We spoke w/ meetM3GAN director Gerard Johnstone about bringing the killer doll to life.
In M3GAN, roboticist Gemma becomes the unwitting caretaker of her 8-year-old niece Cady when her sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident. Unequipped to deal with a grieving child, Gemma turns her focus towards what she is properly equipped to deal with: robots. She finishes up on her Model 3 Generative Android - M3GAN - an AI doll that links up with a child to learn and teach and become the child's best friend.
M3GAN comes to us from the bonkers mind of James Wan, and the directorial eye of Gerard Johnstone. We spoke with Gerard, who told us about working with M3GAN, making this film self-aware without being too campy, and how he learned to become a horror director with his first feature, Housebound. COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY COLLIDER: So Gerard, tell me about working with M3GAN. This was your first time working with [an] animatronic puppet, real creation.
GERARD JOHNSTONE: Yeah, yeah. Well, as only my second movie, I'd have to say it was a bit of a naive undertaking really. It was just such a fun concept that I didn't really think about how challenging it was going to be to bring this thing to life that we don't quite have the technology for yet, but we will, maybe, in five or 10 years' time. So yeah, it was hard, but it was also rewarding and fun, and I think the design of the doll was really the saving grace.
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