Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge is set to be one of the spookiest movies of 2023 and during filming, there were some terrifying goings-on at the set location.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Star, director Craig Rees opened up about his leading lady and one unplanned stunt that left him in a total panic.
He explained: “In the trailer, when she goes through the window – that was not supposed to happen! So I said to her: ‘Just go up to the window and give them a scare,’ and she went full throttle up to the window.”
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“She started grabbing the other actress and I cut the cameras quick, all I saw was someone’s eye. That was quite hair-raising. All I saw was blood, but luckily everyone was okay. She just got into character, I was like: ‘Wow!’”
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Actress Olha Solomakhina plays the beloved fairytale character with a twist in this dark retelling of the classic children’s story. Craig knew immediately that she was right for the job: “When I found Olha, heard her voice on the phone and saw her demo reel, I thought: ‘Right, she’s it!’ It was quite nerve wracking as I didn’t [yet] have the star of the show, but it was all good in the end.”
Although used to working with special effects, guts and gore, the scariest moment of the process for Craig was quite an unexpected one.
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“This was the scariest moment – a week before filming, I didn’t have the Goldilocks cast!” In this [film], I’ve got kind of an unknown cast. I like that because the audience don’t know what direction it’s going.” His main star Solomakhina is also known for her roles in 2020’s To Happiness and 2019’s Cult.
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Rees knew he’d hit the jackpot once he heard Olha’s voice: “The actress, she’s got this voice in real life – she sounds like a kid. I thought: ‘Oh my god, this is great!’ When she put that mask on, she just…” Craig revealed that Goldilocks has “a few twists at the end” which people “won’t see coming”.
“I wanted to do that because to be honest, a lot of horror films now follow the formula. I wanted to go out of the box here!”
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