![]() ![]() It also helped that we mainly did night shoots. I worked with a psychiatrist who’s a friend of my family that was more what I was gearing toward in getting prepared for the role.ĭid it help that you shot on location in the restaurant, especially in the creepy areas downstairs? The important thing was being able to understand what Lourdes is feeling and what she goes through. When I got the part, I actually told Greg, “I don’t really know much about scary movies, so just tell me where to go to prepare for this role.” For me, it was more about honoring the character, scary movie or not. Well, I’m not a big fan of horror myself I’m kind of a wimp when it comes to scary movies. Did you watch any past films to find inspiration for your part? One thing led to another, I got a callback and then I got the part.ĭevoured and the role of Lourdes are in the tradition of great psychological-breakdown movies, going back to Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. I really liked the approach they were taking and the way they wanted the story to go, so I had a very good feeling with them in the room. I was very attracted to that, and when I auditioned for them, they had me do some improv in the room. I first auditioned for the director and writer, and the way the story was presented was interesting to me, because it wasn’t like a typical horror movie at all it had a lot of layers and a lot of depth. Her work in Spain includes 2010’S La Piel Azul ( Blue Skin), a seabound two-part TV movie for director Gonzalo López-Gallego, who went on to helm Apollo 18 and Open Grave. It’s the biggest feature role yet for Milans, who has previously been seen in Steve McQueen’s acclaimed Shame, as a regular on TV’s Killer Women and as a guest on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit she also has a role in this fall’s release The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. The actress empathetically portrays Lourdes’ dissolving mental state, as well as her resilience and devotion to her young son back home, for whom she’s trying to make enough money for a life-saving operation. In director Greg Olliver’s film ( reviewed here), the Spanish-born, New York-educated Milans plays Lourdes, a Mexican immigrant surviving through her job as a cleaning woman in a lower Manhattan restaurant, where she’s tormented by her boss and, apparently, a supernatural presence. One of the year’s best genre performances is given by Marta Milans as the moving center of the accomplished psychological chiller Devoured. Levi maintained that at least one reason for the rapid production cycle was due to many of the young actors growing up, and potentially aging out of their roles if they waited too long, "We gotta get to it fast, the kids are growing fast." He also addressed concerns that the ongoing global pandemic could affect production, saying "COVID has kind of made everything a little bit up in the air, but very much the intent is to make another one.Editor's Note: This was originally published for FANGORIA on September 5, 2014, and we're proud to share it as part of The Gingold Files. Sandberg ( Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation) will also be returning, as will screenwriter Henry Gayden ( Earth to Echo). So they have been steadily and earnestly working on the script for the sequel and I think Q1 of next year is the idea.Īnnounced with its official title at the DC FanDome online event, Shazam! Fury of the Gods is set to feature Zachary Levi reprising his titular role with Jack Dylan Grazer, Marta Milans, Asher Angel, Meagan Good, Faithe Herman, and Adam Brody. ![]() ![]() They knew we were tracking well enough, they were happy enough with the numbers. They announced that we were gonna do a sequel pretty much right after we premiered. ![]()
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