Companion follows three young couples as they embark on a weekend away at a cabin that ends up being not at all what they expected. This film perfectly blends several genres – comedy, horror, and thriller – in an effort to keep the audience on their toes. If possible, go into this one as blind as you can.
The all-star cast is led by Jack Quaid as Josh and Sophie Thatcher as Iris. Companion also stars Harvey Guillèn as Eli, Lukas Gage as Patrick, and Megan Suri as Kat. This is not the first time playing in this genre for any of them, who are all well known for other roles in the horror-thrillers. Companion comes exclusively to theaters on January 31.
ScreenRant interviewed Harvey Guillèn, Lukas Gage, and Megan Suri to talk about Companion and what made it such a fun project. They revealed what it was like reading the script for the first time, how they approached playing characters who are not exactly what they seem to be at first, and which moments were the most challenging for them on set.
The Companion Cast Love Playing Characters That Shift Throughout The Film
“Don’t judge a book by its cover. That’s the whole idea.”
ScreenRant: All of your characters have a shift at one point or another in Companion. How do you approach playing a character that the audience doesn’t know everything about at the beginning of the movie?
Harvey Guillèn: I think a couple of us have several shifts. There’s a different layer. I loved it. I love that we get to set this character, at least for Eli, in the beginning, that we’re like, Oh, I know who this guy is. And then you’re like, oh, I don’t know. I don’t know who you are, and then continue to be like, Wow, not who I thought. So you never know. Don’t judge a book by its cover. That’s the whole idea.
Lukas Gage: I love a character that doesn’t always say what they feel, or just because they say a line doesn’t mean that it’s not true, or it’s true, and that everyone has a layer that they’re peeling off throughout the movie, and we’re getting down to the core of it by the end.
Megan Suri: I think, honestly, a lot of it is attributed to Drew’s writing. So much of those twists and turns, they work so well because they’re in this perfect, harmonious, seemed script that I feel like, as we were reading it for the first time, we went on the same journey that audiences will hopefully go through. So I think that makes the process a lot easier too.
The Companion Cast Recalls Reading The Script For The First Time
“There’s one thing in every act that will have you shook.”
ScreenRant: Speaking of that, is there a moment in particular that shocked you when you were reading the script?
Megan Suri: We can’t say, but there’s definitely one that comes up without saying too much, that I think you know, it’s so hard not to say it!
Lukas Gage: There’s one thing in every act that will have you shook.
Harvey Guillèn: It’s the surprise when we were reading it, I remember stopping and being like, Oh, wait, what? And then going, Yeah, okay, I get it.
ScreenRant: It is one of those movies where I can’t wait to watch it again and pick up on things, and then watch my friends watch it.
Harvey Guillèn: And hear what they caught, yeah.
Megan Suri: The entire week it comes out, I honestly just want to be in different screenings watching people react.
Harvey Guillèn, Lukas Gage, and Megan Suri Would All Choose To Raise Their Intelligence, If Given The Chance
“I would love to be able to operate on myself and fix my dog when he needs. Vet bills. They are no joke.”
ScreenRant: If there was an app where you could adjust your personality or appearance, what settings would you mess with?
Lukas Gage: Intelligence, 100.
Harvey Guillèn: Yeah, I don’t know. I think intelligence. Like I can figure anything out. Like, I go to those cables and then know what that is.
Megan Suri: I would love to be able to operate on myself and fix my dog when he needs. Vet bills. They are no joke. Medical Insurance? That ain’t it, you know what I mean. There’s a lot. So I think I would want to be able to do everything myself. Be a fixer-doer.
The Companion Cast Recalls Having To Pretend It Was Summer In The Winter
“We sucked on ice cubes to not have the cold air show.”
ScreenRant: Is there a scene or stunt that was hardest for you to pull off?
Harvey Guillèn: I was kind of bummed that I didn’t get to do my official stunt. I usually do. I do my own stunts on my show, I do, and I was so looking forward to it. But because of time, and it was so quick of a turnaround. We had this amazing stunt guy; the same guy who did the stunts for me in a different project did the stunts for this. And so it was a cool reunion. But I wanted to do it so bad, because it was a really cool scene in the forest. And I was like, “I want to do that.” That was my only regret.
Lukas Gage: The hardest part, and [Harvey] left us, was going back in winter, because the movie got shut down the movie, and we had to pretend it was summer, in our summer clothes, at one point.
Megan Suri: I have a scene where Jack and I were in the woods, and it was 7am New York weather, snowing outside. And Drew was like, “Is there any way that you can try to talk and not let the condensation come out because we can’t remove it?” And so Jack and I were holding our breath the entire time, trying to get through our lines.
Lukas Gage: We sucked on ice cubes to not have the cold air show. It was just me and Sophie shaking.
Harvey Guillèn: And that was the easiest part for me, because I was done.
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Check out our other Companion interviews here:
- Drew Hancock
- Sophie Thatcher & Jack Quaid
Companion comes exclusively to theaters on January 31.
Source: Screen Rant Plus
