Alisha Weir, the star of Netflix’s Matilda musical, just flipped the script and is slaying audiences (literally) in her new R‑rated horror movie, Abigail.
Her family and friends were mindblown by her transformation into a bloodthirsty ballerina vampire. ♀️ They even texted her stuff like, “Whoa, not sure if I can watch you the same after the trailer!”
This ain’t your typical teen flick. Weir ditches the singing and dancing for biting, beheading, and epic blood cannon battles. So. Much. Fun. (According to Weir, at least!)
Filming the bloodbath scenes was intense, though. Weir and her co-star Melissa Barrera had one shot to nail a scene with a giant blood cannon. Talk about pressure! But hey, at least the fake blood is easier to clean up than you’d think… right?
Apparently, it takes bottles and bottles of shaving cream! Weir says by the end of filming, they were basically unrecognizable, covered head-to-toe in blood.
Being a vampire comes with some ~interesting~ accessories, too. Weir rocked a set of fangs that she described as “retainers.” They even had special “stunt teeth” that were basically giant gum shields!
As a horror movie newbie (besides Vampire Diaries, of course!), Weir was curious if filming scary scenes was actually scary for the actors.
Turns out, it’s a total blast! “It was so much fun every single day,” she says. Weir even jokes that the cast and crew were probably more scared of her than she was of them in full vampire mode.
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