Samara Weaving Interview: Azrael & Hopes to Star in a Nightmare on Elm Street Movie
31The first time I saw Samara Weaving on screen, she instantly made a major impression by fearlessly going to an 11 in Season 1 of Ash vs. Evil Dead. After that came Mayhem in which she and Steven Yeun fight their way through an office building royal rumble. She shines in The Babysitter as the leader of a devil-worshipping cult, she kicks all the you-know-what in the 2019 gem Ready or Not, and she plays the top-contender in a live-streamed death match in Guns Akimbo. Weaving’s filmography is loaded with variety, but when it comes to extreme action, she’s proven she can handle anything, and handle it exceptionally well. However, even with all that experience, Weaving admitted that her latest genre film demanded she level up.
Weaving headlines Azrael as the title character, a woman who’s captured by a cult of mute zealots eager to sacrifice her in an effort to appease the ancient evil that lurks in the woods. Unfortunately for them, not only will Azrael stop at nothing to survive, but her pursuit of freedom turns into a mission of revenge, and she’s more than willing to unleash maximum bloody mayhem in order to decimate their encampment.
While in Austin celebrating Azrael’s world premiere at SXSW, Weaving, writer Simon Barrett and director E.L. Katz visited the Collider interview studio to discuss making the hugely ambitious action-heavy horror film.
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