Renfield: Awkwafina on on Filming a Monster of a Sequence & Working With Nicolas Cage
33In Chris McKay’s upcoming Dracula sequel, Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult, comedian and actress Awkwafina plays police officer Rebecca Quincy. Though somewhat removed from the roles audiences are used to seeing her in, such as her Comedy Central series Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, Ocean’s Eight, and Crazy Rich Asians, during an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Awkwafina tells us what about this project was actually a career first for her, and what about the dark comedy didn’t surprise her.
While the role of New Orleans traffic cop, Rebecca Quincy, may seem like it came out of left field for fans of the Golden Globe nominee, Awkwafina’s part in Renfield still serves up comedic relief on top of the dose of reality she brings to the fantastical horror. Though still camp (considering it depicts a toxic relationship between Cage’s Count Dracula and his indebted servant, Renfield, played by Hoult), the movie has a lot of blood, like, “you know, bodies getting broken in half, arms being torn off, and things like that.” So even though she’s done her fair share of action sequences battling Soul Eaters as Katy Chen in Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Awkwafina tells us she was amazed by the special effects and McKay’s “very gory intention” on set.
In her interview for Renfield, which you can watch in the player above or read below, Awkwafina walks us through how the cast and crew had to pull off a oner, a scene you can catch a snippet of in the trailers, and discusses the practical effects utilized on the set, from rigs to fire. She also shares some of the behind-the-scenes magic of working with a stunt team on location in order to film a “monster of a sequence,” and what it was like to be working alongside Cage. You can next catch Awkwafina voicing the lovably noisy Scuttle in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid. For more on Renfield, which hits theaters April 14, check out Maggie Boccella’s review from the Overlook Film Festival calling it “...a delight to watch.”
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