Bill Skarsgård could also be gaining a fame for having fun with transformative performances with roles like Pennywise in “It” and Count Orlok in “Nosferatu,” however like some other actor, he likes mixing issues up too. Keeping it easy for his most up-to-date outing, the close-quarters thriller “Locked” sees Skarsgård trapped and tortured contained in the automotive of a sociopath performed by Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins. Though his carjacker character is put by way of the ringer all through the film, the half allowed him a pleasant change of tempo from the various elements that went into making Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu.”
“I was very happy because I had a bigger break than usual — four or five months, which I really needed in order to shake off Mr. Orlok,” Skarsgård mentioned in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. “But I read the script for ‘Locked’ around the tail end of ‘Nosferatu’ production. And there’s something about it that was so different from what I have been doing, and I often instinctively want to go somewhere that’s the polar opposite of my current project, just to keep challenging myself. And it’s more fun that way.”
Skarsgård informed EW it was the “street weasel quality” of his character Eddie that drew him to the mission, however the concept of performing alone was extra of a problem than an attraction.
“It was awkward being alone for so long. You’re like, ‘Ok, where do I look? The camera’s here, and I’m not looking at a person.’ All of Anthony’s dialogue is spoken through the car. And it got to the point where there’s some really intense stuff happening throughout the movie. You have to perform it. That’s not always easy.”
There have been some scenes Hopkins had recorded his dialogue for, however different instances, Skarsgård solely had the Assistant Director to carry out with. However, he did ultimately get to share the display with Hopkins for the proper denouement to a posh shoot.
“When he did show up in person, that was one of the high points. That scene that we have together at the end was a joyous moment of production,” Skarsgård mentioned to EW. “It ended up becoming very improvised. So he was improvising, I was improvising, and the scene just kind of became. To get to play and improvise with one of the greats was a special thing.”
In our review of the film, IndieWire’s Christian Zilko mentioned, “A remake of the Argentine thriller ‘4×4,’ and often too cheesy for its own good, David Yarovesky’s two-hander stars Skarsgård as a small-time carjacker who picks the wrong self-driving vehicle to break into. He finds himself trapped and tortured over the phone by William (Hopkins), a dying man who is sick of petty crime. The film’s attempts at exploring morality might be underwhelming, but ‘Locked’ finds plenty of silly opportunities to exploit its gimmick of a premise, likely to the delight of anyone who willingly buys a ticket to a movie about Bill Skarsgård being locked in a car.”
“Locked” is at present in theaters from The Avenue.
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