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Heretic’s directors on crafting their new horror villain: ‘This has to be Hugh Grant’
He’s surprisingly scary.
When codirectors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods started thinking about who could play the antagonist in their new horror flick Heretic, they knew he had to have a few specific characteristics. The character was inspired by a mix of real-world figures, including notable atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens as well as the cult leader Keith Raniere. “But as soon as you’re putting him into a movie that has the aspect of a suspense thriller, and he’s starting to challenge in a way that you’ve never quite seen, it weaponizes what we otherwise know of him.” Woods adds, “We’re leaning heavily on his charisma and charm and all the things we know and love him for.”
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