Danny Boyle, the director of 28 Years Later, shared what he called a “nightmare” surprise when filming began.
The post-apocalyptic thriller is about a group of survivors living among people infected by the Rage virus. 28 Years Later is the third movie in the zombie-apocalypse series, following 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.
Since the story is set 28 years after the virus first spread, Boyle at the London premiere on Wednesday, June 18, said that it made sense there wouldn’t be any clothes left on the infected victims.
I mean, if you’re recently infected, you’d have some clothes, but if you’ve been infected for a long time, the clothes would just disintegrate with the way that you behave.
Boyle tells PEOPLE
However, since 14-year-old Alfie Williams plays the important role of Spike, the son of Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s character Jamie, completely naked people weren’t allowed on set, Boyle said he found out, due to the Child Sex Offenses Act.
We never knew that going in, it was a nightmare. Interestingly, because there was a 12-year-old boy on set, you’re not allowed for anybody to be naked, not really naked, so they look naked, but it’s all prosthetics.
Boyle says
While talking with the intimacy coordinator on set, Boyle said he was told that no one could be naked around a child actor, as it would break the law.
So it’s like, ‘Oh my God,’ so we had to make everybody prosthetic genitals.
Boyle says
In 2003, Boyle worked with screenwriter Alex Garland to make the first film in the zombie thriller series, starring Cillian Murphy. For the second film, 28 Weeks Later, Boyle and Garland stepped back and worked as producers.
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But in January, The Hollywood Reporter shared that the two would return to start a brand-new trilogy.
We’re making, hopefully, three more 28 films with the first one called 28 Years Later. Then we’re just about to start, tomorrow morning, actually, part two. And then we hope there’s going to be a third part and it’s a trilogy.
producer Andrew Macdonald said during the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2024, per THR
28 Years Later hits theaters June 20.
Source: PEOPLE