WASTEMAN
Section: Centrepiece
Director: Cal McMau
Screenwriter: Hunter Andrews & Eoin Dorin
Logline: David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus) delivers a gripping performance as a mild-mannered inmate whose hopes for an early release are jeopardized when his charismatic but menacing new cellmate (Tom Blyth) forces a choice between prison loyalty and freedom.
Panelists: David Jonsson, Tom Blyth, Cal McMau
Premiered: Saturday, September 6
Key Quote: I must give Cal his props, he really let us inhabit these characters, and not in a way that felt gratuitous or voyeuristic. We were in a prison with actual ex-prisoners, you know what I mean? There was no time for us to be acting, we were in it or you weren’t… Both of us had a bit of a body transformation, I lost 30 pounds to play him because I just wanted him to feel paper thin, he’s also a bit of an addict as well, and Tom gained a lot of weight. – David Jonsson
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