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The Alpha Zombie Speaks: ‘28 Years Later’ Star Chi Lewis-Parry on Samson’s Huge Prosthetic, Ripping Out Spines and His Scary Injury on the Train
Chi Lewis-Parry discusses playing 28 Years Later's main Alpha infected Samson, ripping out spines and lobbying to the be the next Bond villain
“ 28 Years Later ” proved a critical triumph for the director and co-writer Alex Garland, almost a quarter-century after their genre-redefining original “28 Days Later,” hailed for reviving yet radically evolving the 2002 horror hit. While Samson has been drawing plenty of attention for his ferocious and hulking on-screen presence and monstrous roar, something else has caught the eye of critics and online commentators alike. Speaking to Variety, Lewis-Parry describes a “flesh wound” (and subsequent scar) he incurred while shooting “28 Years Later,” having an epiphany while holding aloft a head and spine and why playing Samson is just one of two on-screen baddies he’s had in his sights.
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