LOS ANGELES, April 6 (UPI) — Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery star in Faces of Death, in theaters Friday, a re-imagining of the infamous 1978 horror video. Ferreira mentioned she associates her movie’s most intense moments along with her costume, khakis and a floral shirt.
In a latest Zoom interview with UPI, Ferreira, 29, mentioned she wore the identical costume for a month of filming.
“I just recall being in khakis and in that floral shirt for most of my scenes where I’m the most traumatized,” Ferreira mentioned. “So to me that outfit is directly correlated with Margot’s descent into full madness and taking matters into her own hands.”
Ferreira performs Margot, a moderator for a video app. Margo suspects somebody is importing movies of actual killings, just like the alleged footage within the authentic Faces of Death, although the ’78 footage has been debunked.
The new Faces, written by Isa Mazzei and director Daniel Goldhaber, elaborates on the pervasiveness of on-line movies. Margot can be well-known for a viral video of a traumatic incident she suffered.
As a well-liked actor from exhibits like Euphoria with a social media presence herself, Ferreira appreciated that the movie exhibits how invasive such consideration may be for folks not in any other case within the public eye. She likened it to the 1998 comedy The Truman Show.
“Children are growing up with this idea that they’re being perceived,” Ferreira mentioned. “I can’t even imagine children who are going to make mistakes. They’re going to do something bad. They’re going to say something stupid. They’re going to embarrass themselves.”
Montgomery’s character, Arthur, represents the worst case situation of that cautionary story. Arthur phases and uploads his killing movies for notoriety.
“He’s someone that’s desperately wanting attention,” Montgomery, 31, mentioned. “I think there are so many people not just in this country, but around the world who feel that need but don’t understand what that comes with and are prepared to do anything to capture people’s attention.”
As analysis for his position, Montgomery studied Elliot Rodger, the person who recorded a YouTube video earlier than committing the 2014 Isla Vista killings. Having performed the troubled villain Billy Hargrove on Stranger Things, Montgomery mentioned it is very important him to hint the psychological roots of characters’ actions, with out condoning them.
“What have they lost in schooling, in parenting?” Montgomery mentioned. “What’s present in nature and nurture in their lives that they so desperately need and want to be loved and recognized? How does that drive them into a mania that leads them to plan or commit horrible acts of violence on their community?”
Margot tries to warn folks concerning the movies however they do not consider her. First, her boss tells her to not examine additional. Then, when she’s seen proof firsthand, police do not consider her both.
“She’s obviously having a psychosis moment,” Ferreira mentioned. “No one believes you because you are reading as a hysterical woman who’s screaming, again, in khakis.”
As a lady in 2026, Ferreira mentioned she additionally associated to Margot not being believed by males. However, Margot has reached a breaking level the place she is decided to show the reality.
“Margo has nothing left to lose,” Ferreira mentioned. “The frustration in the scene was real and it felt like it kept building and building with the boss, with the police. Margo takes it all in her own hands.”
