Heres how it went…
Hello.
Easy question to start off with: do you have any favourite zombie movies, or rom-coms?
Anything that was a touchstone while makingLife After Beth?
Ive not seen that.
Its got this…Peter DeLuise from21 Jump Street,and Shari Belafonte.
I wouldnt…I wouldnt recommend it, but it had an effect on me.
A more annoying question: why did you make this film?
What was the drive?
Yeah, what was the drive to make it?
For me that was always a central feature of it.
If you look at zombie movies throughout history, theyre always making adjustments.
This is a facetious question: where does it go when zombies eat people?
Like what happens to their digestive system?
For me, all the zombies you do see are physically intact.
Thats fine, it wasnt strictly relevant, more personal curiosity.
Thats a lot more thoughtful an answer than that question really deserved.
The depiction of suburbia in the film is nicely observed, with the behind-closed-doors aspect of it.
Do you worry about negative interpretations?
I think its more about that.
She obviously goes to an intense place, he does too.
Hes out of character for most of the movie.
Shes a zombie, hes having emotional reasons, shes having physical reasons.
You could make an argument that its less about gender and more about the situation.
If you flipped it, its going to be the same thing.
What do you think would happen if it had been the other way around?
It might be a little bit more violent, because obviously men can be more violent…physically.
I thought about that issue, but for me its more about the wish fulfilment and the curse coinciding.
Its a reminder of that in a really, really fast way.
Finally, whats your favourite Jason Statham film?
Crank 2: High Voltage.
Good answer, no pause.
Life After Bethis out in UK cinemas now.
