With the release of the Leigh Whannell-directed The Invisible Man reboot a few days away, actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen has discussed his approach of bringing the titular villain to life and portraying such an iconic figure.
“I was very much involved. We’re trying to keep how we did it … we’re trying to keep as much of that a secret as possible so the audiences don’t spend their time thinking about how we did it,” Jackson-Cohen told ComicBook.com. “It was such an amazing experience. It’s kind of an actor’s dream, that you’re in a movie, you’re the title character, and everyone talks about you the whole time and you don’t have to do much. And then they pay you, it’s crazy. So I feel very lucky.”
While the actor wouldn’t discuss all of the secrets regarding how they accomplished the visual effects, Jackson-Cohen continued to explain the importance of portraying the villain in a film that focuses on the effects of domestic abuse and someone escaping such a dangerous environment.
“I think they’re two very, very different projects and two very different experiences,” the actor noted. “I think that Hill House was such an incredible experience, a personal experience, for me. This felt very important. The fact that Leigh has written a movie that’s about domestic abuse and about someone escaping that, and gaslighting, I thought was really important. I wanted to be a part of it in whatever capacity, if I was going to be seen or not, it didn’t matter to me because it felt like he had written something that was very confronting and something that’s very real that a lot of people experience. I just wanted to be a part of it.”
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Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer, NBC’s The InBetween), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge, Straight Outta Compton) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid, HBO’s Euphoria).
But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
The Invisible Man is set for release on February 28th.
