basically about this kid and his life and when he’s born, his dad was a serial killer who had multiple personalities and basically, as people start dying in the movie, I start getting multiple personalities, too, because I inherited it from my dad. It’s kind of like this crazy plot but the whole time, people are just switching in and out of personalities. You’re not really sure who’s killing who and it’s very cool.”
He also told us what it was like working with the filmmaker who has been making horror movies for a very long time. “It’s pretty amazing,” he enthused. “Of all the directors I’ve worked with, he’s definitely the most experienced because he’s been around for so long and he’s basically the king of the horror genre. He knows so much and it’s crazy to see, and then on top of that, it’s funny because when you hang out with him, you think he should be making comedies and not horror films. You think [switches to creepy voice] ‘Wes Craven, very mysterious and creepy’ and then you meet him and he’s telling jokes all the time on-set and he’s making sly comments like ‘Say this to her in the scene to see if you can make her laugh.’ Just to break up the scene and just random stuff.”
Source: Edward Douglas
