Brianne Tju Interview: Unhuman
Unhuman is a new horror-comedy from Blumhouse Television and Epix centered on a group of high schoolers fighting for survival against zombie-like creatures during a field trip. Co-written and directed by Marcus Dunstan, who has had quite a hand in the Saw franchise, the film combines high school drama with high-stakes horror.
Brianne Tju (I Know What You Did Last Summer) leads the cast of the film alongside Benjamin Wadsworth, Uriah Shelton, Lo Graham, Ali Gallo, Drew Scheid, CJ LeBlanc and Peter Giles.
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In time for the film's debut, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with star Brianne Tju to discuss Unhuman, the catharsis that came from her role, her love of the horror genre, I Know What You Did Last Summer's cancellation and more.
Screen Rant: Unhuman was a fun ride from start to finish, it snuck by me during development. What about it really drew you to the project?
Brianne Tju: I actually didn't read the final draft of the script before signing on to the project, because it kind of didn't exist. The project had switched hands a bit in terms of director. But in meeting Marcus Dunstan, I talked to him over Zoom, he gave me this incredible pitch that I wish I had filmed, because it was so amazing, in-depth and theatrical his vision for this movie. It was so exciting and so vibrant and scary and something I felt hadn't been done before, so the chance to work with him and bring his vision to life really excited me.
Since you do mention the final script, I had talked to Marcus and he mentioned that as well. What was that like for you really developing that character further with him without a final script set in place?
Brianne Tju: I felt like it gave us
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