Columbia Pictures movie release
The
new terrifying horror thriller “Insidious: Chapter 2” features a
multi-generational family dealing with ghosts—from grandmother and parents all
the way down to young children and a baby.
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| Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures |
Directed
by James Wan (“The Conjuring”) and written by Leigh Whannell (“Saw”), the
sequel to the 2011 blockbuster “Insidious” reteams the original cast to play
the family, including Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne (“X-Men: First Class”),
Barbara Hershey (“Black Swan”), Lin Shaye (“There's Something About Mary”) and
Ty Simpkins (the child actor in “Iron Man 3”).
The
father of the family is Josh Lambert, played once again by Patrick Wilson, who
marks his third collaboration with Wan. In addition to “Insidious,” Wilson also
starred in Wan’s recently released box-office hit “The Conjuring.”
The
Josh Lambert of “Chapter 2” is hardly the same person he was in “Insidious,”
however, according to Wilson. “He’s literally vacant because he’s possessed. We
know that he’s possessed, but will his wife, Renai, find out? It’s structured
like a murder mystery with this husband and wife not getting along and her
trying to figure out why that is. She wants to believe her husband, but he’s
acting bizarrely.”
Australian
native Rose Byrne reprises her role as Josh’s wife, Renai. At the start of
“Chapter 2,” her character is still shaken by the events that transpired in the
first film and is spiraling into depression.
“It’s
literally a day later and she’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown,” Byrne
explains. “She’s thrown into action and, because of the events around her, that
takes all her energy—she’s just trying to keep it together.”
The
filmmakers brought back Academy Award®-nominee Barbara Hershey to portray
Josh’s mother and the Lambert family matriarch, Lorraine Lambert. The actress
notes it’s the first time in her distinguished career that she has been cast in
a sequel to one of her own films (the same is also true for Wilson and Byrne).
“Coming
back is definitely easy because we all know each other and are relaxed with
each other now,” says Hershey. “I really think having good actors and a good
script allows audience members to get more involved with and identify with the
characters.”
The
return of character actress Lin Shaye in the role of hypnotist and supernatural
expert Elise Rainier may come as a surprise to “Insidious” fans, given that her
character was mysteriously killed at the end of the original.
“During
the first movie, James [Wan] was going back and forth about having me killed at
the end because he wanted me back if there was a sequel,” Shaye recalls. “And
then he remembered that because we were making a ghost movie, of course there
was a place for me to come back.”
For
the role of the Lambert’s eldest son, Dalton—who was the main subject of
“Insidious”—the filmmakers brought back Ty Simpkins. As often happens with
young actors, there was some concern about how much Simpkins and the actor
playing his younger brother, Andrew Astor (“The Hangover”), would have grown
since completing “Insidious.”
“The
fact that the story picks up directly from the first one was difficult,” Wan
confesses. “Luckily, at their young ages, they still hadn’t changed too much.”
Wilson
concurs, joking, “We added a couple of inches to their pajamas and they were
good to go!”
For
Simpkins, returning to the role after three years was made easier by the
genuine emotions evoked on set.
“I
basically play myself, but with a little twist,” says Simpkins. “Even when
we’re not filming and the ghosts are around, I start getting scared. But when
they say ‘action,’ that’s when I get really scared. So it’s kind of easy for me
to get into character.”
“Insidious: Chapter 2” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of
Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit www.columbiapictures.com.ph
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