The Afterparty Killer Actor Reveals How Confession Scene Was Filmed
WARNING: Spoilers for The Afterparty season finale below
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The actor who played the killer on AppleTV+'s The Afterparty has spoken about his experience filming his character's confession scene and how it impacted him and his co-stars. Despite series creator, Christopher Miller, first developing the idea in the early 2010s as a full-fledged film, the project never came to fruition until June 2020 once AppleTV+ acquired it and the concept was redeveloped as a series. The first season eventually wrapped filming in February 2021 and premiered on the streaming service on January 28. The show's first season recently concluded on March 4 and is currently awaiting a second season after being renewed on March 2.
The Afterparty follows a group of old acquaintances at an after-party following their high school reunion as they witness a gruesome murder, leading a detective to enter the scene and slowly uncover each of the former classmates' own experiences that night in an attempt to discover the truth. The Afterparty's cast includes Tiffany Haddish as one of the detectives investigating the cast, Ben Schwartz Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer and Jamie Demetriou as attendees of the party and suspects. Dave Franco plays the murder victim. In The Afterparty season 1 finale, it's revealed that Schwartz's character Yasper was the murderer.
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In a tell-all interview with Vulture, Schwartz spoke all about his character's ultimate confession in the show's final episode and how he prepared for such a pivotal day of shooting. The actor spoke about his rehearsal process, consistently practicing while home alone as to not spoil the reveal for his
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