After being asked whether or not O’Brien had seen the Maze Runner movie yet, in a recent interview with Collider, the actor said that he hadn’t yet seen it.
“No. I’ve gotten to do some ADR, though, so I’ve gotten to see some. It looks beautiful. I hope that people like it. I really think it looks great, so far. I haven’t seen how the movie came out, but the cinematography looked f****** great when I saw it. I was very happy to see that.”
O’Brien went on to share that he has complete trust in the director, Wes Ball’s, vision for the movie.
“I just implicitly trust that director, Wes Ball. I absolutely fell in love with that guy, within a week of shooting. He is one of my favorite people. I would do any movie of his, ever. He’s just got such a great energy. He’s so confident without ever being cocky. He’s the most likeable, regular dude, who happens to also be a genius, and have a really good feel for film and storytelling.”
James Dashner, the author of The Maze Runner books, recently sung his praises about Ball in a recent interview as well. The positive impression from multiple source is a great sign and audiences should be encouraged by all the favor Ball has earned!
In general, O’Brien states that the entire cast and production seems to be proud of the movie they created, “He’s great, and so were the producers and cast. It was so our thing, and we loved it so much. We hope people like it because we had so much fun doing it. The whole cast is in love with the story. I’m in love with the story and characters. We were all really close on the shoot, and we had a great little family. I really hope it does well, just because we all want to go back and do it again, so badly.”
It’s a good thing that O’Brien and the other cast members are so enthusiastic about the opportunity to reunite for a movie sequel. Because it looks like Fox fully intends on producing the second film in the series, based on the novel The Scorch Trials.
Collider finishes the interview by asking the actor if he was relieved that the second book was picked up as an option, “Totally. And the news that it got pushed is good news, even without the option on the second book. It only means that they’re not trying to spit it out. They’re giving Wes more time to get the cut that he wants. It just means that they’re liking what they see, so they’re investing more into it.”
Although there is still a little under eight months until the release date for the movie, Wes Ball has begun promoting the movie from his Twitter account. Check out the details here.
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