Maika Monroe Interview: Watcher
Maika Monroe stars in Watcheras Julia, a woman who moves to Bucharest and finds herself terrorized by a new neighbor. The horror thriller also stars Karl Glusman and Burn Gorman. Part fish-out-of-water tale and part psychological character study, Watcher follows Julia as she begins noticing that her neighbor is staring at her through her large apartment windows.
Determined to find out why he's watching her, Julia begins a cat-and-mouse chase that sends her down a terrifying trail that she may not come back from. After debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, Watcher earned critical acclaim for its taut story and fully-realized atmosphere.
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Screen Rant spoke with Monroe about Watcher, including how she feels about being a 21st-century Scream Queen, what draws her to the horror genre, and how she developed a relationship with Gorman, who plays Julia's stalker.
Screen Rant: Since The Guest was released in 2014, you've gotten the honorary designation from the internet of Scream Queen. How does that feel?
Maika Monroe: I mean, it's pretty cool. I grew up absolutely obsessed with the horror genre and so it's pretty funny to me. I like it.
You star in so many horror movies or thrillers where your character is just terrified. What draws you to the genre and these roles?
Maika Monroe: To be totally honest, it wasn't a conscious decision. It kind of just happened by chance. I auditioned for The Guest. I was a fan of Adam's [Wingard, director of The Guest], but I had no idea what the movie would become. And very similar with It Follows. I mean, I've read the script and I was just like, "Okay, this is weird. I don't know about this." But I ended up meeting David [Robert Mitchell,
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