AFTERSHOCK Exclusive Interviews: Eli Roth, Lorenza Izzo, Nicolás López, Andrea Ósvart Aftershock is hell of a good time. But it was even more fun to spend some time with the talent that created this fresh and exciting ride (in theaters and OnDemand May 10) through a nightmarish Chile after an earthquake hits. From each of them we have an exclusive video interview, an excerpt of the roundtable interview, and then the full audio of that longer exchange. Don’t miss a second of the funny, insightful, and honest things these young stars had to say about this experience, their future projects, and the film-making process in general. Eli Roth (‘Gringo’/Writer/Producer) D.H.: In most movies you know from the beginning who the heroes and the villains are. But here the audience is navigating through the movie trying to find them. E.R.: Everybody wants to think that the nice person is going to be the hero. But it’s nice when the hero emerges, when it is the most irresponsible one or someone you thought it was a jerk. We like the idea of “What defines a hero?”, that’s why we spend some time setting up the characters. We want people to know them so when they have to make moral choices they know where is coming from. If I have a daughter I have to survive for her. Suddenly your relationships are the basis for every single decision you make. The goal for me is to write interesting and human characters. In a crisis is when you find how people really is: Someone may always seem nice but the lights go out and starts freaking out, and suddenly a stranger may rescue you from a dangerous situation. I like to play with those expectations and subvert them. Lorenza Izzo & Andrea Ósvart (‘Kylie’, ‘Monica’) DH: Sometimes you watch a thriller or a horror movie set abroad and you don’t want to travel. This movie is very complimentary to Chile. L.I. : I love that the movie starts and shows what the real Chile is: The beautiful Valparaiso in the coast, a modern city. Andrea was shocked that we weren’t walking barefoot… A.O.: I was “aftershocked”. [laughs] L.I.: It is kind of ironic because after the earthquake the prisoners escape and do these horrible things. That is not Chile guys, c’mon. It’s fantasy, is a movie. A.O.: I had to fight for a scene where I mention Hungary because it was too much about Chile. L.I.: We are fans of small countries! Nicolás López (Director/Writer) (This one is en Español) D.H.: We have Fede Álvarez, Muschietti, Bogliano, étc. Do you feel part of a ‘South American genre-directors movement’? N.L.: I know Fede, he is a great guy. I think that it has to do with what they discovered first: What is closer to the U.S.? México. So you have Cuarón, Del Toro, etc. Now people is going South and you have people from Uruguay, me, Guillermo discovering new talent like the guy from Mama. This year there are three movies, Mama, Aftershock and Evil Dead, all done by directors that speak Spanish. Most of the people that go to see movies here in the U.S. are Latinos. If you see the numbers it is impressive, even for horror movies. And the cool thing is that they bring the whole f@cking family, you know? There is a generation that has a mix of cultures and that they don’t feel guilty about their past, they embrace it. Both Evil Dead and Mama are movies made for a worldwide audience in English, but you can feel they have something Latin, the sensibility is different. […] I don’t care about language, I care about telling stories to a lot of people. Aftershock shakes up your senses May 10th in theaters and OnDemand.
