“I walk on set Im like, ‘Dont you f—king talk to me!'”
says actress of shooting horror franchise reboot.
Talking to EW over Zoom,Jamie Claytonis a delightful and effervescent presence.
Jamie Clayton and Jamie Clayton in Hellraiser 2022.Rebecca Sapp/Getty; Spyglass Media Group
“Walking on set was funny.
David’s described it as this hush would fall over the crew.
I’m very used to walking on set and everybody being like, ‘Hi!’
Jamie Clayton in Hulu’s ‘Hellraiser’ reboot.Spyglass Media
and I’m like, ‘Hi!’
I had to just stay there.”
“When I was a teenager, oh my God, I was a big scaredy-cat.
“I didn’t think I’d ever book it!”
Then I watched the original, and I had no idea how sexy it was.
I sent the tape in andI got a callback!
[Laughs] I couldn’t believe it.
I wanted nothing more than to play this character.”
So why did Bruckner cast Clayton as his film’s lead Cenobite?
“She was scary as hell!”
“Honestly, it was the most frightening read that I had seen by a mile.
Like, you’re able to’t do an impression of Doug; it’s not going to work.
“I don’t know if anybody’s going to like it.
I’m so scared!
Argh!!!”
Hellraiserhits Hulu on Oct. 7.
Watch Clayton and Bruckner talk about the film above and see the film’s trailer below.
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