MUMBAI
— Actress Sophie Thatcher said that her character in “Companion” is very
1960s and classic.
Written and directed by Drew Hancock, “Companion” stars
Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert
Friend. Described as a sci-fi hybrid movie about a young woman who goes on what
should be a routine weekend vacation with her boyfriend and his gang, and it
devolves into something grizzly and surprising.
That young “woman” accompanying her boyfriend Josh played by
Jack Quaid on the getaway is the ‘companion’ Iris, who is played by Thatcher.
Talking about the film, she said: “When you first meet both
of them, I feel like you definitely want to support them. I think they both
seem a little bit like outsiders. She’s a little bit stressed, but very put
together. She’s very ‘60s. She’s very classic. He’s a bit nerdy, and they seem
like a very charming couple. But actually, Iris is in a very codependent
relationship, and she’s willing to give anything to make Josh feel loved and
cared for.
“Adding to her stress. is this house in the woods, which is
a character in and of itself. It deepens her feeling of isolation—that nobody
can help you. She is actually on her own.”
Delving further, director Drew Hancock explained: “Iris is
someone who initially doesn’t understand her own strength and capabilities.
She’s almost like someone suffering from imposter syndrome, feeling out of
place and unsure of her own identity.”
“Sophie brings a very incredibly natural quality to Iris as
a character... a robot that doesn’t know how to necessarily be human. She brings
a quality to the character that is just so deeply human.”
It’s when Iris realises that she’s not human that her
journey really begins.
Thatcher shared “Her whole world is completely shifted and
she realizes that she can’t be with Josh. There’s self-discovery, and she
starts finding her own free will and sets out to be independent.”
“Companion” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros.
Pictures, in theaters and IMAX nationwide on January 31.
