The filmmakers behind Freaky Stories are discussing the experience of dealing with late star Angus Cloud in one of his final roles.
The Ecstasy star, that passed away at age 25 in July, is posthumously onscreen at the 2024 Sundance Movie Celebration in the Anna Boden- and Ryan Fleck-directed function, which premiered on Jan. 18 in Park City, Utah.
Weird Stories, which opposes typical style meanings, has punk rockers battling neo-Nazis, rap fights including real-life pop celebrity Normani, Pedro Pascal as a soon-to-retire fixer, and a whole story fixated Golden State Warrior All-Star Sleepy Floyd’s efficiency in the 1987 championship game versus the “showtime”- period Lakers. The movie, informed in 4 linking phases, is established in 1987 in Cloud’s indigenous Oakland.
“He’s got the Bay Area accent. It’s important that we had some people that talked that way [in the movie],” Streak informed THR before the celebration. Boden included,“We felt really lucky to have gotten him in the movie.”
The duo had actually seen his deal with Ecstasy where he played Fezco, a dope dealer with a heart of gold. In Weird Stories, he plays Travis, a prospective robber in the movie’s neo-Nazi gang.
“He cared so much about the role,” states Boden. “Even in the most tense moments on set, he would bring this different energy and help break the tension. He ends up bringing this very specific, very Angus energy to the role. He totally transforms it from something that could be a very average role that you don’t think that much about into something that has a very specific life to it.”
Cloud’s final movie debt is provided as Abigail, the Universal scary from Radio Silence (All Set or otherwise) that likewise stars Dan Stevens, Melissa Barrer and Giancarlo Esposito, and is established for an April launch.
At the time of his fatality, numerous co-stars and fellow stars shared remembrances, consisting of Sydney Sweeney and Maude Apatow. Zendaya composed on social networks,“I’m so grateful I got the chance to know him in this life, to call him a brother, to see his warm kind eyes and bright smile, or hear his infectious cackle of a laugh (I’m smiling now just thinking of it).”
Weird Stories premiered on Jan 18 at the Eccles Movie Theater in Park City. When Cloud showed up in the final credit histories, the jam-packed movie theater barked with praise.
Throughout the post-screening Q&A, Ellis kept in mind conference Cloud, Pascal and fellow Freaky Stories star Ben Mendelsohn on the day they were recording action-heavy and tough scenes. Said Ellis, “We laughed the entire time, as crazy as that scene was. We had meltdowns and we helped each other through the meltdowns quite a few times. It was so dope to see this cast come together.”
“Rest in Peace to Angus,” Ellis proceeded. “He gave such a great performance and had so much fun with us.”
“He was just a breath of fresh air,” included Bodenof Cloud “I know a lot of people on the movie felt that way — touched by his presence.”
