Freaky Talesmade a splash when it opened theSundance Film Festivallast Thursday night, and star Pedro Pascal couldn’t help but reminisce about a pivotal scene in which bodies were literally flying around and downstairs in the comedic thriller. Co-filmmaker, Ryan Fleck, described the “immaculate” sequence during a discussion with The Hollywood Reporter, as Pascal remembered co-star Jay Ellis among all the falling bodies. Pascal said (perTHR):
“You see it and you can’t believe that this very, very immaculate sequence of action starring Jay Ellis … it was all kind of happening simultaneously while the movie was getting finished [filming in another room]. I sympathize deeply in terms of how challenging that must have been. But the result is unbelievable. It kind of unnerves you to realize what you can get away with.”
Fleck directed, wrote and producedFreaky Talesalongside filmmaking partner Anna Boden (Captain Marvel, The Big C, Billions). And fans can get a sense of what to expect from the indie film in a brief synopsis below (via theSundance Film Festival):
“In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town’s underdogs in four interconnected tales: Teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score. Basically another day in the Bay.”
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Pedro Pascal’s Freaky Tales
Filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’sFreaky Taleswill screen a total of seven time through Sunday, January 28 at the Sundance Film Festival. And unlike some of the other projects actorPedro Pascalhas been involved in, likeThe Mandalorian, Wonder Woman 1984andThe Last of Us,Freaky Talesis very much an independent film. And Pascal appreciated the intimate nature of the indie set. Pascal said in the same interview:
“I was really lucky to start my character’s storyline in the first week of shooting and that felt like everything was my favorite [about being part of an indie production], from everybody introducing themselves to the physical shooting of the experience. It did feel a lot different from being in overblown projects where you’re kind of just getting into a much more intimate experience, and you’re fast-tracking the connection to one another because the elements are us.”
Fans can check outFreaky Tales’full synopsis below:
“A mind-blowing mixtape and joyful ode to the ’80s, Freaky Tales imaginatively fuses styles and cinematic influences with giddy abandon, yielding a pastiche of pulp, pop, comic books, anthology horror, Old Testament wrath, and kung fu by way of a bloody crescendo that leaves no appendage unsevered.
The supernatural storm brewing above Oakland empowers its ensemble of underdog warriors with a spirit of righteous retribution as they take on bullies, corruption, racism, misogyny, the Man, and the Lakers. A stirring anthem to solidarity and Oakland’s egalitarian, countercultural, and multicultural spirit, Freaky Tales reminds a world of wrongdoing that this is what you get when you mess with the underdogs — after all, there are more of us.”
Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Jack Champion andthe late Angus Cloudalso star inFreaky Tales. Cloud, who is arguably best known for his role onEuphoria, was only 25 years old when he died last July. Check out filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden paying tribute to Cloud in a video clip below:
