ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with Hen Field Barcelona stars Diego Calva and Georgina Campbell about carrying blindfolds and the movie’s numerous forged. The movie premieres on Netflix on July 14, 2023.
“From the producers of the worldwide phenomenon, Hen Field, comes Hen Field Barcelona, an enlargement of the movie that riveted audiences in 2018,” reads the movie’s official synopsis. “After a mysterious power decimates the world’s inhabitants, Sebastian should navigate his personal survival journey by way of the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he types uneasy alliances with different survivors and so they attempt to escape the town, an surprising and much more sinister menace grows.”
Tyler Treese: Diego, the administrators have been telling me generally the actors most well-liked to truly be blindfolded. What was your method to the blindfold scenes?
Diego Calva: I don’t know, it adjustments all the way in which. So your technique to act if you’re extra conscious of the sound, for instance, and also you’re not conscious of the area … so you progress otherwise. I don’t know, in some takes, it was fairly cool to truly not see and attempt to discover that.
Georgina, your character is coping with a number of heavy themes all through this film, reminiscent of melancholy, grief, and loss. What did you discover most fascinating concerning the arc on your character on this movie? I
Georgina Campbell: I feel it’s fascinating that she blamed herself quite a bit for one thing that’s occurred prior to now together with her brother, and she or he’s somebody that listens to different folks — she’s a therapist. She’s used to listening to different folks’s issues and attempting to assist them, however she doesn’t essentially do the identical factor to herself. So I feel by way of this movie and thru assembly Sebastian Mario Casas’ character, she form of learns that she wants to have a look at herself and the way she hasn’t handled grief from her previous
Diego, for any catastrophe film, the human interactions are simply as essential as every thing else happening. Are you able to converse to the human factor within the film and this fascinating dynamic the place they need to put belief in others to outlive, however in addition they need to be very cautious of all people they work together with?
Diego Calva: I feel in these films, in Hen Field, Barcelona, the brand new enemy can be the people, and in each apocalyptic film, like with zombies, you have got to pay attention to the human consciousness. So like, Mario’s not an excellent character on this one. [Laugh].
Georgina, the unique Hen Field was such an enormous hit. What actually was a nice shock is that this isn’t a retread. How satisfying was it that this universe is being expanded upon? We’re seeing fully new layers to it, and also you even have such an amazing, numerous forged. How nice was it if you learn the script and noticed what it was doing to essentially broaden the world?
Georgina Campbell: Yeah, I used to be actually amazed. The concept [is often] that plenty of films that aren’t within the English language get picked up by America and so they get remade in English. This was form of a enjoyable twist on that. That they took a giant Hollywood film and took it to a not English-speaking nation and made an enlargement on it. I believed that was so thrilling and hopefully will carry those who possibly usually wouldn’t watch movies that aren’t of their language to it. I simply assume that the script is actually sensible. It’s completely different. It’s not a sequel. It’s telling its personal story and it’s giving a really completely different perspective than we’ve already seen within the first Hen Field.
Diego, Babylon was considered one of my favourite films final yr. What lesson did you be taught essentially the most from that entire expertise from filming to doing a lot press for that movie?
Diego Calva: I realized English for Babylon — I didn’t know any English on the time, however I spotted that there’s one other language that I really converse, that’s film language. What I do, my craft … I can do it wherever on the planet the identical. Like in China, in Barcelona, in Mexico, making films is similar.