Danny Boyle & Alex Garland Reunite for 28 Years Later

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Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland open up about returning to their apocalyptic roots, teasing what fans can expect from 28 Years Later—the long-awaited sequel in the iconic horror saga. 28 Years Later is now playing in theaters everywhere!

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00:00What was the biggest storytelling challenge in returning to this world after such a long time?

00:05Just not to damage the original movie, to sort of respect it and look after it.

00:11What were the differences, I guess, between writing this script and the original 28 Day script?

00:16I think with 28 Days, it was the first film I'd ever worked on.

00:20So the whole thing was just a kind of exploration and super accelerated learning curve about film.

00:27And now it's 20-something years later and it's more familiar to me and I can be more relaxed, probably.

00:34Danny, how do you approach directing actors in a world that's so emotionally and physically intense?

00:39I make a fool of myself straight away and I do that absolutely deliberately.

00:44I show them that I'm prepared to do anything.

00:47I think actors, understandably, sometimes want to control a performance so it can't be seen as over the top.

00:53It can't be seen as over-rich.

00:54I want them to risk-take. I want them to push it as far as possible and then control it with the editing.

01:00How has your creative partnership and process changed from the first movie to this one?

01:05Is there any differences in how you work together now than you originally did?

01:09It was slightly different because I understood less about the parameters of writing, possibly, back then.

01:17But this time I felt I did understand it.

01:20So I think it was more straightforward.

01:21The key relationships, which are creative, I'll do anything for those relationships.

01:27So that is trust and acceptance.

01:30Even sometimes when you think, oh, no, he's wrong, but you think he's adamant, therefore trust it, go with it.

01:36I'll do anything for those key relationships, whereas other relationships are tactical.

01:40That's true.

01:40Let's go.

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