Dean Devlin, the director of the upcoming
feature film Bad Samaritan has been singing the praises of his star, David Tennant. The
Portland-set thriller, scripted by Apt Pupil writer Brandon Boyce, is due to
begin filming later this year.
“David is going to bring a level of intensity that's going
to really ratchet up the drama," Dean told local paper The Oregonian in a
recent interview. The self-confessed Doctor Who fan also said, "He's
something else, and when I met him, it was so hard to not fanboy the entire
time. David is such an amazingly talented and gifted actor that he brings so
many colours, and so much range to his roles. There were episodes of Doctor
Who, for example, where he was hilarious, and episodes where he rips your heart
out. He's amazingly versatile."
Of David’s character, he was more tight-lipped. "I
can't tell you anything about it," he said. "But Tennant has
passionate fans thanks to his time starring in Doctor Who, from 2005 to 2010.
But he's also given memorable performances in the British drama, Broadchurch
(as well as its less successful U.S. version, Gracepoint) and the Netflix
series Jessica Jones, among other roles.”
Dean was a bit more open about the plot, which centres on
two young car valet who work in a restaurant. "They've come up with a
little scam to take things from people while they're at the restaurant, if they
live close by,” he explained. “But they break into the wrong house, and a lot
of bad things start to happen, and it escalates, and it keeps escalating and
gets more scary."
His comments have added to speculation that David is playing the
owner of the house broken into where, according to the film summary on IMDB, the valets stumble across a young woman being held prisoner.
Devlin says that he chose the Oregon location for the film
because Portland "provides opportunities for a creepier, more interesting,
more scary film." He also tells how his determination to make the film there
influenced his good friend Brandon Boyce.
“I brought Brandon up to Portland," he said. "He'd
never been to Portland before, and like everybody, he fell in love with Oregon.
He rewrote the whole film to take place in Oregon." He added, "Portland
has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a
small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment. Part of the
story is a personal secret gets out, and people get very upset. In Los Angeles,
something like that could get lost. But in Portland, it's a really big
deal."
The two-month production schedule begins later this year, and
Dean is hoping for rainy, cold weather. "That's perfect for the moodiness
of the script," he said. "We're hoping for a cold winter."
David Tennant is joined in the cast by Irish actor and Misfits star Robert
Sheehan, who recently worked with Dean on the sci-fi thriller Geostorm. Bad Samaritan will also be produced by Dean Devlin through his own company
Electric Entertainment, with co-producers Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan.
Read the whole interview on The Oregonian here.
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