Acting is not just about feeling the character, but also
getting into its skin, bringing a sense of realism and horror that audiences
can identify with. Ace actor, Stephen Lang, goes an extra mile to add
authenticity and nail the character of a blind man in his upcoming horror
thriller, ‘Don't Breathe’.
He essays the role of a former member of the US military who
loses his eyesight to shrapnel. To get the character as close as possible to
reality, Lang wore special contact lenses that not only made his eyes look
clouded over, but also prevented him from actually being able to see clearly.
“The nature of his blindness is war wound; it’s shrapnel
that shredded the eye. So it’s not just being born blind. It’s not a normal
eye. They’ve been ripped up a bit. As fine an actor as I am … I can’t do that.
So you create the lens. But I think we conferred about it and they did a very
smart, canny job of it. It’s not that sort of zombie-like or white horror lens
that you’ll see. They’re lenses that you can see the eye has been sort of
messed up, but not jarringly.” says Stephen.
When asked Lang about how much he could see, he said that “cuts
it down to just shadows.” Only an actor of Lang's caliber could carry this
experiment of depicting realism and horror with such élan and ease.
Don’t Breathe is releasing September 2nd in cinemas near you..
Go watch out…
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