In
an interview to collider, actor Dylan O’Brien talked a little bit about the
success of Teen Wolf and the upcoming The Maze Runner by Wes Ball.
“How
have things changed for you with the success of Teen Wolf? I know it’s bigger now than it’s ever been.
O’BRIEN: Yeah, it’s crazy how it just keeps growing
and the fanbase just keeps getting stronger, it’s amazing. At one time this was literally the first job
I ever had, the only job I had, my very first introduction into the business,
my first experience with crew, with the set, with the cast, with anything. Literally, as an actor, it was my first
experience at all. So, it’s really close
to home and it’s really important to me, and I’m going to be so upset the day
that it’s over. It’s going to be
heartbreaking. But it’s mind-blowing to
see something like that, something that’s actually just really personal to you
kind of become — first off all, to still be going, we never thought it’d be
going even three years, like we’re at right now. It’s crazy to see the success of something
like that, that’s just kind of your little home base. It’s always been like that for me. As an actor now, when I’ve gone off and tried
other things, it’s like my home base.
It’s my school, it’s my home that I go back and — yeah, I don’t
know. It’s weird. It’s really cool though.
I
know you guys moved from L.A. to shoot from Atlanta. How has it been filming in L.A.? Is it something that you’ve enjoyed the
transition?
O’BRIEN: Yeah.
It’s a different thing, Atlanta was fantastic for so many ways. The first couple season we were out there. The first season, me and two of the guys from
the show lived together and we got our apartment and the whole cast would hang
there every night. With that set up, you
go through so many scenarios that you would never like experience — you just
have this experience that you would’ve never had otherwise. That’s why Atlanta was so great. I think the sense of camaraderie that we had
as a cast and crew and everything started with us being secluded with each
other. Something comes out of that. Being in L.A. is fine too, it’s great for
other reasons. It’s a lot more of just
kind of us coming and seeing each other every day at work and then going back
to our respective homes and environments.
We’re not so much all up on each other’s hair like constantly we are in
Atlanta, in the best way possible. But
it’s great being home, it’s nice to have stability, it’s nice.
…
The
thing I learned from the Maze Runner set visit is that this was not an easy
shoot. This was like, poisonous snakes
on set, humidity, there was heat. This
was, I’m imagining on your end, a challenging shoot. Was I wrong?
O’BRIEN: You’re so right, man. It’s amazing that you understand that.
This
was not like sound stage work, where you’re like 9-5, everything’s chill. As an actor, you’re still dealing with
performance but you’re also dealing with outside elements.
O’BRIEN: Yeah, as an actor, it’s interesting because
so much was like what you’re focused on and a lot of what you need to focus on
is story and your scenes, and telling this story in each scene, and literally
being on it constantly while also balancing other things. In this case, it was a lot of other
things. There was a lot of physical
stuff I needed to do for the role as far as — I didn’t need to train or
anything for it. But just as far as
daily throwing myself into something or onto something or off of something, or
running, hightailing it all day long for a hundred yard dashes. By the end of the first week, my arms were
covered in these cuts and then makeup started kind of duplicating the
cuts. The rest of the shoot when they
went away, I would still have the scar of it, like the faint little line
because we’re out on the sun all day too.
Then it became my cuts they were actually kind of reviving every day for
the movie. It’s just so funny, I’ve
never done anything that physical, I’ve never worked the hours that I’ve worked
in this movie, and I’ve never also shot this big of a film. So, it was a really interesting kind of
combination of craziness.
…
What
do you think is going to surprise people about the film? People that are fans of the book, people that
don’t know the book…
O’BRIEN:
I think everything. I can’t say how the movie’s going to come out
or anything but I think [director] Wes [Ball] is going to kill it. It’s really gritty, it’s a lot grittier than
I think people are going to expect it to be.
What’s funny is that, in terms of subject matter, something like The
Hunger Games is much more viciously violent than this story is but when you see
the movies though, it’s interesting how — I think this is going to surprise
people with how dirty and dark it is.
…”
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