Ash gave audiences a shocking twist, and its stars are here to explain.
I love a big sort of holy shit moment at the end of the movie, right?
People take a stab at do it.
It really works, you know.
Because it’s all about trying to make the audience believe what’s in front of them.
Eiza Gonzalez: You did such an amazing job.
I was like, I don’t know.
I have this bad tendency of wanting to know the response to things.
I just wanted to know because I’m incredibly curious, and I like to have knowledge…
This is the movie that’ll keep your mind going.
And that’s the dream of filmmaking, really.
Like, there’s, like, a weird he’s [a] universally loved human being…
He’s one of those people.
I was like, Cool, right?
And then, like, 15 minutes later, and he was like, I don’t trust her.
Eventually, Riya subjects herself to some casual brain surgery to remove the alien parasite.
While she’s successful, she manages to find a new host in the dead body of Brion.
From there, it turns into a terrifying flesh monster that tries to kill Riya.
Thankfully, Riya seems successful in killing itor at least slowing it down enough to get away.
Flying Lotus: Dude.
Oh, man, they went through so many stages.
The first stage was just like, straight up, impossible.
It was just impossible.
And it was kind of floating off the ground.
All tentacles are carrying it everywhere and stuff.
But, you know, next time.
Yeah, but it was cool, man.
You know, what happened to my crew?
And so we’re just trying to see if we can trust one another through the process.
I’ve known her for many, many years.
But it was a beautiful journey.
Eiza Gonzalez: Yeah, it was incredible.
I mean, these roles are a gift as actors.
When you get roles that you’re able to really exercise things that it’s not necessarily linear.
It’s about constant discovery.
It’s about constant sort of vulnerability on the day and finding feelings…
I’m pretty psychotic when it comes to this.
I mean, Aaron said, in a very beautiful way, he’s talked about…
But when you’re getting into this mindset of complete wipeout, right?
You gotta stay in that state of mind.
And so I wanted to really tackle different emotions, and so I kept a chart.
And then, as he said, we’re building it from the base up.
It’s like a house, right?
So you kind of build the kitchen, and you’re like, Okay, we have the kitchen.
Now we have to get the living room.
And so the performance kind of builds that way.
And it’s a collaboration.
You need an actor you really depend on what the other person’s giving you.
And so you’re like, Okay, check.
So, it becomes really fun because you’re finding different things and playing around in scenes.
And then some stuff works, sometimes it doesn’t, but it allows for an array of emotions.
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And I really, I don’t know.
Poor Clarke (Kate Elliott), however, was a victim of Riya’s paranoia and manipulation.
This happened two days before Riya discovered Brion’s body.
Flying Lotus: Yeah, the colors were a huge thing for me.
Flying Lotus: I just felt like, you know, I did my part.
I brought what I could bring to the script.
That is a big part of my process, too.
And I can’t connect with a lot of material that is so straightforward.
And also, you know, there’s no lore.
I need to be able to world-build.
You know, I love that.
The full conversation with director Flying Lotus can be viewed here:
Ashreleases is now playing in theaters.
