Prey's Lead Actor Had No Idea She Was Auditioning For A Predator Movie

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Prey star Amber Midthunder reveals that she had no idea she was auditioning to be in a Predator movie. Released in 1987, Predator became a major hit, introducing audiences to Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch and his team of commandoes as they face off against a deadly alien in the jungles of South America. The film spawned a franchise that includes Predator 2, Predators, and, most recently, The Predator. The fifth Predator film, Prey, is set to release on Hulu later this week.

Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, whose only other feature film is 10 Cloverfield Lane, Prey tells the story of Naru (Midthunder), a female Comanche warrior who fights to protect her tribe from one of the first Predators to land on Earth. Initial trailers for the film have teased an action-packed, blood-soaked departure from the more modern settings of all the other Predator films. Midthunder previously described what it was like preparing for the role, detailing a grueling 4-week training course that the cast undertook for the film, which still ended up not being enough. Initial critical reactions suggest that all this training has paid off, with Prey being described as the best Predator film since the original, with particular praise levied at Midthunder's performance.

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Now, in a new interview with Film Updates, Midthunder goes further into her audition process, revealing that she initially had no idea it was a Predator movie she was auditioning for. The actor explains that all she knew was that the film was going to be directed by Trachtenberg and that it was about a Comanche woman who wanted to become a hunter. Midthunder says that she was immediately interested in the role just because