James McAvoy describes his character in Speak No Evil as all about playing games…twisted games, of course. McAvoy, who’s happy to be back with Blumhouse, says his character has a darkness to him. However, “the minute he gets toxic, he balances it with something to justify it,” explains the BAFTA winner in the new one-minute featurette from the psychological thriller.
“When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare,” reads Blumhouse’s synopsis.
James McAvoy (Split) stars as Paddy, a husband, father, and charismatic, alpha-male estate owner. Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate) and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy (A Quiet Place Part II) star as the vacationing couple who make a life-altering decision when they befriend Paddy and his family. Alix West Lefler plays their 11-year-old daughter. Aisling Franciosi (Game of Thrones) is Paddy’s wife, Ciara, and Dan Hough plays their mute son.
James Watkins (The Woman in Black) wrote and directed Speak No Evil, based on writers Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup’s 2022 Danish film Gæsterne. Paul Ritchie and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum serve as producers, with Jacob Jarek, Christian Tafdrup, and Blumhouse’s Beatriz Sequeira executive producing.
Speak No Evil opens in theaters on September 13, 2024.
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