Osric Chau Interview: Superhost
Osric Chau's had quite a diverse career in both movies and on television shows, including in films like 2012 and shows like Supernatural and The 100. His new film Superhost arrived on Shudder in September 2021, and can also now be seen on home media. With Superhost, Chau makes his first real foray into the horror genre.
In the film, Teddy (Chau) and Claire (Sara Canning) host a travel vlog series called «Superhost». However, the subscribers have begun slipping, but they seem to have found a great boost for their shows' popularity with their new host Rebecca (Gracie Gallam). Unfortunately, they come to realize that Rebecca has much more sinister intentions on her mind that making it big on YouTube.
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We speak to Osric Chau on the making of Superhost, working with a minimal cast and crew during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the horror movie potency that the film brings to its story.
Screen Rant: How did you come aboard Superhost?
Osric Chau: My roommate at the time, Andrea Walter, had worked with Brandon [Christensen] quite a few times, and I met him through her. She brought the script to me and said 'My friend Brandon is doing this thing and he wants you to read for it.' I took a look at the script and it was a pretty fun script, so I inquired further and we just kind of went from there. I worked with him on a couple of drafts and before you know it, he just had it all lined up. It's like, 'Oh, I guess we're doing this. We're in the middle of a pandemic and we're ready to jump into production.' We just kind of went for it and it was kind of daunting at the time. It was my first COVID production and I wasn't sure how that was going to go. But
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